Juliette Collier

Juliette graduated from Warwick University as a mature student, where she developed a commitment to lifelong learning.  She became a researcher on the Cinderella project which focused on a holistic, family-centred approach to supporting women returning to learning.  She spent two years as a Senior Educational Development Worker, with responsibility for widening participation in disadvantaged communities.  In this role she worked in partnership with local primary schools, libraries and community centres to deliver family learning opportunities.  She was the trans-national co-ordinator on a European project called Family Learning Works, which focused on engaging people, with low level skills, in to family learning in the workplace. She is now Head of Family Learning for the Campaign for Learning, based in the UK and also manages the National Family Learning Network, which has 6,500 practitioner members.

Juliette can be contacted at:  

jcollier@cflearning.org.uk

www.familylearningnetwork.com

Summary: Roots and Wings - Family Learning Supporting Diversity

‘The only lasting gifts we can give our children are strong roots from which to grow and wings so they can soar to great heights and achieve great things.’

Families are diverse places, where we learn some of our most fundamental values and attitudes. Family Learning offers a rich and inclusive medium to inspire learning and widen participation in education, within a learner-centred, responsive environment.

Drawing on research from the Campaign for Learning, the experiences of the UK’s National Family Learning Network and the fascinating work of LLU+ at London South Bank University, this lecture will explore the significant contribution of Family Learning to inclusive educational practice in a multicultural society.