Young Researchers take centre stage with Royal Shakespeare Company
When the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) wanted to explore how its Schools’ Broadcasts could be improved, they decided the right people to ask were the young people themselves. The UFA team were brought in by the RSC and Arts Connect West Midlands to train young people as Young Researchers and Evaluators to explore whether the
Young Researchers working for great outcomes at BCH
“When we initially put the YRE programme together, we did so with the aim of making it useful for any environment,” says Sarah Burgess, UFA Director of Learning. “The programme is designed to equip its participants with a flexible toolkit of skills that they can then take into the world, adapt and apply – with
Peer Tutoring at Honley High School
When a new head arrives in school, it always means changes. But fortunately for Dale Holding, Progress Manager at Honley High, this new head brought with him prior knowledge and experience of the UFA. “Peer Tutoring was being considered, as we wanted to help those children making poor adjustments between primary and secondary school,” said
Researchers squeeze data from Juice Festival
A week long arts festival for and by children and young people, The Juice Festival has been running in Newcastle for several years. Focused on celebrating the creativity of children and young people, the organisers were keen to evaluate the festival and wanted a team of young people to do the job. Having experienced the UFA’s
Sheldon Heath Media Summer Challenge
The aim of the Summer Challenge was to produce three minute broadcast quality film dramas, set in Birmingham. This programme took part in two phases: first a Summer Challenge at which young people from Sheldon Heath School would gain the technical skills to make a short film. In the second phase the young people would