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Experiences of post-16 provision
Elaine Clinton, a recently retired Ofsted FE and Skills HMIinspector has emailed ACERT looking for any examples of where a college or local authority or any other provider of education has gone out of their way to reach, include, support and enable progress of Gypsy Roma and other Travellers.
The case studies will be included in nationally available learning resources for senior managers of post 16 providers, to provide examples of good practice of the inclusion of minority, hard to reach and excluded groups into Further Education.
ACERT organised a Further and Higher Education Conference in 2015 and we would also be interested to collect and share evidence of good, and for that matter, bad practice in this area.
World Gypsy Dance Championships 2017
ACERT has been contacted by Róisín Mullins-Jacobs, a Sky TV Presenter, Sky TV talent show judge and accomplished Irish dancer, who is organising the first ever World Gypsy Dance Championships 2017 will be held in London on Saturday 27th May.
The championships are an International dance contest open to male and female child and adult dancers of the Gypsy, Roma, Traveller community – all dance styles are welcome from Irish Dance, to Romani Dance to Step Dance to Flamenco and more…