In 2017 Torpoint Community College (often referred to as ‘TCC’), a secondary school in Cornwall, successfully applied to the UCL Beacon School programme. With the dedicated Lead Teacher, Mrs Charlotte Lane, and the support of SLT link, we faciliated a special CPD opportunity that sought to engage teachers, TAs, support staff and governors with survivor […]
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We’re very happy to announce that the Centre has been shortlisted as one of 11 IOE projects for the Made at UCL Campaign. This prestigious campaign highlights stories showing how UCL works to improve lives and communities and create real world impact. Vote for us here
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Like any school, the start of the year brings with it new arrivals. New students, new staff, new colleagues. This year Executive Director Prof Stuart Foster can announce: ‘We are delighted to welcome two new colleagues to the Centre team. Helen McCord and Corey Soper are enthusiastic and innovative educators with a strong background in […]
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Professor Stuart Foster is ‘…privileged to be invited to today’s Anne Frank Trust House of Commons reception to honour Anne’s memory & commemorate her 90th birthday. Understanding her story & the context in which it unfolded continues to have huge significance & relevance today’
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“Visiting Poland and the Beacon School programme is the single most influential experience I’ve had while teaching. This programme has sparked a desire to teach the Holocaust in a more nuanced and effective way, which will last a lifetime as I continue to engage in research led practice“. – Jordan Hobbis, Studley High School Two weeks […]
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The school in which I work is an inner city multi-cultural institution with rapidly changing student and staff populations and as such requires meaningful educational experiences that can stand the test of time by developing the student’s ability to internalise reflective and contextual skills. As such, I was attracted to the sophisticated pedagogy of the […]
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My name is Charlotte Lane and I am the UCL Beacon School Lead Teacher at Torpoint Community College, Cornwall. Our college is a proud UCL Quality Mark Beacon School; we were awarded the UCL Quality Mark last year, after becoming a UCL Beacon School for Holocaust Education in 2016. Despite being a small semi-rural secondary […]
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I am a History teacher in a large, all-boys secondary school in South West London. It’s Friday, 3 May, 2019: 2.40pm. I’ve just taught a Year 9 class a lesson from our scheme of work on the Holocaust. It involved the students taking a look at personal stories of victims of the Nazi regime from […]
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The act of antisemitic terrorism which targeted Jewish people at prayer at a San Diego synagogue at the weekend was sickening and barbaric. This latest incident follows the despicable attack at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh last October. It is a horrific reality that Jews cannot go about their ordinary business, attend their synagogues, send their children to […]
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Join our teaching team! 1 x Full Time post and 1 x Part Time 0.6 (29.2 hpw). Both posts are available immediately, or from or 1 September 2019 and are funded for one year initially. Closing Date 16 May 2019 We are seeking two highly skilled, experienced members of staff to join the existing teaching team and to help deliver the targets set […]
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@UCL_Holocaust: RT: Rabbi Issac Hertzberg on his way to synagogue during #Sukkot with a #lulav and #etrog in the Wetzlar DP camp https://t.co/UYJADCZtYA
@UCL_Holocaust: RT: “Life changing, the best #CPD I have ever been on both because of the content and because it was a superb piece of… https://t.co/c5D3jho3mq
@UCL_Holocaust: RT: We've #UnpackingtheHolocaust dates running in Manchester, Bristol, Stockton on Tees, Sunderland/Durham & Bradford i… https://t.co/WV4gESkpZo