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OurweekinNewport,UK15-20April2018
Erasmus+Ka2:Howitistolive,studyandworkinaforeignEUcountry.
Learning/teachingeventn°9:Newport,UKatJoyceFranklandAcademy.
Students:BerettaEmmaGiannuzziElenaCarmenMazzuccatoLindaVignagaCarlotta
Teachers:AgnolettoSilviaBevilacquaLorenaOstiGabriella
Participants
• LiceoScientificoStataleEttoreMajoranaScordiaCapuana3695048ScordiaItaly
• JoyceFranklandAcademyNewportBuryWaterlaneCB113TRNewportUnitedKingdom
• LiceoStataleCelio-RoccatiViaCarducci,845100RovigoItaly• MTÜKool21.sajandilÕismäetee16-2013511TallinnEstonia• TornionyhteislyseonlukioKauppakatu2995400TornioFinland• IesUrolaIkastolaAzkoitia-AzpeitiaBHIPerdillegi,320730Azpeitia
(Gipuzkoa)Spain• ZespolSzkolOchronySrodowiskaKarolaKurpinskiego264-100Leszno
-Poland• CharlemagneCollegeEijkhagenlaan316371XALandgraaf
Netherlands• I.E.S.SantaMaríalaRealPºMonasterio34800AguilarDeCampoo
Spain
Theaimoftheproject
Theprincipalaimistomakestudentslearnhowisittolive,studyandworkinineachofthevisitedcountriesbyshowingthemhowmanypossibilitiesstudentscanfindatlocal,regionalandnationallevel.
HOWITISTOLIVE…
Importantcitiesofthearea
-Newport(wherewestayed)-London-Cambridge
Newport-ThetownNewport is a large village in Essex near Saffron Walden. The village’spopulation is just over 2,000, precisely 2,352. Located approximately 66kilometresnorthofLondon,thevillageissituatedamongstthearablefieldsofnorthern Essex.With a regular train service to London Liverpool Street andCambridgefromtheNewport(Essex)railwaystation,thevillageisconsideredtobewithincommutingdistanceofthecapitalandassuchattractsanumberof workers from the City of London. Joyce Frankland Academy, acomprehensiveco-educationalsecondaryschool,isalsolocatedinthevillage.Newport is the centre point of the long-distance path known as "TheHarcamlow Way", a figure-of-eight walk between Cambridge and Harlow.Consequently, ithasa largenumberofwalksradiatingfromitscentre;shortwalksofsurroundinginterestincludethoseheadingtowardsSaffronWalden,the English Heritage property of Audley End House, or Prior Hall Barn inWiddington.
The village prospered until around 1300, afterwhich it declined and itsmarket ceased.Untilthe20thcenturyNewportwasmostlydependentuponagricultureinadditiontolocaltradeofleather,woolcombingandmalting.Therearemanyattractiveoldbuildingsinthevillage,acharacteristicofthearea:-Thechurch,StMarytheVirgin,datesfromthelate14thcentury.-TheCrownHouse(mostlylate16thcentury)-MonksBarn,aWealdentypehousedatingfromthe15thcentury.In1588NewportFreeGrammarSchoolwasfoundedbyDameJoyceFrankland;thevillagealsohasitsownprimaryschool.Onthecreationofaturnpiketrustin1744themainroadwasgreatlyimproved.Onehundredyearsagoabout900people, largelyagriculturalworkers, lived insome220dwellings.By1971 thepopulationhad increasedsomewhat toover1,200.Since thenallthe livestock farms have closed, fields, orchards and farmpremises in the centre of thevillagehavebeenbuiltover,andmorethan2,200peoplenowoccupyover900houses.
Thevillagehastwopublichouses:theCoachandHorses,alarge17thcenturyinnsituatedatthenorthendofthevillage,andtheWhiteHorse,anequallyoldbutsmallerpubinthecentreofthevillage.Thereisalsoasocialmembersclub,theNewportClub.Newport ishometoa tennisclubandyouthorganisationsandbenefits fromtheVillageHall where activities include a farmers' market, bingo, keep fit, Pilates, the FootlightTheatre Dance School, Newport Amateur Theatrical Society, Newport Art Group, andSaffronWaldenIndoorCarpetBowlsClub.Newporthasavillagemagazine,NewportNews,whichispublishedtwiceayearandhostsabonfirenightfireworkdisplayon5Novembereachyear.Newport is servedbyahandfulof small businesses, suchasa small independentpetrolstationandgarage,achemist,an Indianrestaurant,aconveniencestoreandpostoffice.Thereisalsoasmallgardencentre,beautysalon,gentleman'shairdressersandabakery.
Wherewe’vebeen..
• Newport
• London:thecapitalandmostpopulouscityofEnglandandtheUnitedKingdom.StandingontheRiverThamesinthesoutheastoftheislandofGreatBritain,Londonhasbeenamajorsettlementfortwomillennia.
• Cambridge:itisauniversitycityandthecountytownofCambridgeshire,England,ontheRiverCamapproximately50miles(80km)northofLondon.AttheUnitedKingdomCensus2011,itspopulationwas123,867including24,506students.
HOWITISTOSTUDY…
Education in England
Compulsoryeducation Full-timeeducationiscompulsoryforallchildrenaged5to18,eitheratschoolorotherwise.The"leavingage"forcompulsoryeducationis18since2008. Theschoolyearbeginson1September(or1AugustifatermstartsinAugust)andendsthelastFridayofJune. TheCompulsorystagesofeducationarebrokenintoaFoundationStage(actuallycoveringthelastpartofoptionalandfirstpartofcompulsoryeducation),4KeyStages,andpost-16education.
Somechildren in Englandattendprivately run, fee-paying indipendent schools. Some schoolsofferscholarships for those with particular skills or aptitudes, or bursaries to allow students from lessfinancially well-off families to attend. Independent schools do not have to follow the NationalCurriculum.
Some other children are in education in state-funded schools without charge (other than foractivitiessuchasswimming,theatrevisitsandfieldtrips).Since1998,therehavebeensixmaintypesofmaintained(state-funded)schoolinEngland:Academyschools Communityschools Foundationschools VoluntaryAidedschools Voluntarycontrolledschools
Post-16educationStudentsatbothstateschoolsandindependentschoolstypicallytakeGCSEexaminations,whichmark the end of compulsory education in school. Above school-leaving age, theindependentandstatesectorsaresimilarlystructured.Inthe16–18agegroup,sixthformeducationisnotcompulsory,butmandatoryeducationortraininguntiltheageof18wasphasedinundertheEducationandSkillsAct2008,with16-year-oldsin2013andfor17-year-oldsinSeptember2015.
Apprenticeshipsandtraineeships TheNationalApprenticeshipServicehelpspeople16ormoreyearsofageenterapprenticeshipsinordertolearnaskilledtrade.ApprenticeshipsintheUKareofferedfrombasictrainingatsecondaryleveltoadvancedcoursesathighereducationlevel.Traineeships are also overseen by the National Apprenticeship Service, and are education and atrainingprogrammesthatarecombinedwithworkexperiencetogivetraineestheskillsneededtogetanapprenticeship. Apprenticeshipscomeinfourlevels:Intermediate,Advanced,HigherandDegree.
There is a large varietyofVocational educationandtraining(VET)qualificationsintheUK.VET is available at secondary and higher educationlevelsintheUK;mostVETqualificationsaretakenatsecondarylevelwithinthefurthereducationsector.Formal VET in the UK is organised within severalnationalqualificationsframeworks. ThenewRegulatedQualificationsFramework(RQF),decided in 2015, gives awarding organisationsincreased freedom and flexibility to developqualifications that meet specific labour marketneeds. Qualificationsarenowexpectedtobevalidatedandsupporteddirectlybyemployers. New level descriptors are being developed, but thesame eight framework levels (plus entry levels)remain from the previous Qualifications and CreditFramework(QCF).
Types of VET
EntrancerequirementsandfurtherstudyorworkpathwaysarementionedwithinthedescriptionofqualificationswithintheUKqualificationsregistersandotherformal qualifications. VETisavailableacrossmostlevelsofthequalificationsframeworksintheUK,rangingfrom introductoryinitialVETcoursesinsecondaryschoolsandcollegesthroughtoprogrammesathighereducationlevel.Itcanbefoundintheshapeofschool-basedprogrammeswhichcombinegeneralacademicstudywithvocationalelements,broadvocationalprogrammesand specialistoccupationalprogrammes. VET is offered on a full-time and part-time basis and studentsmay attend school or college on ablockreleaseorday-releasebasisfromemployers,orattendeveningorweekendlearningsessions.Moreover,alargenumberofqualificationsexistwithinthequalificationsframeworksintheUK,offeringabroadchoiceofprogrammes.
Wherewe’vebeen…CambridgeRegionalCollege:itisoneofthebestFurtherEducationcollegesinthecountryfor16-18year-oldlevel3studentachievementandaleadingapprenticeshipprovider,with3,000full-timestudentsandmorethan3,800apprenticescurrentlyintraining.
AngliaRuskinUniversity:AngliaRuskinUniversityisapublicuniversityinEastAnglia,UnitedKingdom.Ithas39,400studentsworldwideandhascampusesinCambridge,Chelmsford,PeterboroughandLondon.ItalsosharescampuseswiththeCollegeofWestAngliainKing'sLynn,WisbechandCambridge.
CambridgeUniversity:TheUniversityofCambridge(informallyCambridgeUniversity)isacollegiatepublicresearchuniversityinCambridge,England.Foundedin1209andgrantedaRoyalCharterbyKingHenryIIIin1231,Cambridgeisthesecond-oldestuniversityintheEnglish-speakingworldandtheworld'sfourth-oldestsurvivinguniversity.
HOWITISTOWORK…
StanstedAirport:LondonStanstedAirport(IATA:STN,ICAO:EGSS)isaninternationalairportlocatedatStanstedMountfitchetinthedistrictofUttlesfordinEssex,42mi(68km)northeastofCentralLondonand0.9mi(1.4km)fromtheHertfordshireborder.London Stansted currently serves over 170 destinations across Europe, North Africa,Central and North America and more scheduled European destinations than any otherairport in theUK. Stansted is a base for a number ofmajor European low-cost carriers,beingthelargestbaseforlow-costairlineRyanair,withover130destinationsservedbytheairline.
AstraZeneca:AstraZenecaplcisanAnglo–Swedishmultinationalpharmaceuticalandbiopharmaceutical company. In 2013, it moved its headquarters to Cambridge, UK,andconcentrateditsR&Dinthreesites:Cambridge;Gaithersburg,Maryland,USAforwork on biopharmaceuticals; and Mölndal in Sweden, for research on traditionalchemical drugs. AstraZeneca has a portfolio of products for major disease areasincluding cancer, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infection, neuroscience, respiratoryandinflammation.
Practicalinformation:addressesandtelephonenumbers
• JoyceFranklandacademyNewport• AstraZeneca• Townhall,SaffronWalden• Cambridgeuniversity• CambridgeRegionalCollege• AngliaRuskinUniversity
• JoyceFranklandacademyNewport:Principal:GordonFarquharJoyceFranklandAcademy,Newport,SaffronWalden,Essex,CB113TRt:01799540237f:01799542189e:[email protected]
• AstraZeneca:1FrancisCrickAve,CambridgeCB20RE,RegnoUnito+442076048000http://www.astrazeneca.com/
• Cambridgeuniversity:Academicaffairs332200(AcademicDivision)Accommodation338099(AccommodationService)[email protected](01223)746222(InstituteofContinuingEducation)[email protected](CambridgeAlumniRelationsOffice)[email protected]
• Townhall,SaffronWalden:SaffronWaldenTownCouncil,11EmsonClose,SaffronWalden,EssexCB101HLtel:01799516501/516502fax:01799516503email:[email protected]
• CambridgeRegionalCollege:Address:DirectorateofEmployerEngagementCambridgeRegionalCollege,ScienceParkcampus,KingsHedgesRoad,Cambridge,CB42QTEmail:[email protected]:01223418778Fax:01223226488• AngliaRuskinUniversity:YoungStreetCambridgeCB12LZ+44(0)1245493131(allenquiries)
