BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1008@m25lib.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250403T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250403T120000 DTSTAMP:20250402T155127Z URL:https://www.m25lib.org.uk/events/the-role-of-libraries-in-supporting-a ccess-to-higher-educstion-for-refugess-and-asylum-seekers-tg2/ SUMMARY:The Role of Libraries in Supporting Access to Higher Education for Refugees and Asylum Seekers[TG2/Access] DESCRIPTION: \;\n\n*REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS NOW CLOSED*\n\nThis event will provide information and good practice guidance on how librarie s can support students and members of their local community who are refuge es\, asylum seekers\, or 'new arrivals' (people who cross borders to reach a country).\n\nThe session will begin with a presentation from John Vince nt\, outlining the wider context and reasons for migration\, the barriers new arrivals face in getting to and into the UK\, and some of the potentia l barriers refugee students face accessing education and using libraries.\ n\nThis talk will be followed by librarians from Cardiff\, Lancaster\, Cum bria and Reading universities describing initiatives at their universities and how the library is involved in supporting new arrivals.\n\nThere will be time for general discussion and questions at the end.\n\nAttendees wil l also receive a document with further guidance at the end of the session. \n\nProgramme:\n\n10am         John Vincent - 'Working with new arri vals'\n\n10.45am   Sara Huws - 'A genuine invitation: steps towards incl usion for sanctuary-seekers'\n\n11am         Bob Frost and James Step hens - 'Empowering Communities Through ESOL resources'\n\n11.15am     N atasha Kennedy - 'Supporting the continuation of education for asylum seek ers and refugees at the University  of Reading Library'\n\n11.35          General discussion &\; Questions\n\n12:00pm   End\n\n \;\n\ nSpeakers:\n\nJohn Vincent has worked in the public sector since the 1960s \, primarily for Hertfordshire\, Lambeth and Enfield public library servic es. In 1997\, he was invited to become part of the team that produced the UK’s first review of public libraries and social exclusion (from which T he Network\, which he now coordinates\, originated). \n\nJohn runs course s and lectures\, writes\, produces regular newsletters and ebulletins\, an d lobbies for greater awareness of the role that libraries\, archives\, mu seums\, and the cultural &\; heritage sector play in contributing to so cial justice. \n\nHe is particularly interested in supporting the work th at libraries do with young people in care\, with LGBTQ+ people\, and with people seeking sanctuary and other ‘new arrivals’ to the UK.  \n\nJo hn is also currently the Chair of the CILIP Benevolent Fund. \n\nIn Oct 2 021\, City of Sanctuary published a second edition of his guide\, Librarie s of Sanctuary resource pack\; and\, in Nov 2022\, Facet Publishing publis hed Libraries and sanctuary: supporting refugees and other new arrivals. H e is currently about to complete another book for Facet Publishing\, this time on libraries’ responses to young people in care. \n\nIn 2014\, Joh n was given a CILIP CDEG Special Diversity Award\, and\, in September 2014 \, he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of CILIP. \n\nSara Huws is a her itage and engagement professional based in Cardiff. She specialises in cre ating memorable and enjoyable opportunities for people to participate in c ulture. Most recently\, she has been working with people experiencing home lessness to develop their skills as walking guides\, developing women’s history tours and creating courses building confidence and archive skills with a variety of audiences outside academia. Her day-to-day work involves maintaining long-term\, meaningful partnerships between Cardiff Universit y Libraries and Archives and its neighbours.\n\nAn experienced social entr epreneur\, she is co-founder of East End Women’s Museum – the first wo men’s history museum in England and Wales – and Every Body Outdoors\, which champions size inclusion in the outdoor sector and creates opportuni ties for participation for plus size people. She is currently Co-Chair for the Welsh Government’s Culture Strategy Group and is reading for a PhD in ‘everyday activism’ in museum collections. In her spare time she is a competitive powerlifter.\n\nBob Frost - Faculty Librarian for Science & amp\; Technology (&\; Partner Institutions) – Lancaster University. I have worked in HE Libraries for the last 20 years in a variety of roles: stock management\, document delivery\, digitisation\, archives\, procureme nt\, cataloguing\, team management\, subject liaison and community engagem ent.\n\nI currently support staff/students in the Faculty of Science &\ ; Technology at Lancaster and also support our partner institutions. In ad dition I lead on our library support for the local refugee/asylum seeker c ommunity.\n\nJames Stephens – Head of Library Services and University Li brarian – University of Cumbria. I am the Head of Library Services and U niversity Librarian at the University of Cumbria with over twenty-one year s of experience in academic librarianship\, management\, and leadership. I am motivated by enabling access to scholarly information and empowering s tudents to develop the skills and confidence they need to succeed in acade mic and work-based contexts.\n\nNatasha Kennedy has been the Library Exper ience and Engagement Manager at the University of Reading since September 2023 and is responsible for the delivery\, management and development of a high quality\, responsive and customer-focused library service that meets the needs of all its users\, both within the University community and the local community.\n\nIn her previous role\, Natasha was the Reader Service s Librarian of the Bodleian Library\, University of Oxford\, where she had oversight of the day-to-day operations of the Library\, taught on the Bod leian Libraries Graduate Library Trainee scheme\, supported the teaching a nd learning needs of staff and students of the MSc in Digital Scholarship\ , and acted as a mentor for students interested in a career in Librariansh ip and Information Management.\n\nNatasha embeds UX (user experience) meth ods and approaches in the design of library services to better improve the library experience for all users\, and is always keen to collaborate to e nsure user needs are met.\n\n \;\n\nInformation for joining:\n\n This session is virtual and will run via Zoom. Once your booking has been conf irmed\, joining instructions will be emailed the day before the event.\n Electronic CPD attendance certificates can be provided on request. Please request via cpd25@london.ac.uk\n\nCost\n£25.00 members\n£50.00 for non-m ember institutions.\n\n \;\n\nElectronic CPD attendance certificates c an be provided on request. Please request via cpd25@london.ac.uk\n\nCancel lations less than one week before the event will be charged a 50% cancella tion fee. In the event of a ‘no-show’ on the day\, the full fee will b e charged.\n\n \;\n\n*REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS NOW CLOSED*. Ple ase contact cpd25@london.ac.uk with any queries.\n\n \; CATEGORIES:cpd25 Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR