Below is a list of projects offering specialist training and/or advice and guidance. Note: Due to funding changes some projects may no longer be operating.
| Project title | Contact details |
Services |
| Refugees into Teaching (National) |
Elina Makela |
- Information, Advice and Guidance - Registration on national database - Short courses |
| Routes into Employment in Schools for Refugees (London) |
Andrew Clarke Refugee Assessment and Guidance Unit London Metropolitan University 236 – 250 Holloway Road London N7 6PP Tel: 020 7133 2110 Email: andrew.clarke@londonmet.ac.uk Website: www.londonmet.ac.uk/ragu |
- Information, Advice and Guidance - University-accredited training for support roles - Support into placements and re-qualification |
Employ Diversity of Talents (EDOT) |
Fahira Mulamehic Refugees into Jobs 3-7 Lincoln Parade Preston Road Wembley Middx HA9 8UA Tel: 020 8908 4433 Email: fahira.mulamehic@brent.gov.uk |
- Information, Advice and Guidance - Support into placements and re-qualification |
Institute of Education |
QTS programme
|
Accredited training programmes for work in schools and colleges |
OLMEC (London) |
Clare Whiting Tel: 020 7091 9487 |
Advice and Guidance Job brokerage |
Twist (London) |
Shankara Angadi Tel: 020 7247 9797 |
Training for support roles in school |
| Gateway to teaching (London) |
Lynne Hannigan Empowering Learning Ltd, Zetland House 5/25 Scrutton Street London EC2A 4HJ Tel: 0207 739 1144 Email: info@empower-learning.co.uk Website: www.empowering-learning.co.uk |
- Training and placements for overseas trained teachers |
| Refugee Teachers Training Project (London) |
Lubna Lone Empower Teachers Ltd 49 West Ham Lane Stratford London E15 4PH Tel: 0845 451 4511 Email: info@empowerteachers.co.uk |
- Training and placements for overseas trained teachers |
| ESOL for Overseas Trained Teachers (London) |
Ranald Barnicot Tony Fitzgerald Barnet College |
- English language course |
| Refugee New Arrivals Project (Sheffield) |
Naomi Cohen Refugee New Arrivals Project Scotia Works Leadmill Road Sheffield S1 4SE Tel: 0114 241 2785 Email: admin@new-arrivals.org.uk |
- Refugee Teachers support group - Volunteer placements in school |
| Refugee Teaching Assistants (Leeds) |
Julie Noble Education Leeds 10th Floor West 110 Merrion Centre Leeds LS2 8DT Tel: 0113 247 5756 Email: julie.noble@educationleeds.co.uk |
- Information, Advice and Guidance - Support into placements and re-qualification |
| Refugees Into Teaching in Scotland (RITeS) |
Stewart Simpson University of Strathclyde Department of Childhood and Primary Studies Room 201, Crawfurd Building, 76 Southbrae Drive Glasgow G13 1PP Tel: 0141 950 3104 Email: stewart.f.simpson@strath.ac.uk Website: http://www.strath.ac.uk/cps/rites/ |
- Information, Advice and Guidance - Database of refugee teachers in Scotland - Support into re-qualification |

