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Specialist provision for refugee teachers

A number of training providers offer tailored programmes for refugees who want to pursue a career in education.  These range from preparatory orientation courses to programmes for progressing job-ready applicants into employment.

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
Refugee Council
240 – 250 Ferndale Road
London SW9 8BB

Tel: 020 7346 1166
Email:  rit@refugeecouncil.org.uk
Website: www.refugeesintoteaching.org.uk

- 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)
(London)

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
(Pathways into Teaching) (London)

QTS programme
Contact: Peter Jeffries
Tel: 020 7911 5502
Email: p.Jeffries@ioe.ac.uk

Teaching in FE programme
Contact: Theodros Abraham
Tel: 020 7471 5564
Email:  theodros@reconnectonline.org.uk

Accredited training programmes for work in schools and colleges

OLMEC (London)

Clare Whiting
Solid Foundations Programme Co-ordinator
Olmec
Presentation
47- 49 Durham Street
London SE11 5JA

Tel: 020 7091 9487
clare.whiting@olmec-ec.org.uk
www.olmec-ec.org.uk

Advice and Guidance

Job brokerage

Twist (London)

Shankara Angadi
Twist Partnership
15 Holywell Row
London EC2A 4JB

Tel: 020 7247 9797
Fax: 020 7247 4083
Email: Shankara.Angadi@twist.org.uk

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
Email: Ranald.barnicot@barnet.ac.uk
Tel: 020 8266 4383

Tony Fitzgerald
Email: Tony.fitzgerald@barnet.ac.uk
Tel: 020 8266 4103

Barnet College
Montagu Road
London NW4 3ES

- 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

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