Resilience Forum
In this Forum Marco Ius, assistant professor in Education at the University of Padua, will be discussing holistic intervention for children living in vulnerable contexts and facing adversity. Creative and playful techniques will be used to enable participants to think and collaborate visually and work remotely in the same creative space.
This forum explores findings from “Arriving at Thriving: Learning from Disabled students to ensure access for all”, a report by Policy Connect and the Higher Education Commission (October, 2020). This report arose from a public inquiry into the experiences of disabled students in higher education (i.e. college, university, etc.).
In this Forum Michelle Jewsbury, CEO of Unsilenced Voices, a non-profit organisation focused on eradicating domestic abuse and sexual gender-based violence, will be discussing the experiences of disadvantaged women in countries with low average incomes and how they have to be resilient to overcome their difficulties.
Topic  Why focus on resilient communities and what does the lockdown tell us? – Diana Rose Session Summary I offered this session as a survivor of mental health services, a sometime academic and an activist. My histories or standpoints are important. Young working class girls like me in the 1950s and 1960s were taught that what … Read more