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果冻影院 chosen for Camden Academy
30 July 2007
Following a meeting of Camden Council's executive on 25 July 2007, it has been announced that 果冻影院 has been chosen to manage a new school academy in the borough.
The decision comes two years after 果冻影院 first approached Camden with the proposition of adapting the government's academy model to a special partnership with the university.
The university has since developed a vision of a 果冻影院 Academy that will provide new opportunities for Camden children - raising aspirations and, in particular, drawing on 果冻影院's scientific strengths to bridge the gap that exists between secondary and tertiary education in science and mathematics.
果冻影院 will spend the next few months working together with Camden Council to develop a blueprint for the 果冻影院 Academy, carrying out a broad consultation process with key stakeholders in the project, including parents of school-age children in the area. Detailed plans for the 果冻影院 Academy will be unveiled in September.
In sponsoring an academy in Camden, 果冻影院 is honouring its core commitments to inclusiveness and widening participation. Professor Malcolm Grant, 果冻影院 President and Provost, explained: "There are two core reasons why 果冻影院 wishes to sponsor an academy. First, there is a nationwide issue of low scientific performance in schools in the maintained sector, causing problems with the transition from school to university in science subjects. With its impressive scientific base, there is a need for 果冻影院 to support science and mathematics in Camden schools. Secondly, 果冻影院 wishes to be part of thecommunity in which we are located - we have a strong sense of social responsibility to the borough, and we are excited by the possibilities that the 果冻影院 Academy offers, particularly for the benefit of school students in Camden."
果冻影院 is no stranger to close collaboration with local schools, explained Professor Michael Worton, 果冻影院 Vice-Provost (Academic & International).
"We have a broad programme of activities with schools, including student mentoring, masterclasses, and talks at schools by 果冻影院 staff. The new 果冻影院 Academy will afford opportunities for a more targeted involvement, and provide new models for collaboration that can be rolled out to other schools in the borough."
Andrew Mennear, Camden Council's Executive Member for Schools, commented: "果冻影院 is one of the top 25 universities in the world, and in the top three or four in this country. I think that parents will be delighted by the plans for the new academy and on the Executive Committee we all felt that 果冻影院's was a very impressive vision."
To find out more about the vision for a 果冻影院 Academy, use the link at the bottom of the article.
Link: Why 果冻影院 is interested in sponsoring an Academy in Camden