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he UKIERI School Strand aims to facilitate the growth of cluster schools partner |
ships so as to significantly increase the level of engagement between UK and Indian schools. It will bring together clusters of schools in the UK and India for joint curriculum projects and professional development opportunities. It offers links between young people in the UK and India, providing opportunities
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the Initiative via the UKIERI website
www.ukieri.org. The composition of school clusters can differ; they can be made up entirely of primary schools, secondary schools, a mixture of both, or special needs schools. UK clusters should consist of four schools while Indian clusters should have six schools. Applications are considered against the criteria for the programme and their relevance to the overall aims of UKIERI, as well as the need to match the different types of cluster applications received from schools in each country. One contact seminar will be held each year, attended by cluster leaders and teachers from the UK and India.
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sponsored by the Corporate Champions.
The Initiative is grateful
for their abiding interest
in the School Strand
and the valuable staff
time and in kind resources that they contribute
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Collaborative projects for schools will be undertaken in these priority areas of mutual interest: |
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Teaching of languages
Science and Tech.
Entrepreneurship
Environmental studies
Sports. |
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The cluster partnerships will be expected to address some compulsory themes over the lifespan of the project: |
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Internationalism
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he workshop aimed to introduce enhanced teaching and learning experiences using
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workshop was to help develop and enrich sustainable UKIERI partnerships through effective implementation of ICT. Two Indian and two UK representatives from each of the 11 UKIERI School clusters participated.
Outcome: The workshop was interactive and included many hands on sessions, with cluster partners working on laptops and asking questions if they were having trouble getting to grips with new techniques. We will arrange follow up sessions for clusters that have requested further ICT training in the areas addressed over the ICT workshop and aim for more attendees per cluster, so that the creative ICT techniques can be more easily rolled out across all participating schools |
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he School Strand
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education and facilitate design and development of joint curriculum projects. Clusters of schools in India and the UK were invited to apply through an Expression of Interest form. 11 clusters comprising 6 Indian schools and 4 UK schools each were selected by the UK-India Joint Evaluation Panel in August |
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2006. While 7 of these clusters are supported by the core UKIERI funding, the other 4 have been sponsored by the UKIERI Corporate Champions – Glaxo SmithKline, Shell, British Aerospace and British Petroleum. These 11 clusters have each received a grant of £25,000 for a period of three years and the Contact seminar in October 2006 provided opportunities for the cluster representatives to meet their partners and agree on a broad project outline for their joint curriculum projects for the next three years |
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