Ep. 28 Keeping education level during lockdown, Cllr Anna Firth, Sevenoaks District Council

On this week’s episode of Public Sector Voices we are joined by Anna Firth, Councillor on Sevenoaks District Council and one of the founders of the Invicta Summer Academy.

Over the summer, with the help of hundreds of teachers and other staff, the academy provided education to 36,000 children who would have otherwise been out of a learning environment for 6 months.

Anna discusses how her involvement as a school governor as well as her family history of teaching lead her to create the Invicta Summer Academy, as well as how the project intends to carry on now that children are back in traditional education.

Anna believes that “the quickest way to achieve true equality is through education for all”, and with children out of school throughout most of 2020, the Invicta Summer Academy has helped to ensure that even disadvantaged children stayed in education.

In this episode, Anna discusses the difficulties that online teaching can have, but also the massive benefits that come from a classroom that is not limited by “geographical and physical restriction on teaching having to take place in a classroom, in an area.”

Anna delves into the struggles that technology can pose when internet access isn’t equal across the entire nation.

PSE August/September 2023

PSE August/September 2023

London mayor assisting with creative COVID recovery

Our  August/September 2023 edition of PSE brings you expert comment and analysis on a range of key public sector topics, from EV infrastructure to Digital transformation and reducing carbon emissions.

 

Learn how the role of local government in leading the data revolution or read all about the Manchesters landmark housing scheme, alongside so much more…

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Ep. 44
LGBT in the workplace
with Carl Austin Behan

In episode 44 of the Public Sector Executive Podcast, host Dan Benn was joined by former Lord Mayor of Manchester, Carl Austin-Behan OBE. Carl spoke about everything ranging from his time in the RAF, being Manchester’s first openly gay Lord Mayor, and the important work he does now, with the LGBT Foundation.
 

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