I’ve just got back from the launch of the English Secondary Students’ Association’s (ESSA) new project, ‘Manifesto for Change’. It’s a campaign in the form of a competition. The idea is to collect together the thoughts and views of young people aged 11-19 and form these into Manifesto for Education. ESSA are asking people to make short videos on any subject they feel strongly about and the best and most thought-provoking ones will be shown on Channel 4 (one of the sponsors of the scheme). Videos should focus on the (broad) categories of:
- Teaching and learning
- Where we learn
- Enjoying education
- Student voice and leadership
- Future of education
All entries need to be in by the 18th of June. There are more details here: www.studentvoice.tv
The launch itself was a pleasant event, held at Portcullis House, which, despite externally being one of the ugliest buildings in London is a actually very nice inside. Natascha Engel MP hosted the event and seems to genuinely have a strong interest in young people’s rights and democracy, I guess that’s why she’s involved with UKYP and the BYC.
