19 April – 30 May 2021
This writing project will be run in partnership with City of Sanctuary, Sheffield (CoSS), Sheffield Association for the Voluntary Teaching of English (SAVTE), Sheffield Conversation Club and Change the Word.
Participants will meet with new arrivals into Sheffield who are seeking Sanctuary. They will explore ideas of welcome and find out the challenges faced by new arrivals by participating in conversations over Zoom and by planning and running creative writing workshops on the theme of Welcome for those currently learning English. There will be sessions on planning creative writing workshops and sessions which give context regarding the UK government’s approach to asylum and refugee issues and which introduce the Sanctuary movement.
Students taking part will:
- Acquire a deeper understanding of the topics of migration, asylum and seeking sanctuary
- Develop their cultural awareness and intercultural communication skills
- Improve their knowledge of the cultures represented in the project
- Be able to complete the Global Citizenship Portfolio
For more information about the project, please contact Andrew Jeffrey, jeffrey.andrew@shu.ac.uk in the College of Social Sciences and Arts.
Deadline for signing up: 30 March 2021
Please note, if you are planning to complete the Global Citizenship Portfolio this academic year, you must sign up for it by end of February 2021.