13 May 2011
Lewisham College Launches Anti Sexual Bullying Resource Linking
Lies
Lewisham College has this spring launched a brand
new teachers' resource pack in collaboration with London Region
Anti Bullying Network, aimed at tackling sexual bullying inside and
outside of the classroom.
The material includes a resource pack for staff and
a DVD, Linking Lies, produced by Lewisham College Media and
Drama students, is intended to assist teachers across the UK in
tackling gender conflict. The project is supported by the Skills
Funding Agency and the Learning and Skills Improvement Service
(LSIS), a sector owned and led body supporting new approaches to
excellence and improvement in teaching and learning.
The resource pack aims to raise young people's awareness of
sexual bullying and gender conflict and to help prevent sexual
bullying and gender conflict from occurring in schools, Further
Education (FE) colleges and other youth settings, by enabling young
people to respond effectively if and when it does happen. It can
also be used as a stimulus to discuss and develop a sexual bullying
and gender conflict definition and policy within the whole school
or college community setting.
Graham Robb, Board Member, Youth Justice Board of England and
Wales said: "I warmly welcome this work from Lewisham College. The
DVD and resource kit addresses concerns that all young people, from
schools and colleges, will have about sexual bullying and gender
conflict. It provides guidance for adults and support for young
people to understand and cope with the issues.
"It's easy for the issues to be under the radar but it's
absolutely vital that girls and indeed all young people have the
confidence that adults take this very seriously."
Principal of Lewisham College Maxine Room added: "This isn't an
issue that affects just one college: local and national research
shows this to be a widespread problem that demands our coordinated
attention and action.
"I hope that teachers up and down the country find this pack a
useful addition to the resources they already have surrounding
equality and bullying issues. I wish them the best of luck in their
efforts to help stamp out sexual bullying in our education
system."
Margaret Adjaye, Head of Equality and Diversity at LSIS said: "We
are pleased that our support for this important piece of work
ultimately has helped Lewisham College to produce a resource pack
that will help students and staff to better understand and deal
with these difficult issues We are also grateful to the Skills
Funding Agency for their support towards this project."