Projects and Campaigns
Campaign 4 Change in October 2007 ESSA launch Campaign for Change, a project which was funded by V and aimed to get as many young people campaigning about issues that they cared about as possible. ESSA achieved this in a number of ways, most notably through the creation of their workshop 'Campaign 4 Change', run entirely by young people, the C4C training was eventually taken by more than 2000 young people and is still being used today.
Manifesto 4 Change on the 5th May 2009, ESSA launched their video competition 'Manifesto 4 Change' at Portcullis House, Westminster, with the support of many organisations and individuals including Natashca Engels MP, Channel 4 and NESTA. With a view to eventually creating a written manifesto for the next general election, ESSA have invited young people to send in up to 3 minutes of video on what they think should be changed in the education system.
There are 5 categories;
- Teaching and Learning
- Where We Learn
- Enjoying Education
- Student Voice and Leadership
- The Future of Education
After the deadline for entries of 18 June 2009, the videos were judged and the winning entries were shown on Channel 4. As well as prizes for the winners, all of the views from the videos were used to create a Students' Manifesto to show politicians what students want!
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