The SEP encourages schools to make cross-sectoral collaborations an integral part of school life, creating enhanced educational and personal development opportunities for everyone involved.
The first group of three year SEP partnerships (SEP1) commenced in September 2007. SEP2 partnerships started in September 2010. The SEP has involved over 100 schools at Post-Primary and Primary level in cross-sectoral collaboration concentrating on substantive, curriculum based activities. In their first year SEP2 partnerships involved over 4,000 students across Northern Ireland.
The theme of this conference focuses on the role of education and how it prepares young people to live and work in society.This has significance for societies affected by ethnic conflict; whereby education can be used a means to reconstruct societies and provide its recipients with a variety of skills to sustain peaceful societies.
Videos and materials from The Sharing Education Learning Forum (SELF) conference attended by the Minister of Education and Assembly Education Committee.
An overview of the first group of cross-sectoral partnerships which started in September 2007. Read More
The School of Education at Queen's University Belfast hosted a Sharing Education Programme (SEP) Seminar – 'Understanding the Past, Understanding the Present'. Links to the conference presentations are available.Read More
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