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SUMMARY:LfL Supper Seminar: A University for Children - Ger Graus\, Chief 
 Executive of the Children's University
DTSTART:20110628T160000Z
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CONTACT:Katie O'Donovan
DESCRIPTION:The Children's University describes itself as 'a national orga
 nisation that provides 7 to 14 year olds with exciting and innovative lear
 ning activities and experiences outside normal school hours'. It is that b
 ut much more. Under its Chief Executive Ger Graus\, it now encompasses ove
 r 70 affiliated centres nationwide and caters to over 85\,000 children who
 se total engagement with 'out-of-hours learning' totals one million and 75
  thousand hours. Many of those hours are spent not in school but in 'learn
 ing destinations' (Over 100 accredited learning destinations including the
  Houses of Parliament\, Shakespeare 4Kidz\, Benjamin Franklin House\, Cant
 erbury Cathedral\, Manchester City F.C.\, the Woodland Trust\, Fondazione 
 Pallazo Strozzi in Florence). These centres are accredited by the CU as pr
 oviding structured challenging experiences\, each visit endorsed in childr
 en's learning passports and counting towards graduation. The 2010 evaluati
 on which compared achievement of CU children with a non-CU comparison grou
 p showed highly significant gains is attendance\, attainment and attitudes
  to learning.\n
LOCATION:GS5\, Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills
  Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ
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