Caroline Remont from DAREIC (the department for international relations for education) in our twin city of Nancy in France is visiting Newcastle 11-15th July and is keen to meet education partners who are interested in developing a new partnership with schools in Nancy and/or hosting work placements of Nancy students.
Caroline will be based at St Cuthbert’s High School for the week, but is happy to visit partners across Newcastle – from early years, through primary, middle, secondary schools, sixth forms and college level – to explore how new partnerships can be developed.
If you are interested in meeting Caroline, please contact sarah.edgar@newcastle.gov.uk who will be co-ordinating the visits.
In addition, a number of teachers from Nancy will be visiting their partner schools in July to help build on their partnerships, explore new areas of collaboration and enhance their relationships.
Call for hosts for work placements in 2023
We are working with Nancy to find hosts for around 10 work placements for young people who are 17 years old for one month at the end of May/June 2023 in Newcastle businesses and organisations. The kinds of placements they are looking for are in logistics, retail, sales and receptionist or administrative positions. Teachers from Nancy will visit Newcastle in the Autumn to prepare for the placements. They have funding to support their students in terms of travel and accommodation. If you are interested in hosting a work placement, please contact declan@internationalnewcastle.org.uk
Our partnership with Nancy
Newcastle and Nancy have been twin cities since 1954 and have been building co-operation and collaboration over the years in civic, cultural, business and education relationships.
In the last two years, International Newcastle and the City Council have worked closely with Caroline and DAREIC to develop 20 new partnerships with primary, middle, secondary schools and Newcastle College.
These partnerships enable teachers and pupils to develop relationships which can be life changing and transformative for teaching and learning languages and across the curriculum, in establishing opportunities to develop new friendships, wider perspectives and new experiences, to build confidence and aspirations and improve future education and career choices. There is also the potential for visits to Nancy and we support education establishments to access funding for visits abroad (to France and worldwide) via the UK’s Turing Scheme.
We have a simple process for matching Newcastle and Nancy partners and provide additional support to help partnerships get established and grow.
- Click here for details about our links with Nancy, the history of our cities’ relationship, information about the city of Nancy and the region of Nancy-Metz and how Newcastle schools and colleges can develop an education partnership
- Click here to find out more and all the contact details for how we support international links, languages and cultural diversity