Professor Cathy Nutbrown receives ESRC award
At an Awards Ceremony in London on 14th May, Professor Cathy Nutbrown was presented with the ESRC Award for research which had Outstanding Impact in Society (research that has made a contribution benefitting society more widely or a specific group of the public).
Initially the project involved 20 early years practitioners in knowledge exchange processes which adapted a family literacy framework – Opportunities, Recognition, Interaction and Models (ORIM). Through partnership with the National Children’s Bureau the project reached local authorities and a number of networks concerned with early years education. Practitioner workshops enabled the families they were working with to raise children’s literacy achievements. The original 20 practitioners shared their work resulting in around 300 practitioners getting involved, between them reaching some 6,000 families. Professor Nutbrown’s impact has reached local policy and national practice in parents’ roles in literacy. |
On receiving the award, Cathy commented "It is a wonderful recognition of the collaboration we have built up with practitioners and with young children and their families ... The project has had a real impact on young children's early literacy development and, in particular, on the ways in which practitioners feel inspired and skilled to support parents who want to do more to help their young children. Our impact was a result of terrific collaboration with the National Children's Bureau, with early years practitioners and with families, and across several local authorities. The prize will be used to enhance networks of collaboration through the recently launched "ORIM Network', which will bring together those who are working to continue aspects of family literacy work with families."
Professor Alan Walker, Professor of Social Policy and Social Gerontology and Professor Matthew Flinders from the Department of Politics at the University of Sheffield were also honoured at the Awards ceremony.
Further information about the research project can be found on the Centre for the Study of Families and Learning Communities webpages and information about the impact prize is available on the ESRC website.
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