The Grenfell Disaster CPD Workshop: Justice and Disaster Across the Curriculum
The event is intended for current teachers (primary and secondary), who are interested in teaching about the Grenfell Tower in their lessons across the Key Stages. This event is free to attend, but tickets are limited so do please let us know at deanery@education.ox.ac.uk if you cannot attend, so that we can make your place available to another attendee.
One of the worst disasters in modern British history, claiming 72 lives, the Grenfell Tower fire has raised pressing questions about humans, technology, and social justice. Human-made disasters such as Grenfell have significant economic and societal impacts, but how we could teach about them in schools has received minimal attention – think of Hillsborough, 9/11 or the Manchester bombings. This raises an important question: how can education contribute to creating a society with disaster justice, particularly for disasters caused by human error and mistakes?

This free day’s in person workshop (10am-4pm, lunch provided) is for any current teachers (primary and secondary), who are interested in teaching about the Grenfell Tower in their lessons, across all Key Stages and across the curriclulum (e.g., in science, history, RE, English, geography, economics or the wider humanities).

In it, we will:

(a) explore the links and intersections between disasters, justice and curriculum;

(b) present the views of the Grenfell survivors, bereaved families and local residents on what should be taught and how;

(c) develop together appropriate strategies for teaching about this disaster across the curriculum.

This event is part of the development of an online CPD programme, so we hope to gather your views and experiences during the sessions or afterwards.

Spaces are limited so please sign up early!

For: Any current teachers (primary and secondary), who are interested in teaching about the Grenfell Tower in their lessons across the Key Stages
Date: 18 February 2025, 10:00
Venue: Department of Education, University of Oxford (15 Norham Gardens, OX2 8PY)
Speakers: Dr Nigel Fancourt (Department of Education, University of Oxford), Dr Wonyong Park (Associate Professor of Science Education, University of Southampton), Professor John Schultz (Professorial Fellow in Digital Learning, University of Southampton)
Organiser contact email address: deanery@education.ox.ac.uk
Hosts: Grenfell Bereaved & Survivors, Oxford Education Deanery (Department of Education, University of Oxford)
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://bit.ly/GrenfellCPD
Booking email: deanery@education.ox.ac.uk
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Joseph Bullough