Fellow’s Profile
Myra Robinson
Fellow’s Profile
Myra Robinson
Provision for young offenders
Fellowship
Themes
Countries
Fellowship year
1984
Locality
North East
Biography
My Fellowship in 1984 was to examine provision for disturbed and disturbing children and young offenders in French-speaking Europe. I intended to expand my knowledge because at the time we only knew about provision in the English-speaking world and it would inform my work running a unit for excluded children, as well as my voluntary work as a prison visitor.
As a result of my Fellowship, I was eventually appointed as head of service for all children in Newcastle outside normal education, ie hospital teaching, pregnant schoolgirls, excluded pupils, children in psychiatric units and home education, and I wrote articles on the problem areas of education as well as contributing to discussions on TV and radio. In fact, thanks to my Fellowship this was a two-way process because I also made a documentary film for French TV comparing their system with provision in England.
I am proud to be a Churchill Fellow, through which I have met interesting people from all walks of life, especially at the regional meetings of the East Pennines group where for several years I served on the committee.
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All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.