EDUCATION CORNER PODCAST
EDUCATION CORNER PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH DEPUTY HEAD
Ms. Josephine Lane ST PAUL’S GIRLS’, DISCUSSING THEIR WORK WITH PROJECT ReMAKE
Recently, St Paul’s Girls’ School have taken part in Project ReMAKE and ReMAKE Educational, an outreach project that introduces sixth form pupils to ex-offenders. This gives both sides the opportunity to share experiences, debate ideas and, most importantly, learn. Could you tell us a little more about what Project ReMAKE is and how you came across it?
Thank you very much for having me, it is a pleasure to be here with you. Project ReMAKE is really close to our hearts at SPGS. It is a project that was founded in this country by a chap called Kameel Khan, who is a retired judge. It originated at Stanford University where he spent a time teaching. He brought the programme back to the UK about four years ago. It is a programme which supports ex-offenders, we call them “returning citizens”.It enables them to make a positive return into society, which gives them entrepreneurial skills and support, whilst helping them to develop business ideas. The programme itself works with business professionals. Currently, they are working with Queen Mary University, with the Schools of Law and Business. ReMAKE Educational is a development of Project ReMAKE. We have been working on developing the ReMAKE Educational side of the project, which is all about introducing young 42 | EDUCATION CHOICES MAGAZINE | S U M M E R 2 02 2
people to the concept of social justice. We have run the pilot project over this last academic year and we are developing it for next year. Is it a part of the curriculum now?
It is a part of what we call a St Paul’s Programme, which is the non-examined curriculum, which takes place on a Friday afternoon and students take all sorts of different electives, and we had 32 students going through the ReMAKE Programme. Could you tell me a little more about how the students get involved? What topics do the Sixth Form students discuss with the ex-offenders?
The programme is partly a series of talks from a range of people who have been involved in the justice system, or are involved in the justice system. There are talks from lawyers, mentors, visitors, prison reform campaigners. Most importantly, they get to meet, talk with, and
“It enables them to make a positive return into society, which gives them entrepreneurial skills and support, whilst helping them to develop business ideas.”
