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Emma is a senior lecturer in the Deparmtnet of Education. She is also a member of the Institute of Environment, Health and Societies (Health and Social Sciences theme). Emma studied Geography at the University of Aberdeen and, after completing her PGCE (Secondary) at the University of Edinburgh and a brief foray into teaching, was awarded a scholarship by the University of St Andrews to undertake her PhD in Social and Historical Geography. Her broad geographical research interests attend to gender, family, education and social policy with recent substantive focus on social housing, training-for-work policies, family learning, body work, student parents and first-in-family students. Emma’s work has been funded through grants awarded by the Learning and Skills Council, Brunel University London, the British Academy and ESRC. Emma acts as a regular reviewer for various academic journals and she is currently a member of the ESRC peer review college (2010-2015). In 2006 Emma was awarded the Newbigin Prize by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for her paper published in the Scottish Geographical Journal. Recent work has been published in Area, Sociology of Health and Illness, British Journal of Sociology of Education, Geoforum and an edited collection of papers on Women, Work-life Balance and Quality of Life in Gender, Place and Culture.
For more information on Emma, please see her University profile.
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Elodie is a researcher at Brunel University Londonwhere she completed her PhD in 2013. She has worked on a number of research projects focusing on gender, care, training and education. Her work has been published in the British Educational Research Journal and Space and Polity and she recently assisted in editing a Routledge Major Works reader on Gender and the Environment.
For more information on Elodie, please see her Research Gate profile.
Catalyst Gateway was formed in 2010 to bring together and further develop Catalyst Housing’s twenty year history of community development work.
Catalyst Gateway delivers a range of projects to support and empower local communities.
Catalyst Gateway runs many projects and also provides funding and support to other local groups.
Catalyst Gateway has three focus areas:
• Employment and skills
• Young people and family
• Community enterprise
More than 7,500 people took part in Catalyst Gateway activities last year. Catalyst Gateway is active throughout London and the South East, mainly focusing on the areas where Catalyst Housing works.
A2Dominion is a leading housing provider and property developer in London and the South East, with 34,000 homes in management and thousands more in the development pipeline.
The Group offers high-quality sustainable homes for sale, shared ownership and private rent, available through its FABRICA by A2Dominion brand.
It also provides affordable rented homes, student and key worker housing, temporary accommodation and housing for older people and vulnerable residents.
The Group has a unique approach to housebuilding, generating profits for a social purpose instead of for shareholders, with millions of pounds reinvested each year into building much-needed affordable homes and supporting local communities.
A2Dominion is part of the g15, a group of the largest housing providers in London, and is also one of The Sunday Times Top 100 Not For Profit Organisations to Work For.
East Thames is a registered housing provider and social regeneration charity with more than 14,000 homes in east London. But we're more than just a landlord - we also build new homes, provide care and support services and offer employment, training and community programmes.
East Thames maintain a dedicated Employment and Inclusion Team who provide a range of products and services including supported job search sessions, group training workshops, 121 advice and guidance, accredited vocational training and access to work experience and mentoring.
The team have supported more than 1200 people (young people and adults) into employment since 2010. Last year (2014 / 2015) wemoved 283 into work.
