The Contradictions of Urban Policy: The Case of the Single Regeneration Budget in London
Little Hulton: lone parents. But there were difficulties at times maintaining communication because of changes in personnel among the project coordinators. In response to national priorities and to assist the regeneration of deprived areas, the Department for Education and Science and the Department for Employment later the DfEE invited bids in the early 1990s for funding from LEAs to support initiatives aimed at raising the motivation and achievement of youngsters and the nurturing of business education partnership DES, 1991. Evaluate the success of one partnership scheme in achieving urban regeneration 10 marks 14.
But targets were progressively reduced and the project team was eventually asked to concentrate on reaching the target of 25 placements, but these should be for 5-days only with shorter placements continuing to be funded by the TEC. In one school, mentees were chosen from those pupils who had behavioural problems, poor study habits and lack of support from home. The use of Single Regeneration Budget funding to raise motivation and achievement in a disadvantaged area The use of Single Regeneration Budget funding to raise motivation and achievement in a disadvantaged area Stuart Trickey Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, University of Leeds, England, September 13-15, 2001 Stuart Trickey School of Education Sheffield Hallam University Collegiate Crescent Campus Sheffield S10 2BP Abstract This paper presents the findings of a small-scale evaluation set up to investigate the extent to which a government-funded 6- year project was successful in addressing the problems identified in a disadvantaged area in northern England. This is followed by two weeks of intensive research, working with local residents to understand the problem and what causes it.
The Contradictions of Urban Policy: The Case of the Single Regeneration Budget in London - How has the area fared in terms of performance over the last few years? The various words used to describe the project coordinators were: friendly, professional, reliable, supportive, informative.
Urban decline and regeneration within urban areas Specification Urban decline and regeneration within urban areas Characteristics and causes of urban decline. Urban regeneration: gentrification, property-led regeneration schemes, partnership schemes between local and national governments and the private sector. Many inner city areas were associated with traditional manufacturing industries based on coal, steam power and railways. With their demise large numbers of jobs were lost. High unemployment creates a downward spiral. Such areas can provide more space for development and expansion at a cheaper price and with better access than the inner city. Studentification The YouTube clip shows studentification: Studentification of Swansea Studentification and gentrification are similar phenomenon however studentification can have adverse effects on a city. Studentification: the process by which specific neighbourhoods become dominated by student residential occupation. On the whole, students tend to increase the levels of spending in the local economy and improve the opportunities for spin-off companies, educational, cultural and other arts events, concerts and performances, sporting events and facilities and so on. Shabby, modest mews and cottages — two rooms up and two down — have been taken over, when their leases have expired, and have become elegant, expensive residences…. The new residents tend to have more disposable income than the former occupants and so there is an upgrading of local services wine bars, restaurants etc. They also tend to have more influence over council decision-making and so the area is improved through better street lighting, traffic calming measures etc. Brixton — Once notorious for violent riots, today Brixton in south London is as much home to its post-war Caribbean community as it is to a new set of wealthy commuters. Chasing cool gentrification — It is advisable to have a case study of an example of an area that has undergone gentrification. You must be able to: — Describe the nature of the area before gentrification — Give reasons why people were initially attracted back to the area — Describe some of the improvements that took place — Have examples of business enterprises that moved into the area because of the developments — Describe a range of attitudes to the developments. These were set up in the 1980s and early 1990s to take responsibility for the physical, economic and social regeneration of selected inner-city areas with large amounts of derelict and vacant land. They were given: — Planning powers that by-passed local government — The power to compulsorily purchase land without the approval of the local authority — Public money to purchase and develop land sufficiently to attract private companies. Critics said they focused too heavily on physical change while disregarding social regeneration. As a result, the scheme often failed to tackle localised unemployment. It is advisable to have a case study of an example of a property-led scheme. There were 31 City Challenge Partnerships which ran in deprived urban areas between 1992 and 1998. Each Partnership was eligible to bid for £37. It is advisable to have a case study of an example of a partnership scheme. Examples of this form of regeneration include The Manchester Partnership: Southampton: Questions: 9. Using the photograph only, comment on the characteristics of the urban landscape and suggest how it could be improved. Using examples, suggest reasons for urban decline 8 marks 11. Evaluate the effectiveness of one urban regeneration scheme or policy that you have studied. Evaluate the success of one partnership scheme in achieving urban regeneration 10 marks 14. With reference to examples, evaluate the success or lack of it of urban regeneration schemes in combating the causes and consequences of urban decline.
Table 5 shows how the proportion staying on for full-time education has increased at the expense of employment or work-based training, but is still low compared to neighbouring areas and much lower than for England as a whole. The custodes were offered an enhanced KS 4 curriculum with additional work experience over and above the usual 2 weeks and vocational taster courses at the College - painting and decorating, car maintenance, creative arts, office practice and business administration - and enterprise and team building activities. In-text: Rhodes, Tyler and Brennan, 2005 Your Bibliography: Rhodes, J. It was particularly pleasing that some youngsters gained bronze Award Scheme Development and Accreditation Network ASDAN awards, gold awards through Trident schemes, permanent jobs through successful work placement or accessed full-time courses in college. That contribution was evident. How appropriate have the activities been to further the custodes of the Improvement Project. What are the perceptions of clients: young people, teachers and employers. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Groups that wanted to carry out projects that the government finds valuable anyway will generally not have to zip with each other, and many other groups could have put in lower-quality bids to get the benefits of participation in the process.