This seminar is organised by the London Centre for Social Studies (LCSS). It was the tenth of the LCSS 2004/2005 seminar series. LCSS is a registered charity that seeks to undertake, encourage, sponsor and contribute towards academic research, work and publication in the UK, findings of which will be of direct relevance and value to academia, charitable organisations, service-providing institutions and governmental and non-governmental bodies. LCSS seminars provide academics, professionals and students an opportunity to share and thereby test their research, ideas, thoughts and projects with others.seminar series. LCSS is a registered charity that seeks to undertake, encourage, sponsor and contribute towards academic research, work and publication in the UK, findings of which will be of direct relevance and value to academia, charitable organisations, service-providing institutions and governmental and non-governmental bodies. LCSS seminars provide academics, professionals and students an opportunity to share and thereby test their research, ideas, thoughts and projects with others.
Aydin Mehmet Ali (International Education Consultant)
This seminar was organised by the London Centre for Social Studies (LCSS). It was the tenth of the LCSS 2004/2005 seminar series.
Aydin Mehmet Ali has shared with us some tips for Turkish Speaking communities to improve their achievement. She started her talk by making reference to the new things both in British Education System and Turkish Speaking Communities. Then she continued by identifying the pressure points and priorities in issues of education.
The main idea of the talk was to give how it was perceived the Turkish Speaking Community both in negative and positive ways.Biography: Aydin Mehmet Ali is an international education consultant, author and trainer and lives in London. She specialises in multiculturalism, bilingualism and equalities work with the Turkish Speaking Communities (TSCs), women, and young people.
As a well-known peace campaigner she uses the arts in conflict resolution work amongst Cypriot communities. Until recently she was advisor to the London Mayor and Chair of Hackney Action for Racial Equality. She has set up and managed a large number of empowering projects as an intellectual activist over the last 30 years and has been an evaluator and project-monitoring officer for international projects.
Aydin's most recent research includes the impact of September 11 on the TSCs in London. Her book, Turkish speaking communities and education: no delight (2001) has been highly praised. She is the editor/translator of Turkish Cypriot Identity in Literature. She set up FATAL (For the Advancement of Turkish-speakers Arts and Literature) a London-based NGO, which organises arts and literature festivals, events and workshops.
Aydin was project manager of three highly successful projects completed in November 2003, in Cyprus, including a children's photographic project in a mixed village and a Family Cycling Day, which crossed the borders: both attracted wide media coverage.
She is one of the winners of the 2002 London New Writing Competition organised by London Arts and her short stories and poetry translations have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies. Pink Butterflies / Bize Dair, a collection of Aydin's short stories and her sister's poems - the story of two sisters separated by wars and part of the Cypriot Diaspora