Westchester Words UK is geared towards publishing industry professionals and others who are passionate about the creation of content, books, and the business of publishing.
These information-packed episodes feature conversations focused on topics including culturally responsive education, project management considerations, diversity, equity, and inclusion, supply chain impacts, the general state of the publishing industry, and much more.
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Latest episode
Accessibility in Educational Resources
Emma Hudson and Stacy Scott, Head of Accessibility, Taylor & Francis
Westchester Education Content and Services Manager, Emma Hudson, speaks to Stacy Scott, Head of Accessibility at Taylor and Francis about accessibility in educational publishing, including some of Stacy's own experiences as a visually impaired student, what it means to create 'born accessible' content and tips about what publishers need to think about when the European Accessibility Act comes into force in 2025.
Previous episodes
Applying a Global Perspective to Improve English Language teaching
Rebecca Durose-Croft and Jennifer Cole
Managing Director, UK, Rebecca Durose-Croft and Jennifer Cole, Content Director, Literacy, Humanities, and Languages, explain how a global perspective can prove beneficial when developing content to meet the specific requirements of English Language learners.
Rebecca Durose-Croft and Harry Waters
Managing Director for Education, Rebecca Durose-Croft, talks to Harry Waters, teacher and founder of Renewable English, about giving teachers the tools to raise climate change awareness and how to bring the climate change discussion into the classroom.
Rebecca Durose-Croft and Sarah Loader
Managing Director, Education, Rebecca Durose-Croft talks to Literacy Consultant Sarah Loader, about what reading aloud can provide, at what age we can read aloud to our children, and how it can promote a lifelong love of reading.
Reading for Pleasure
Rebecca Durose-Croft and Sarah Loader
Managing Director, Education, Rebecca Durose-Croft talks to Literacy Consultant Sarah Loader, about how parents and caregivers can create the right conditions to foster reading enjoyment in children post-pandemic.
Use of Video in Educational Material
Simon Haynes
Owner & Producer, S H Creative
Simon Haynes, producer and owner of film and video production company S H Creative, talks with Rebecca Durose-Croft about how the use of video in educational materials has changed over the past decade, and what the future of video looks like in the advent of new media.
Returning to School: The Challenges and Benefits
Rebecca Durose-Croft and Sarah Loader
Rebecca Durose-Croft and literary consultant, Sarah Loader continue their conversation from the previous episode, Lessons Learnt in Lockdown, discussing some of the challenges and the benefits of returning to school, for children, parents, and educators.
Lessons Learnt in Lockdown
Rebecca Durose-Croft and Sarah Loader
During the first eighteen months of the pandemic, many schools across the UK were on lockdown. Rebecca Durose-Croft converses with literacy consultant, Sarah Loader about the lessons educators and parents learnt, and what will be carried forward as children return to the classroom setting.
Culturally Responsive Education and its Importance for UK Educational Content Development
Marquita Celestine, Rebecca Durose-Croft, and Kaye Jones
In this episode, Marquita Celestine and Rebecca Durose-Croft of Westchester Education UK & International, chat with Kaye Jones, founder of The Herstorian, about the definition of CRE (Culturally Responsive Education), how it differs from DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), and why CRE can empower all students to achieve academic success.
How Westchester Education UK & International Supports Education Publishers and Content Providers
Rebecca Durose-Croft
Content and Services Director, Westchester Education UK & International
Rebecca discusses how Westchester partners with education publishers, ed-tech providers, and other education entities to create superior curriculum materials for students and teachers.