A very warm welcome to the NU Parent’s Blog. We hope to be able to bring you news, views, events and well, just build our community for staff and PG parents at Newcastle University. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The network aims to build and oversee an interactive and supportive network for parents at Newcastle University, and to be a voice for parents with children of all ages at institutional level, in s\u200bupport of Newcastle University’s vision to become a family friendly centre of excellence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We welcome and support parents of all ages and genders<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We hope you will join in, and maybe even write some posts\/diaries or just thoughts really. At the moment of course, it is all about Covid – our response, our thoughts and how it has impacted all our lives. With this in mind, we are currently asking for contributions to our ‘Talking Together’ event which aims to examine the impact of the pandemic across the networks, and hopefully draw out some tangible actions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What do we do?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The network holds regular events for their members, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Social activities:<\/strong>\u00a0Such as casual coffee meets, to give parents a chance to relax, share experience and offer mutual support.<\/p> Informative events:<\/strong>\u00a0To inform parents about relevant information (for example, a talk on applying for schools, or a first aid course).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n We also are aiming\u00a0to have events that will look critically at University policy and influence it. We play\u00a0a large role in feeding into the Newcastle University\u00a0Pare<\/a>nting and Childcare Review<\/a>,<\/a> and hope to influence policies, such as flexible working, in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Join Us<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You can join the network to receive newsletters, and details of events and help us build a supportive community for NU Parents. Email us at NUParents@newcastle.ac.uk and we will add you to our mailing list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition you can follow our Twitter account @NU_Parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We also have a NU Parents Team – just ask to join the Teams site when you mail us and we will add you there too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A very warm welcome to the NU Parent’s Blog. We hope to be able to bring you news, views, events and well, just build our community for staff and PG parents at Newcastle University. The network aims to build and … Continue reading