{"id":773,"date":"2025-06-23T16:42:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T16:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/rpdc\/?page_id=773"},"modified":"2025-07-16T14:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:56:41","slug":"keynote-panel-enhancing-life-chances-and-reducing-inequalities-through-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/rpdc\/keynote-panel-enhancing-life-chances-and-reducing-inequalities-through-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Keynote Panel: Enhancing Life Chances and Reducing Inequalities through Education\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9.15 am Thursday Lecture Theatre <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chair: Liam Owens, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Edge Hill University<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Panel Members:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cllr Barbara Murray, Lord Mayor of Liverpool<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dr Katherine Birch, Director, Alder Hey Academy, Alder Hey Children\u2019s NHS Foundation Trust<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Laura Wharton, Assistant Director of Public Health, Wigan\u00a0Council<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kathryn Moffitt, Health and Wellbeing Manager, West Lancashire Borough Council<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The panel will explore how education can be a powerful driver for change in improving educational and health outcomes, and longer-term life chances. Drawing upon experience and expertise from local government, public health, and education, the session will examine how cross-sector collaboration can address systemic inequalities and create more inclusive opportunities for children, young people, and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Understand the role of education<\/strong> in tackling health and social inequalities across the North West and beyond.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Showcase successful partnerships<\/strong> between education, health, and regional councils focused on improving outcomes for children and young people.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Explore innovative strategies<\/strong> to support communities most in need through education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Inspire action<\/strong> by sharing cross sector examples and policy insights<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9.15 am Thursday Lecture Theatre Chair: Liam Owens, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Edge Hill University Panel Members:- Cllr Barbara Murray, Lord Mayor of Liverpool Dr Katherine Birch, Director, Alder Hey Academy, Alder Hey Children\u2019s NHS Foundation Trust Laura Wharton, Assistant Director of Public Health, Wigan\u00a0Council Kathryn Moffitt, Health and Wellbeing Manager, West Lancashire Borough Council The panel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1451,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-773","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Keynote Panel: Enhancing Life Chances and Reducing Inequalities through Education\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0 - 2025 Research &amp; 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