S2:EP5 - Shingi Kandi: Outdoor Learning and SEND

Shingi is a PhD student conducting research on embedding outdoor learning in special schools for pupils with complex, severe, profound multiple learning disabilities - often abbrieviated to  (CSPMLD) and his research is focused  in England. He is knowledgeable through lived experience and studies in areas of safety and inclusion for those with disabilities, Black and minority ethnic (global majority) and young people. Prior to his current PhD position, Shingi worked as a full-time teacher in prison education for the HMP Prison Service. In addition to this, he has worked as a residential support worker to children with disabilities, receiving an award for showing outstanding commitment to providing the best care to young people. Shingi completed an MSc dissertation based on support for ethnic minority entrepreneurs, and received a Reverend Jesse Jackson Award for promoting integration on campus, at De Montfort University in Leicester.