Festival of Education Programme 2010

SATURDAY 3 JULY 2010

TIME

THEATRE

GREAT SCHOOL

OLD HALL

DRIVER LECTURE ROOM

DRIVER COMMITTEE ROOM

WELLESLEY DINING ROOM

11am

Theatre: KEYNOTE SPEECH Dr Anthony Seldon: 'Reintroducing education to Britain'

12noon

Kate Griggs

Rory Bremner:

Dyslexia - a different way of thinking

Michael Clark,

McKinsey & Co

The Best School Systems in the World

Professor Nigel Thrift

David Docherty

Higher education: an impossible dream?

Dr Jonathan Sharples

Executive Functions: Controlling the Learning Brain

Sir Michael Wilshaw

Closing the Attainment Gap

Emma Craigie

Sylvie Sklan

Steiner Education

12:30pm

1pm

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Helen Fraser

Simon Lebus

Dr Martin Stephen

 Too many exams, not enough education?

Professor A C Grayling

The Idea of a university

Robin Wight

Preparing young people for creative industries

Dr Andrew Curran

 What does the learning brain need?

Lord Ralph Lucas

The Right School?

Royal Shakespeare Company

INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP

Ensemble Approaches to Shakespeare’s Text and Language

1:30pm

2pm

Tim DiScipio

The globally connected classroom: Learning in the New Social Era

Dr Nick Baylis

Jenny Fox Eades

Ian Morris

'How to help the young flourish: the roles and responsibilities of schools and home

Professor John Stein

'Brain wiring and learning

Steve Munby

Luke Sparkes

'The Future of School Leadership - the challenges and opportunities

2:30pm

Caroline Evans

Dr Shirley Lawes

Liz Quinn

Amanda Timberg

In praise of teachers: The difference they can make

Francis Gilbert

'The private/ public divide in education and the issue of equality

3pm

Elizabeth Reid

The Impact of Globalisation on Education

Dr Dennis Sherwood

Creativity is a process you can learn

Keith Holland

WORKSHOP

'Vision Goes to School

3:30pm

Professor Alan Smithers

School choice, a fairer admissions process?

Katharine Kent

Fiona Banks

Holly Kendrick

Creativity in schools

4pm

Sir Anthony Cleaver

Sue Husband

Heather McGregor

John Morewood

Hugh Harper

Preparing a world-class workforce: what British schools need to do

Elizabeth Burton-Phillips

David Yelland

Gillian Bridge

 Lessons from addiction

4:30pm

Phillip Blond

The future of education

Joe Nutt

Professional educators and the evolving role of ICT in schools

Peter Worley

TALK

Is philosophy the answer education has been looking for?

Ed Cooke

Memory and learning

5pm

THEATRE: KEYNOTE SPEECH : The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP: 'Government plans for education'