Party Conferences 2008 - Events
Education & Skills Fringe Events
15 September 2008
From playpen to dragon's den - should business be in class
Trouville Hotel, Granville Lounge
Supported by Edge
Panel: Roger Allen, Headteacher, Glenmoor school; Ian McGimpsey (Chair), RSA; Andy Powell, Chief Executive, Edge; Lynette Wieland, National Learner Panel; Stephen Williams MP;
16 September 2008
Licensed to skill
Trouville Hotel, Granville Lounge
Supported by Network Rail
Panel: Dr Maggie Aderin, Science Innovation Ltd; Peter Bennett, HR Director, Network Rail; Ben Davies (Chair), Online Editor, New Statesman; Francis Evans, Chief Executive, Learning Grid; Phil Willis MP
21 September 2008
Lessons for now: unlocking pupils’ talent
Supported by Edexcel
Panel: Professor Janet Beer, Vice-Chancellor, Oxford Brookes University; Robert Evans MEP; Jim Knight MP; Steve Besley, Edexcel; Jenni Russell (chair)
The truth about the curriculum: boring and irrelevant?
Supported by Edge
Panel: John Denham MP; Rod Kenyon, Director, British Gas Engineering Academy; Estelle Morris (Chair); Andy Powell, Chief Executive, Edge; Miles Templeman, Director General, IoD; Lynette Wieland, National Learner Panel
22 September 2008
Licensed to skill
Supported by Network Rail
Panel: Chris Banks, Chairman, LSC; Iain Coucher, Chief Executive, Network Rail; David Lammy MP; Jenni Russell (Chair); Pete Waterman, Record Producer
29 September 2008
Licensed to skill
Kohinoor Suite, Copthorn Hotel
Supported by Network Rail
Panel: Susan Anderson, Director of Skills and Public Services, CBI; Iain Coucher, Chief Executive, Network Rail; Jenni Russell (chair); Pete Waterman, Music Producer; David Willetts MP
30 September 2008
Lessons for now: unlocking pupils’ talent
Supported by Edexcel
Panel: Professor Janet Beer, Vice-Chancellor, Oxford Brookes University; Nick Gibb MP; John Hayes MP; Jerry Jarvis, Managing Director, Edexcel; Alan Jones, Chairman, SEMTA; Jackie Ashley (Chair), Guardian;
Restoring the Gold Standard – ensuring world class education for all
Kohinoor Suite, Copthorn Hotel
Supported by Edge
Panel: Polly Curtis (Chair), Education Editor, Guardian; Nick Gibb MP; David Iddon, Headteacher, Bishop Vesey's Grammar School; Andy Powell, Chief Executive, Edge; Lynette Wieland, National Learner Panel
