PUBLISHED July 2010

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As the Government initiates a review of frontline child protection practice, this seminar looked at the effectiveness and options for the future direction of policy. Sessions focused on progress in developing an integrated workforce to keep children...

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PUBLISHED July 2010

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With the announcement of large scale cuts to the Building Schools for the Future programme, this seminar examined alternative routes to school transformation in a climate of severe budgetary restraint. The seminar also looked at possible strategies...

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PUBLISHED June 2010

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As the Independent Review on Higher Education Funding and Finance continued to take evidence, this timely seminar examined the key questions of budget cuts, rising tuition fees and the availability of university places. Sessions assessed the likely...

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PUBLISHED March 2010

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This seminar examined the Government's progress towards meeting its target of reducing the percentage of NEETs by 2% by 2010. As the recessionary period took hold and the percentage of young people out of school and work continued to rise, panels...

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PUBLISHED March 2010

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This seminar offered a timely opportunity to examine the use of information and communication technology (ICT) within Britain's schools, and to assess to what extent the promised benefits are being realised in terms of efficiency, pupil attainment...

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PUBLISHED March 2010

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This seminar looked ahead to the new phase of the Government's Teenage Pregnancy Strategy, with discussion regarding what direction the new strategy and future policy should take. The agenda also brought out perspectives on the degree to which the...

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PUBLISHED March 2010

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Following the publication of Professor David Buckingham's review Impact of the commercial world on children's wellbeing, this seminar offered delegates a timely opportunity to assess the report's implications and the Government's response....

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PUBLISHED March 2010

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Following the publication of Professor David Buckingham's review Impact of the commercial world on children's wellbeing, this seminar offered delegates a timely opportunity to assess the report's implications and the Government's response....

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PUBLISHED February 2010

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The timely seminar examined key elements of the Government's science strategy Science and Society, as the five Expert Groups tasked with delivering its key objectives began work. Sessions examined how a more science-literate society could be...

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PUBLISHED February 2010

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This seminar offered an opportunity to examine issues over funding and delivery for schools that have already begun the Building Schools for the Future process, and the next steps for implementing the scheme in schools that have not yet started....

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PUBLISHED January 2010

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This seminar looked at the future training and development of the teaching workforce. Sessions examined the impact on the profession of the recently announced 'Licence to teach', and debated whether teaching should become a Master's profession as...

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PUBLISHED November 2009

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Following Sir Alan Steer's wide ranging report, Learning Behaviour, Lessons Learnt and the newly published Home Affairs Select Committee report into knife crime, this timely seminar examined the latest evidence on the scale of bullying and...

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PUBLISHED November 2009

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This timely seminar examined the future of testing and assessment in Britain's schools. It followed the recent publication of the Expert Group on Assessment's report and the Select Committee's wide ranging enquiry in 2008. The meeting discussed...

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PUBLISHED October 2009

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Timed to coincide with the first anniversary of the introduction of diplomas, and following the recent Government announcement of an increase in the number of apprenticeships on offer, this seminar focused on two qualifications which sit at the heart...

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PUBLISHED September 2009

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This seminar examined the latest initiatives in the Government's drive to improve children's nutritional health, as new nutritional guidelines took effect in England's secondary schools and the focus on health education increased. Sessions...

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PUBLISHED July 2009

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This seminar examined progress made by Government in its attempt to make the UK a 'world leader in skills' by 2020. Sessions examined why there is a perceived skills shortage in the UK and the effect this is having on the UK economy; how young...

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PUBLISHED July 2009

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Timed to coincide with the publication of the Government's White Paper on 21st Century Schools, this seminar focused on schools' accountability, including the proposed new School Report Card, and the prospects for more effective and engaging...

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PUBLISHED June 2009

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As the Government issued its proposals in response to the Rose Review, this seminar offered stakeholders a new opportunity to assess their implications and whether they address the key issues of the purpose of the primary curriculum, when formal...

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PUBLISHED June 2009

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Timed to coincide with the Select Committee's wide ranging enquiry, sessions looked at the UK's ability to meet the Government's 50% target for Higher Education participation; whether a UK university degree equips students with the skills...

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PUBLISHED March 2009

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With keynote addresses from Stephen Meek, Director, Young People: Qualifications Strategy and Reform, Department for Children, Schools and Families and Isabel Nisbet, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Ofqual, this seminar examined what the public could...

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PUBLISHED March 2009

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With a keynote address from Sally Brooks, Deputy Director, Schools Capital and Building Division, Department for Children, Schools and Families, this seminar examined the lessons that can be learnt from the local authorities that took part in the...

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PUBLISHED February 2009

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With a keynote address from Anne Jackson, Director, Child Wellbeing Group, Department for Children, Schools and Families, this seminar examined the issues surrounding child poverty, including how businesses, communities and individuals can work...

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PUBLISHED December 2008

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With a keynote address from Jon Coles, Acting Director General for Schools, Department for Children, Schools and Families, this publication features discussion by senior delegates and representatives on issues that include how schools can make the...

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PUBLISHED November 2008

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This publication features keynote addresses from Pat Langham, Co-Chair, Independent State School Partnership Forum and Penny Jones, Deputy Director, Independent Schools and School Organisation, Department for Children, Schools and Families as well as...

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PUBLISHED October 2008

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With keynote addresses from Charlie Lloyd, Social Evils Research Manager, Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Sir Alan Steer, DCSF Adviser on Pupil Behaviour and Discipline and Secondary Education Professor; and Sir Al Aynsley-Green, Children's Commissioner...

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PUBLISHED September 2008

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With keynote addresses from Judy Hargadon, Chief Executive, School Food Trust and Geoff Dessent, Deputy Director, Head of Health and Work, Nutrition, Physical Activity, Children and Young People Health Improvement and Protection Directorate,...

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PUBLISHED June 2008

This transcript includes keynote addresses from Sir Jim Rose, Leader, Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum; Pete Dudley, National Director Primary, Primary National Strategies; Ian Turner, Director of Strategy and Programme Networks,...

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PUBLISHED May 2008

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The Testing Times seminar included keynote speakers Graham Stuart MP, Member, Children, Schools and Families Select Committee; Isabel Sutcliffe, Director of Qualifications and Accreditation, Edexcel; and Isabel Nisbet, Acting Chief Executive Officer,...

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PUBLISHED March 2008

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With keynote addresses from John Bercow MP, leader of the major cross-party, independent review into services for children with special needs, and Lorraine Petersen, Chief Executive Officer, NASEN, this seminar examined issues such as what mainstream...

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PUBLISHED January 2008

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With a keynote address from Steve Munby, Chief Executive, National College for School Leadership, this seminar examined themes including how school councils' and parent forums' effectiveness and usefulness to school leaders can be increased,...

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PUBLISHED November 2007

This seminar included keynote addresses from Julian Butcher, Deputy Director of the Fair Access Division, DCSF, and Chris Waterman, Director of the Institute for Research in Integrated Strategies and featured a discussion of the issues of the moment,...

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PUBLISHED November 2007

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This seminar saw keynote addresses from Martin Johnson, Acting Deputy General Secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, and Gareth Mills, Head of Curriculum Development and Implementation at the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority....

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PUBLISHED October 2007

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The Assessment seminar featured keynote addresses from Paul Newton, Head of Assessment Research, Regulation and Standards Division, Qualifications and Curriculum Authority and Professor Dylan William, Deputy Director and Professor of Educational...

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PUBLISHED September 2007

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This publication features addresses and discussion from a senior group of delegates and representatives on the important issues of this subject, including reaching the status of a healthy school, motivating and engaging learners, and ways to...

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PUBLISHED May 2007

This seminar featured a keynote address from Sally Brooks, Divisional Manager, School Capital: Policy and Delivery, Department for Education and Skills, and included discussion on issues such as using schools of the future, changes and opportunities...

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