‘Conversations with purpose’ sets the theme for the 5th Annual FED National Education Summit. Anchored in the FED National Education Futures Projects, the day will open with big questions that spark thought-provoking panels, meaningful dialogue and powerful opportunities to connect.
Big questions:
- What does it mean to be a literate and numerate 21st century citizen?
- How should education respond to the industrial strategy?
- How do schools build positive models of belonging?
- How can we weave a golden thread of creativity and innovation from early years to employability?
Tickets:
- Student Rate – £25 (for those currently in education)
- Educator Rate – £85 (for people who work in schools, colleges, universities and charities)
- Day Ticket – £120
Full programme and speaker details will be released shortly.
Summit Speakers:
- Alex Bellos – best-selling author, broadcaster and Guardian columnist
- Ali Durban MBE – Co-Founder of Gesher School
- Andreas Shleicher – Director for Education and Skills, OECD
- Bogdan Pop – INTEL Skills for Life
- Dr Carl Ward – Chair of the Foundation for Education Development
- Dr Claire Tasker – Executive Headteacher at High Storrs School
- Dan Morrow – CEO at Cornwall Education Learning Trust
- Dina Ghobashy – Director, Global Education Transformation, Microsoft
- Ellie Costello – Author and advocate for students facing barriers to education
- Elliot Seller – Head of Connected Home, Innovation and Partnerships, Vodafone
- Emily Verow – Chief Executive Officer, Three Spires Trust
- Eylan Ezekiel – Edtech leader and Head of Hamilton Brookes, Oxford Brookes
- Dr Fran Wilby – Programme Director at Rethinking Assessment
- Gavin Govinden – Headteacher at Leo Academy Trust
- Ian Fitzpatrick – Chief Executive of Daisy Education
- James Caan CBE – Serial entrepreneur and former investor on Dragon’s Den
- James Cheater – Director of External Projects at White Rose Education
- Jenna Crittenden – The Chartered College of Teaching – Rethinking Curriculum and OECD Creativity programme
- Jenni Forde – Maths Hub Lead, Bucks, Berks and Oxon Maths Hub
- Jo Malone – Executive Team at the Foundation for Education Development
- Lord Jim Knight – Director at Suklaa
- Marlon James-Edwards – Manager of Upward Bound UK
- Melissa Farnham – CEO at ASDAN
- Michael Engelard – CEO of Skillsbuilder Partnership
- Dr Nicole Ponsford – Founding CEO at GEC (Global Equality Collective)
- Nikki Wakefield – Strategic Hub Lead, Oxfordshire Careers Hub
- Professor Patrick Alexander – Professor of Education and Anthropology, Oxford Brookes University
- Dr Penny Hay – Professor of Imagination Creative Enterprise and Innovation Bath Spa University
- Philip Hedger – CEO at LEO Academy Trust
- Roberta Thomson – Education Policy and Product Director, Pearson
- Sally Burtonshaw – Director of Education Practice at Public First
- Shaheen Hassan – Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick University
- Shareen Wilkinson – Executive Director of Education for LEO Academy Trust
- Tara Jussa – Skills Lead at Liverpool City Region Combined Authority