Synopsis
Industry experts and thought leaders talk about the current issues and developments in UK education
Episodes
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Dr Anthony Seldon - "Using ICT in education"
20/04/2009 Duration: 45minDr Anthony Seldon, Master of Wellington College, as well as a respected educational and political commentator, discusses the positive and negative aspects of using ICT in education.
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Mike Gibbons - "Next Practice" - Flash presentation available online
03/03/2009 Duration: 39minMike Gibbons, CEO of the Innovation Unit, comments on how the needs of learners have changed and discusses the role schools, educators and publishers must play to make sure that our education system meets their needs. View an Adobe Presenter Flash Presentation of this podcast online.
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Sir Michael Wilshaw - "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" - Flash presentation available online
06/10/2008 Duration: 49minSir Michael Wilshaw, Principal of the Mossbourne Community Academy, talks about his life as a head teacher and reflects on the good, the bad and the ugly things that have happened in education during that time. View an Adobe Presenter Flash Presentation of this podcast online.
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Ty Goddard - "The Primary Capital Programme"
15/04/2008 Duration: 33minTy Goddard Director of the British Council for School Environments (BCSE) talks at RM's Primary Schools for the Future conference.
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Professor Stephen Heppell - "21st Century Learning"
14/04/2008 Duration: 34minStephen Heppell talks at RM's Primary Inform Conferences about educating today's learners.
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Dame Mary Macdonald - "Putting fun back into the curriculum"
31/03/2008 Duration: 33minDame Mary MacDonald shares her views on putting fun back into the primary classroom. Hear about why she feels the primary curriculum need not be so academic and how Mary has achieved success for her school and recognition from both the local education authority and Ofsted
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An audience with Professor Tim Brighouse. "Education without failure: is it an impossible dream?"
19/03/2008 Duration: 48minProfessor Tim Brighouse poses this question as the basis for a paper he's developing which was shared to an invited audience of school and local authority leaders at the London BETT08 show early in January. Tim begins the conversation by summarising his thoughts and views on what constitutes 'failure' and what do we mean by this in an educational context. He then offers up a set of out-of-school, in-school and systemic changes that need to happen in order to eliminate 'failure' in our education system. After this introduction, he let the debate begin!
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Sir Bob Geldof - "Managing attendance in Primary Schools"
18/02/2008 Duration: 31minSir Bob Geldof discusses IntegrisG2 and Groupcall and attendance management in Primary schools at BETT 08
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Mary Marsh - "Every Child Matters - Full Stop!"
23/11/2007 Duration: 58minMary Marsh visits the offices of RM Education to discuss 'Every Child Matters', Internet safety and the latest NSPCC campaign: Be the FULL STOP
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Mick Waters - "The Big Picture - Changes to the secondary curriculum"
24/10/2007 Duration: 54minMick Waters visits the offices of RM Education to discuss how the QCA aims to challenge and inspire all learners
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Stephen Heppell - "Education - Revolution or Evolution"
30/05/2007 Duration: 58minStephen Heppell visits the offices of RM Education to discuss "Education - Revolution or Evolution" June '07
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Tim Brighouse - "How successful head teachers survive and thrive"
08/05/2007 Duration: 29minTim Brighouse talks at the RM National Conference in Dudley March '07
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John Davitt - "ICT change. Slingshot or Escalator?"
07/05/2007 Duration: 35minJohn Davitt talks at the RM National Conference in Manchester March '07