Friday 25th November 2011
Hawthorns Conference Centre, West Bromwich

14-19 Education and the Wolf Report Conference Programme

Conference Aims and Purpose

• To reflect on the implications of the Wolf Report 2011

• To receive progress relating to the institutional impact (inc. curriculum development and teaching and learning) of the Government's response to Wolf

• To discuss local responses to Wolf for 2012/13 activity in schools, academies, colleges, training providers and local authorities

9:30 am - 10:00 Arrival & Registration

10:00 Background to the Conference

Patrick Highton,
Black Country Partnership for Learning

10:15 Keynote Address Should We Welcome Wolf ?

John Freeman, CBE, Chair of Governors,
Dudley College (formerly Director of the REACT Programme
and Director Children's Services, Dudley MBC)

10:35 14-19 Landscape and the Impact of Wolf

Mike Cox,
Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS)

10:50 Priorities and Timelines for Vocational Education

Tessa Griffiths, DfE Wolf Implementation Team
A Levels and Vocational Education – DfE

11:15 The 16-19 Funding Consultation

Implications for Institutions 2012/13 and Beyond
Geoff Daniels, Adviser, Funding Reform,
Young Peoples Learning Agency (YPLA)

11:35 Panel Q & A

JF, LSIS, DfE, YPLA

12:15 Lunch and networking

13:15 Keynote Input: University Technical Colleges

Thinking 'outside the box' how do UTCs measure up against Wolf?
Professor Alison Halstead
Pro-Vice Chancellor, Teaching & Learning, Aston University

13:30 Keynote Inputs and Panel Discussion - 14-19 Curriculum

Developments in the Mathematics Curriculum post-Wolf
Charlie Stripp, Chief Executive MEI (Mathematics in Education and Industry)

English and Maths Qualifications - or Alternatives - for 16-18 yr olds
Glynis Frater, Director, Learning Cultures

14:10 Panel Discussion - Qualification Reform

'Trusted Qualifications', the Regulatory Framework and Opportunities
for Curriculum Development

John Brenchley, OCR
Stephen Foster, West Midlands OCN
and Leslie Huckfield, LH Research

14:30 Workshop session

Key priorities for participants, reactions to Wolf proposals consultations and implementation timelines

15:15 Key points Feedback

15:30pm Refreshments

Event Closes

 

 

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