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3-4 July 2023, Warwick
OUR FOCUS IS on FUTURE GENERATIONS
We explore five channels relating to education for enabling NextGen:
CURRICULUM LEARNING & pedagogy
ARTS, CULTURE & music
INDUSTRY, BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
TECH, GAMING & ai
SPECIAL EDUCATION - INCLUSION, NEURODIVERGENCE, & EMPLOYABILITY
within a participatory format
DAY 1
Day 1 begins at the Warwick Schools Foundation campus:
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Opening event
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Interview with NextGen representatives
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Five speaker streams:
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Curriculum, Learning & Pedagogy - forces for change
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Arts, Culture & Music - the importance of arts in schools and the workplace
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Industry, Business & Entrepreneurship - of the future
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Tech, Gaming & AI and virtual learning post-Covid
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Special Education - Inclusion, Neurodivergence & Employability
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Student-centred ‘town hall’ discussions
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The day ends with an evening reception at Warwick Castle
DAY 2
A morning focused on change: future-ready education for future generations
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Participants will spend the morning in discussion hubs working together as teams to progress the themes of the previous day
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The conference ends after lunch, with tangible take-aways from the morning’s deliberations.
Warwick Castle
featuring a WIDE range of experts, including:
2022 Speaker: Will Fairbairn
McKinsey & Company
RACHEL SANDBY-THOMAS CB
Registrar, University of Warwick
MARIANNE PICKLES
Head of Assessment Development, Cambridge University Press & Assessment English
anita gleave
CEO, Chatsworth Schools
olly newton
Executive Director, The Edge Foundation
ADAM WHITTAKER
Head of Pedagogy, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
JEREMY DIBB
Delivery Lead, Warwick - A Singing Town
tom ravenscroft
CEO, Skills Builder Partnership
jonathan harper
CEO, Future Foundations
DR. steven berryman
President, Chartered College of Teaching
nick evans
Head, Evergreen School
diane vernon mbe
CEO, EmployabilityUK
RUSSELL WINNARD
COO, Young Enterprise
PROFESSOR CHRIS WHITE
Director of Industrial Policy & Insight, MTC Coventry
DR. LUCY GILL-SIMMEN
Vice Dean, Royal Holloway, University of London
TOM DURST
Executive Director, Institute of Imagination
FIONA ALDRIDGE
Head of Insight - Economic Delivery, Skills and Communities, West Midlands Combined Authority
james leggett
Managing Director, MTM Consulting
who's organising
future fwd?
Future Fwd is organised by Warwick Schools Foundation, where the Foundation Principal, Richard Nicholson, is passionate about paving the way for future generations to succeed, and how we can support by listening to them about their priorities.
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“Society is navigating through a pandemic and post-pandemic era, with significant implications for education and the workplace. I believe schools must reflect these seismic changes in our approach to education, otherwise we will lose our relevance, and risk being disconnected from the communities we serve."
"Our aim is to bring together passionate people, who want to listen to the Next Gen, and share powerful ideas to enable them to succeed. To help us in this journey we’ve curated a brilliant menu of inspiring speakers who we know will challenge and provoke thought and discussion. We have reimagined the conference format to be inspirational, collaborative and innovative. We invite anyone who’s passionate about this to register."
Richard Nicholson
Foundation Principal
Warwick Schools Foundation
'Spirit of King's' sculpture
The King's High School, Warwick
inspiration, collaboration and innovation
Future Fwd is built around three core values: Inspiration, collaboration and innovation.
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Our team of experts will deliver inspiring talks across our themes, and participants will work together to move creative ideas forwards.