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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:  

  • Opening event 

  • Interview with NextGen representatives 

  • Five speaker streams:
     

  1. Curriculum, Learning & Pedagogy - forces for change 

  2. Arts, Culture & Music - the importance of arts in schools and the workplace

  3. Industry, Business & Entrepreneurship - of the future

  4. Tech, Gaming & AI and virtual learning post-Covid 

  5. Special Education - Inclusion, Neurodivergence & Employability

 

  • Student-centred ‘town hall’ discussions

  • The day ends with an evening reception at Warwick Castle

DAY 2

A morning focused on change: future-ready education for future generations 

  • Participants will spend the morning in  discussion hubs working together as teams to progress the themes of the previous day

  • The conference ends after lunch, with tangible take-aways from  the morning’s deliberations. 

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Warwick Castle

featuring a WIDE range of experts, including:

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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.

“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."

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Richard Nicholson

Foundation Principal

Warwick Schools Foundation

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'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.

Our team of experts will deliver inspiring talks across our themes, and participants will work together to move creative ideas forwards.

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