EVENTS
Forthcoming Events
A CentreForum/New Schools Network one-day conference
School reform: from policy to practice
Wednesday 3rd March 2010
2.00pm to 7.00 pm
The Commonwealth Club
25 Northumberland Avenue, London WC2N 5AP
2.10pm:
“Schools reform: the next stage”
- Michael Gove MP, Conservative Shadow Secretary of State
for Children, Schools and Families - David Laws MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of
State for Children, Schools and Families - Baroness (Sally) Morgan of Huyton
3.15pm: “Schools reform: practical lessons from the UK and abroad”
- Anders Hultin/ Peter Fyles (Sweden)
- James Merriman (CEO, New York City Charter School Center)
- Lucy Heller (Managing Director, ARK Schools UK)
4.30pm: “School funding: using the ‘Pupil Premium’ to break the link between poverty and performance”
- Luke Sibieta (Institute for Fiscal Studies)
- Julian McCrae (Institute for Government)
- Professor Alison Wolf (King’s College London)
5.40pm: New providers: Q&A with Michael Gove MP
To reserve a place, please telephone 020 7340 1160, or e-mail info@centreforum.org. Please note that spaces are limited and acceptances will be on a strictly first-come-first-served basis. Refreshments will be provided.
CentreForum at the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference
CentreForum with the Local Government Association
Passing the buck or passing the reigns:
devolving power in an age of austerity
Julia Goldsworthy MP
Cllr Richard Kemp
Chair: Alasdair Murray
Saturday 13th March 13:00-14:00
ICC Birmingham, Hall 7a
Lib Dem prospects
at the 2010 General Election:
two steps forward, one step back, or
one step forward, two steps back?
Chris Huhne MP
Sarah Teather MP
Professor Paul Whiteley, University of Essex
Chair: Neal Sherlock
Saturday 13th March 18:15-19:30
ICC Birmingham, Hall 8a
Afghanistan:
another just war or just another war?
Lord Ashdown of Norton sub Hamdon
Chair: Julian Astle
Saturday 13th March 20:00-21:15
ICC Birmingham, Hall 6