Latest Conferences from Policy Review TV

INNOVATE 2016 The global spotlight on UK innovation

Wed, 02 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMT

Welcome to the live streaming of the Innovate 2016 main stage events.

We will be provding a live feed for all of the speakers featured on our main stage. If you want to see who is speaking, and when, you can see an up-to-date agenda here

Global Equality & Diversity Conference & Awards Experiencing Diversity in the Workplace #gedconf2015

Wed, 25 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT

GED 2015 is part of a 3 year project dedicated to exploring personal and organisational experiences of change in workplace diversity.

This multi-disciplinary conference mixes business experience with academic research to stimulate debate and understanding of the way in which individuals and organisations understand and experience diversity in the workplace.

This international conference features global perspectives on equality and diversity facilitating sharing of knowledge and expertise between researchers and sector specific experts. The conference will offer the tools to stay up-to-date and at the forefront of good practice in equality and will feature the latest research in the field.

Islamic Finance Talent East and West

Wed, 11 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT

How to develop the educated, trained and accredited talent and expertise in the “east” and “west” to meet demand and realise opportunities in Islamic finance.

A conference for Islamic Finance professional leads, talent managers, training directors of companies, banks, insurers, consultancies, accountants, lawyers, business schools and research leaders in education and the provision of advice on the growing discipline of Islamic finance in the UK and across the world.

The Islamic finance industry is forecast to hit $2 trillion in the next few years worldwide with the sector growing at 15% per annum

The UK is leading western countries in Islamic finance with US $19 billion of reported assets

The UK’s largest accountants, consultants and professional service firms all have Islamic finance departments

Human Resource investment is not keeping pace

Standards setting and professional accreditation is under developed.

A streamed event, this programme will be viewed worldwide and is designed for an international business and academic audience tackling the development of capability and talent capacity for Islamic finance.

Maternity, Midwifery and Baby Forum: Midwifery Exchange #maternity2015

Tue, 22 Sep 2015 00:00:00 BST

A professional development forum for midwives and student midwives wishing to update their skills and knowledge around key topics including antenatal and postnatal care, labour and care of the newborn.

This forum, devised especially for midwives and allied healthcare professionals in Manchester and the North West, offers you the chance to hear from leading midwifery experts and choose from a series of best practice seminars and workshops. This follows on from a hugely successful London Forum that has attracted over 1000 registrations.

Please note that podcast content from the Community Nursing Family Health event follows on after the Maternity Midwifery and Baby content i.e. it appears at the bottom of the page.

Maternity Midwifery and Baby London 2015 #maternity2015

Mon, 06 Jul 2015 00:00:00 BST

This forum hears from leading midwifery experts, including Stephanie Michaelides, Programme Leader Advanced Diploma in Neonatal Care, School of Health and Education, Middlesex University.

Please note that podcast content from the Community Nursing Family Health event follows on after the Maternity Midwifery and Baby content i.e. it appears at the bottom of the page.

Higher Education after the election: strategy implications across a five year Parliament #HEafterGE15

Thu, 18 Jun 2015 00:00:00 BST

The recent General Election has resulted in the first Conservative-only cabinet in 18 years. Change, disruption and opportunities lie ahead for the sector.

Absorbing the impacts of the General Election will be critical for institutions and leaders in Higher Education.

Universities stand to potentially win greater freedom to raise funds, and taxation changes could greatly benefit institutions and help facilitate collaboration.

However there are also fears student fees could rise “significantly” after 2015, and the Conservative pledge to tighten the rules on visas for international students have the potential to negatively impact on student enrolment numbers.

Research funds made available to UK institutions by the European Union could also come under threat depending on the result of the proposed referendum on EU Membership.

Our presenters and commentators will provide important insight and understanding of the policy implications of the directions of the new Government.

The conference can be viewed online from hubs around the UK and will also be available to watch on demand.

Association of Business Schools Learning, Teaching & Student Experience Conference #ABSLTSE

Tue, 28 Apr 2015 00:00:00 BST

Two day live broadcast

Tuesday 28 - Wednesday 29 April

This conference provides a forum for those involved in business education to exchange excellence and discuss issues in teaching practice and pedagogic research. At its core it asks what we are trying to instil in students, not just understanding and knowledge but skills and attitude to apply that knowledge.

ABS Annual Research Conference - Beyond the REF 2014: Future Strategies - Future Funding #ABSResearch

Wed, 18 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT

The Association of Business Schools’ Annual Research Conference is the major annual gathering of senior research management leaders from UK business schools. With the recently published results of the REF 2014 this conference falls at a turning point for many institutions, in particular for their research strategies.

Online and Blended Learning Futures Creating distinctive courses and sustainable models #OBL2015

Fri, 13 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Blended and online learning developments are absorbing the lessons from the early MOOCs experience. Experience from publishing and media suggests that distinctive or unique course content to be used in a range of settings and platforms move up in the search for sustainable education business models. This programme will update, identify and share where universities and colleges and private providers are identifying academic value and justifying investment. The search to create sustainable value and deliver academic quality through adapting online platforms, including MOOCs, is accelerating with lessons from publishing highlighting the importance of distinctiveness in courses (segmentation, unique or specialist content) and the ability to connect that content to high value student, specialist, professional and executive audiences.

Homelessness, Social Exclusion and Health Inequalities - from margins to mainstream #HomelessHealth15

Wed, 04 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Two day live broadcast from London

Wednesday 4th - Thursday 5th February 2015

The symposium is developed by Pathway (the homeless health charity) and the Faculty for Homeless and Inclusion Health with support from the Health Foundation. This is the third symposium bringing together the latest in evidence and best practice from around health and public services to create a digital library of professional development material in this fast developing discipline.

Private Finance and Funding in International Higher Education #IntlUniFunding

Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT

This conference will examine how UK higher education institutions and the private sector can work in partnership with Commonwealth (and other) countries and their institutions to devise solutions to the dilemma that the increasing demand for higher education places on institutions and governments, wherever they might be located.

What are the dilemmas and challenges, risks and opportunities to international co-operation of mobilising new sources of funding and approaches for the expansion and distribution of higher education opportunities across the Commonwealth and other countries?

Commonwealth governments and universities are looking at non government sources of investment and partnership to meet student demand, expand the academy, technology and infrastructure development.

ABS Explained

Tue, 10 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Join CIPA and ITMA as we explore the new ABS requirements and offer practical help for members who find themselves having to get to grips with the application process.

This live webcast, featured Keith Hodkinson from CIPA and Maggie Ramage from ITMA, took an in-depth look at the ABS licensing requirements and includes a step-by-step guide to completing the application process and putting in place the documentary evidence required by IPReg.

A New Deal for Students Redesigning the student experience #newdeal15

Wed, 28 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Pressure is building to redesign elements of the “student experience”. Tuition fees up to £9000 a year and increasing competition in student recruitment from the UK and internationally, has intensified the focus on evaluating and improving the student experience and finding a new deal.

Student satisfaction and employment outcomes are being analysed right across the institutions. And a revolution is coming in teaching and learning, with students as active partners making more choices, moving beyond listening, to granting students’ decision making authority, spending power and the opportunity to shape their learning, teaching and wider student experience.

This conference is for academic leaders and institution managers from across higher education planning change and adapting course design, support services, monitoring progress and providing experiences to meet student demand in personal and professional development and employability.

Enabling quality restorative justice in youth offending teams #RJC_YOTs

Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT

RJC conference shows YOTs’ commitment to restorative justice

The RJC’s sold-out event Enabling quality restorative justice in youth offending teams (YOTs) had 100 attendees and many more watching the live streaming, demonstrating the strong support for restorative justice among youth justice professionals.

The RJC’s CEO, Jon Collins, said: “The feedback we got from participants on the day was really positive – there’s some great work going on in YOTs around the country, and this was an excellent opportunity for people to share best practice, and talk about the future of youth justice. We’re delighted that restorative justice is clearly firmly embedded in the work of YOTs.”

Both speakers and delegates brought extensive expertise to the conference. Keynote speakers included Jon Collins, the Rt Hon Lord McNally, the chair of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) and Tim Chapman, lecturer in restorative practices at the University of Ulster.

Test 2015

Mon, 05 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT

BRICS & Emerging Economies Universities Summit

Wed, 03 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT

MOSCOW, RUSSIA

The inaugural Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Universities Summit was held in Moscow on 3 and 4 December 2014. This prestigious event was hosted in partnership with the Russian government’s Project 5-100, an ambitious development programme that aims to catapult five of the nation's universities into the world top 100 by 2020.

Global leaders gathered to discuss emerging economies' plans to develop world-class universities as catalysts for economic growth: issues under the spotlight include government support for leading national institutions and how to ensure and measure the effectiveness of business investment in the academy.

Growing Local Business Connecting Universities to business #inclusivegrowth14

Tue, 02 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMT

A key feature of industrial or commercial growth periods is the interconnectedness of business communities with civic infrastructure and planning powers, finance sources and the research, management knowledge and creative innovators.

The Institutes of the industrial revolution were centres of learning where entrepreneurs met, civic leaders backed projects where industrial and business managers learned new techniques.

How can cities and regions of the UK emulate the clusters of the modern tech industries in California, or the creative industries around Milan, the Mittlestand in Germany or finance in the City in London?

Important strands of work in government are converging with work by LEPS to make connections and strengthen local networks and raise standards of business management and connect business into national networks.

The Programme will include the first online presentations from leading figures as part of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Inclusive Growth. The conference audience will be joined by members of the group, the media and a large online audience around the UK.

The Association of Business Schools' Annual Conference 2014 #absconf14

Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th November

A two day live broadcast from London

The Annual Conference will bring together thought leaders from business schools, universities, business and government to showcase best practice and highlight the cutting edge trends, innovations and business insights that will allow your institution to get the inside track.

Bringing together Deans of business schools, higher education leaders and private providers in the fastest moving and expanding area for many universities. Delegates will have the opportunity to examine the impacts of new methods of learning and teaching, engaging with business and creating value for students.

This year's conference Incorporates a new Dean's insight stream specifically for business school Deans.

Innovate UK 2014 - The global spotlight on UK innovation #innovateuk14

Wed, 05 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Don’t miss out on 180 world-leading speakers including:

Innocent Drinks founder Richard Reed,
Secretary of State for BIS Vince Cable
Economics of Innovation Professor Mariana Mazzucato

You’ll be challenged to think about your business in a radically new light. Watch all the key sessions by selecting the agenda tab.

Working within the University of East London with over 120 nationalities, and the International business community in London, the Noon Centre is host for this conference, which aligns with the objectives of the Centre - embracing diversity, and educating others.

The conference will focus on the impacts of technology change and information gathering on community empowerment, freedoms, social and economic inclusion, redrawing the boundaries of business and social change.

The research this year will explore how communication technologies are changing equality and diversity, and will feature tech clusters like ‘Tech City’ and their cases with multicultural entrepreneurship.

After Market 2014 Drivers for Growth #ameurope2014

Thu, 23 Oct 2014 00:00:00 BST

Aftermarket Partners 2014

International Education: Interpretation, Importance and Impact #CAconf #IntlEd

Wed, 15 Oct 2014 00:00:00 BST

The growing pace of innovation, technological and demographic change presents opportunities and challenges for businesses, economies and governments worldwide. It is not the world's mining and energy resources but rather its intellectual capital that has become the most valued commodity of the 21st century.

How best can education prepare students for successful participation in a global marketplace? How can learning and assessment maximise an individual’s opportunities in an increasingly interconnected world?

As leaders in educational assessment, Cambridge Assessment will be hosting a debate about the meaning, application and impact of an international education.

CIPA Congress The lifecycle of intellectual property: from cradle to grave

Thu, 02 Oct 2014 00:00:00 BST

The business programme takes a fresh look at the IP process from making an invention, realising that there might be an invention, protecting the invention (including prosecution and post-grant issues) and commercialisation of IP, including a session on the new trade mark directive and regulation.

Topics discussed included: Invention Harvesting; Portfolio Management; the new Trade Mark Directive and Regulation;

Prosecution; Oppositions (Post-Grant Issues); Commercialisation of IP; Litigation; and Access to Medicine.

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The FE / Business School Network Extending FE / Business School Partnerships

Mon, 30 Jun 2014 00:00:00 BST

Further education colleges play a key role in business and management education. FE delivers franchised degree courses and gives many students and businesses their first steps into business management and professional education – together we are critical to growth locally, nationally and internationally. This is a very exciting, but challenging, time, with new revenue streams and new expectations for business engagement.

Many business school students and postgraduates start their business and management education in FE and that reciprocal arrangement is set to grow. Staff benefit from closer academic and teaching resources tie-ups and new online and blended learning provide opportunities previously not available.

11% of HE is delivered in FE and a significant element is business and management education. Policy is set to make it grow. This conference is for college principals, associate deans, deans of business schools, heads of business and management, education departments teaching across accountancy, law, business studies, marketing and other management and professional disciplines and business school managers dealing with franchising, recruitment and business engagement, plus interested professional and qualifications bodies working across both FE and HE.

This event is streamed and available on demand to extend the value and understanding of these challenges.

Understanding MOOC impacts Realising sustainable value: what works? #ABSMOOCS

Thu, 26 Jun 2014 00:00:00 BST

Mass Open Online Courses have opened a world of possibilities but yet unproven sustainable models. This event will identify where business schools and universities are identifying value and justifying investment.

The search for sustainable value has business schools and universities testing the use of open online courses in a wide range of settings from FutureLearn, Coursera and new platforms to direct teaching, blended learning, international courses, distance learning, student recruitment or searching for new value in student retention, improved student experience, pre-registration courses, widening participation and many more.

Beyond the teaching and learning uses is the search for a business model which justifies the investment, the change in technology of teaching and new cost and revenue models.

This event is for business schools’ academics and managers experimenting and wrestling with finding sustainable models for academic quality and financial viability in a world of mass open online courses and other blended learning models and new private providers entering the market. And in the spirit of open online courses, the day will be broadcast online as a SPOC (specialist private online course) to business schools and universities’ managements so that wider groups of staff can take part, Gather your own local audience and broadcast the event live into your own venue: it needs no more than a local organiser, a good broadband, a laptop and a screen to join the professional conversation group.

What should the political parties promise on education in 2015? #PXed2015

Sat, 07 Jun 2014 00:00:00 BST

All political parties are passionate about education as a vehicle to spreading opportunity and enabling young people to fulfil their potential. The running, funding, structure and content of the state education system is also of huge importance to millions of families on a daily basis. What political parties propose to do in education is therefore always near the top of the agenda during any General Election campaign.

As we approach the next General Election, Policy Exchange is delighted to host a high profile one day conference to discuss what the political parties should commit to in their manifestos for 2015. We are delighted that both the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, and the Shadow Secretary of State for Education, Tristram Hunt, have agreed to give keynote addresses.

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Winning a mandate for change: Progress annual conference 2014

Sat, 31 May 2014 00:00:00 BST

Progress annual conference brings together Labour members and trade unionists from across the country with senior politicians, union leaders, councillors and political commentators.

See more on Progress website here

Safeguarding Vulnerable Children and Adults: Risk and Vulnerability #safeguarding2014

Mon, 19 May 2014 00:00:00 BST

Monday 19th - Tuesday 20th May

A two day live broadcast from High Wycombe

A decade of scandals, enquiries and reports into abuse and neglect have suggested system blindness and the need for further scrutiny. Changes to practice, new legislation and greater public awareness present new challenges. An intense two day symposium for leaders & practitioners from across the UK and internationally to compare and learn from professional practice to protect and reduce the risk to the vulnerable, whether children or adults. A symposium for professional leaders that will create an online catalogue of professional and special presentations that delegates can share with colleagues and take back to their workplace.

Going Global 2014

Tue, 29 Apr 2014 00:00:00 BST

Going Global 2014 saw more than 1,000 delegates, 250 speakers and over 50 exhibitors from across the higher and further education sectors. They met in Miami to examine the impact that internationalisation can have on the global education community.

The conference consisted of a series of sessions based around the themes of inclusion, innovation and impact.

Catch up with video, podcasts and documents from the event on these pages.

Highlights include a presentation and interview with Chancellor of the University of Huddersfield Sir Patrick Stewart.

Learning and Teaching Conference International, Innovative, Involved, Impact #abslt14

Tue, 29 Apr 2014 00:00:00 BST

Tuesday 29th - Wednesday 30th April 2014

Two day live broadcast from Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham

Learning and teaching in universities is in the spotlight now more than ever. Changes in the undergraduate fee system, large and diverse classes, the NSS and technological change are all having an influence, but what exactly constitutes a quality student experience with students, employers and business schools as partners has yet to be clearly articulated. This conference provides a forum for those involved in business education to exchange excellence and discuss issues in teaching practice and pedagogic research. At its core it asks what we are trying to instil in students, not just understanding and knowledge but skills and attitude to apply that knowledge. Innovation in the student experience is essential for the sustainability and success of business schools. Students are demanding it, technology is disrupting but providing opportunities. This conference will showcase best innovation in adapting to the new challenges and bring you up to date with development, ideas and essential insights that you can take back and apply with colleagues. This conference will be filmed and broadcast as a “mini MOOC” – mass open online conference, and will create a legacy of material for delegates to use.

The Association of Business Schools Annual Research Conference 2014 Impact post the first REF#ABSResearch

Wed, 12 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Research is critical for the legitimacy of business schools.

2014 will be a period of change and choice for business schools’ staff leading on research. As one REF submission is completed, many will seek new challenges.

But what kind of research effort will they be leading?

Taking themes from the Thorpe and Rawlinson Innovation and Growth Report, May 2013, and with student recruitment increasingly competitive, research standing and recognition through the Research Excellence Framework has never been more important to an institution's reputation and relevance.

Business schools are uniquely positioned to face the challenges posed by a sensitive postgraduate market, highly responsive to reputation, rankings and perceptions.

The ABS Annual Research Conference 2014 provides a business critical forum for senior management to prepare and adapt to the new academic landscape.

Homelessness, Social Exclusion and Health Inequalities Long-term Impacts of Recession #HomelessHealth14

Wed, 05 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th March

Two day live broadcast from London

The delayed impact of recession is increasingly being felt in health and social care with particular impacts on health outcomes for homeless people and other excluded / marginalised groups.

This meeting of experts will draw on important insights about long term impacts from recession in the UK and internationally, and hear about ways some services are bucking the trends and delivering improved health and wellbeing for vulnerable people.

The Digital Package Participants in this two day development programme will take away a digital package of material to be used with professional and policy making colleagues, staff induction, in service training and briefing. The toolkit will include a reading and research list and useful contacts in government, health services, academic and voluntary sectors.

Marketing Business & Management Education #ABSmarketing

Thu, 27 Feb 2014 00:00:00 GMT

The Marketing of Business and Management education is global, and amongst the most challenging and competitive areas in which Universities and Business Schools compete.

A long period of expansion has made the successful marketing of business and management degrees, postgraduate courses, and executive education critical, not just for the business school but also for the future sustainability of the institution as a whole.

The marketing and communication function within HEIs is transforming and diversifying with the demands of new media, new markets and new channels. It is now the most competitive and high yielding area of University and college higher education business, with new entrants coming into key markets.

Brand marketing choices, reputation building, social media strategies, performance in league tables and product feedback all present new competitive challenges for marketing leaders in universities and business schools.

This innovative event over two days provides intensive insight and professional development for Marketing and Communication leaders in:

Business and management education
Business schools
Universities and HEIs
Private business and management education providers
College business and management degree and professional franchise providers

Skills for Sustainable Recovery

Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT

The UK Commission's Employer Skills Survey (ESS) gathers intelligence from 91,000 employers and provides an invaluable insight in to key issues such as skills shortages, staff training, the readiness for work of young people and more. READ HERE

Join the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag #ESS13.

Business Schools of the 21st Century Challenges and Opportunities

Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT

This conference will demonstrate the expertise of senior managers from all UK Business Schools, pool business intelligence, set agendas for the year ahead and hear from leading experts and management leaders.

Business school students are some of the highest paying and business critical to the wider university. Senior managers in business schools now deal with the most diverse and complex mix of students at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level, combining full-time, part-time and online students from all over the world with new types of curriculum and diverse sponsors.

The administration of business schools will be at the forefront of the changes coming in higher and further education pedagogy and delivery.

Like all large organisations, business school management and administration has to cope with changes in legislation, new ways of working, new staff and student entitlements. This conference will look at the key challenges for business school managers and administrators in providing stability and continuity for staff and students, while implementing significant changes.

What advantage can senior managers and administrators provide in supporting staff and students to give their business school a high reputation in all areas of management education

The Business of Business Schools: International, Innovative, Involved, Impact #ABS13

Mon, 25 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT

What businesses will your business school be in five years from now?

Business Schools are in a number of businesses - teaching students, teaching management, research, professional education, business engagement, international markets, teaching innovation, local and regional business development and many more. Many of these are critical not only to the success of the business school but often a wider university.

The conference will address full range of challenges facing Business Schools and look at how the role of business schools and management education might change over the coming years.

A strategy and operations management event for the leaders and managers of business schools.

A challenging event for the teaching and research leaders in business education.

A thought provoking conference for business school leaders and stakeholders facing a future of fast moving change.

Business Schools are complex education, management, training, and research centers with a strong connection locally regionally and internationally, facing some of the greatest pressures of change in post school education.

What businesses are business schools in? It is clear from government reports, ABS reports, new initiatives and new money that business schools need to have the ability to function at different levels, with different products in different management and education markets at home and abroad. But can many sustain that range or is it time to specialise, regionalise, internationalise?

And business schools are not going to get the market to themselves. Matched funding will have to be won; new players are entering the market, such as management consultancies and education publishers.

This event will hear presentations and discussion on the full range of forces pressing on business schools to provide an intense snapshot for business school planning and strategy.

The Student Experience: Improving satisfaction, delivering engagement #StuExp

Thu, 21 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The student experience is now measured from application to employment and remains at the forefront of the debate about the effective delivery of HE.

Recent changes to funding, with tuition fees up to £9000 a year and increasing competition for student recruitment and places, has intensified the focus on evaluating and improving the student experience.

Student satisfaction and employment outcomes are being analysed right across the institution from senior management teams to departments and staff-student committees, and published in results from the National Student Survey. The addition of a twenty third question in the survey on students’ union and the publication of employment outcomes has upped the stakes.

And a revolution is coming in teaching and learning with students active partners making more choices moving beyond listening to students, to granting students decision making authority, spending power and the opportunity to shape their learning, teaching and wider student experience.

This conference will:

map out the changing landscape for the student experience

grasp opportunities from data and research to make continuous improvements

develop strategies for improving student academic satisfaction

hear about the challenge for students’ unions in improving on the experience of students

understand new choices for developing partnerships between students and their courses and institutions

explore the impacts of government policy and regulation on the student experience

learn from the best case studies and recent innovations in student services

understand how new forms of learning and teaching will change the student experience

Healthcare at Home: transition to community nursing practice #qni2013

Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:00:00 BST

The call to strengthen care in the home and community is becoming louder. Key to increasing care at home and in the community is innovation and the movement of resources from acute care to the community.

This conference will explore how we can better serve patients, their families and carers in the home through new ways of commissioning, providing, and developing the workforce.

The event will see the launch of the QNI online resource ‘Transition to Community Nursing Practice’ – a resource to support nurses moving to the community setting.

Tackling the Global Talent Gap #GSx2013

Sat, 06 Jul 2013 00:00:00 BST

The next global skills challenge is about tackling the massive imbalances and skills gaps that exist between developed and emerging economies, skills mismatches which hold back productivity, competitiveness and development. Skills mismatches obstruct mobility essential to quality and productivity improvement in business and inward investment. The conference looks at the experiences and policy dilemmas of G7, BRICS, MENA and Gazelles country models, transnational companies, and key global business sectors. It will see the publication of new research on the factors critical to improving vocational and technical education mobility.

Skills are the new global currency. This ground-breaking event will investigate new approaches to tackling skills mismatches, including the recognition and validation of skills from an industry and transnational perspective.

INSSO will publish a seminal report on Transnational Skills Standards, a major contribution to the global debate.

Criminal Justice Convention: Reducing Offending and reoffending

Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:00 BST

This two day Criminal Justice Convention will bring together representatives from across the criminal justice system to hear leading speakers address the challenge of efficient, effective means of reducing offending and reoffending against a backdrop of increased voluntary and private sector involvement in criminal justice provision and tight public sector spending.

The Convention incorporates a range of targeted seminars and plenary sessions that include best practice case studies, leading academics presenting research, management and policy experts and hosted debates.

This Convention is a must-attend event for anyone working in police, probation, secure establishments, youth offending teams, local authorities, sentencers and other court staff, victims’ services, schools, the voluntary and community sector and other key organisations who has to stay ahead of the changes and lead reorganisation – this event will also be ideal for continuing professional development and for fast track induction for new staff.

400 leading policy-makers and practitioners will participate over the two days of the Convention. And key presentations will be broadcast and made available on demand in new training packages to take back to your organisation.

Innovation and Growth Unleashing Potential #absinnovation

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 BST

Our Business Schools can provide the local and regional centres of excellence that not only develop leadership skills but connect and network businesses to research, provide support for key industries, drive innovation and upskill a generation of managers and business leaders to drive growth in the domestic and international economy.

This conference will look at the role Business Schools can play following the Heseltine Report, what they are doing to support business and what role they can play locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. In a global economy you still need a local starting point.

Key speakers include:

The Rt Hon. David Willetts MP, Minister for Universities and Science

The Rt Hon. The Lord Heseltine CH

Rt Hon Lord Young of Graffham, Adviser to the Prime Minister on small business and enterprise

It doesn’t add up: what’s wrong with maths? #ProperMaths

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 BST

We can't escape the fact that maths skills are not only core to our understanding of other subjects but integral to the vitality of a modern economy. But is the ‘right’ maths being taught in schools? And how do we ensure students get a ‘proper’ maths education at the right age?

As experts in assessment, Cambridge Assessment believes that a sensible debate is needed to help construct a better maths curriculum for England. The event will comprise three main sections, the central one being a debate entitled ‘Numeracy, arithmetic, maths – what age and at what stage?’ Other elements include discussions on how to make maths relevant and whether technology is changing maths for the better.

Speakers include:

Lynn Churchman, Trustee – National Numeracy (and former chief executive of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills)
Jennie Golding, deputy chair – Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME)
Tim Oates, Group Director of Assessment Research and Development – Cambridge Assessment
Lynne McClure, Project Director – NRICH
Charlie Stripp, Chief Executive – MEI and Director – National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics
Mark McCourt, Chairman – Teacher Development Trust, CEO – Beluga Learning
Janet De Wilde, Head of STEM – The Higher Education Academy
Conrad Wolfram, CEO – Wolfram Mathematica
Tony Gardiner, British mathematician.

Innovation and the student experience #abslt13

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 BST

'Innovation and the student experience' - The ABS Learning & Teaching Conference 2013 in association with the Higher Education Academy, The British Management Association and Nottingham Trent University.

Learning and teaching in universities is in the spotlight now more than ever. Changes in the undergraduate fee system, large and diverse classes, the NSS and technological change are all having an influence, but what exactly constitutes a quality student experience with students, employers and business schools as partners has yet to be clearly articulated. This conference provides a forum for those involved in business education to exchange excellence and discuss issues in teaching practice and pedagogic research.

Future of Financial Services Summit 2013 - live broadcast #rebuildtrust

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 BST

The purpose of the Summit is to bring together 100 City leaders and other key stakeholders to examine how to restore trust in the financial services sector and forge a new settlement with wider society.

Participants include: Andrew Bailey, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England and Chief Executive, Prudential Regulation Authority; Chuka Umunna MP, Shadow Business Secretary; Ashok Vaswani, CEO, Retail and Business Banking, Barclays; Saker Nusseibeh, Chief Executive Officer, Hermes; Richard Sexton, Reputation and Policy, PwC; Mike Cherry, National Policy Chairman, FSB;Jane Archer, Policy Director, London First; Paul Sizeland, Director of Economic Development, City of London Corporation; Patrick Jenkins, Banking Editor, Financial Times; Chris Cummings, Chief Executive, TheCityUK and Richard Sermon, Chair, City Values Forum.

Key issues to be addressed include: How does the City restore trust, integrity and enhance its reputation? What reforms, policy remedies and actions are needed by business leaders in the financial services sector in order to achieve this? How can business leaders change the culture within their organisations to one that will result in higher levels of trust? What values should underpin the financial services sector of the future? What would constitute ‘a new settlement’ between the financial sector and wider society? What steps do we need to take to get there? What is the purpose of the financial services sector in today’s society?

Gaining a global advantage: Teaching and assessing 21st century skills #C21CA

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Equipping students with effective tools and strategies that help them to think critically and reason logically is essential preparation to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

Students need these skills sets to enable them to compete with their contemporaries, located all over the world, to secure places in higher education and employment.

Concepts of 21st century skills vary but most include critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, communication, collaboration, information literacy, and life skills. Moreover, self-directed study skills, intellectual curiosity, and independent research skills are also valued highly in employment and higher education courses around the world.

Many people acknowledge the benefits of so called '21st century skills' but are all students getting equal access to them and are they being properly assessed and recognised?

As experts in assessment, we are hosting a debate to evaluate what skills students are currently being taught and whether they are being properly assessed and recognised. It will explore how skills can be incorporated into curricula and properly assessed, as well as addressing the following points:

What is the impact of 21st century skills in international contexts? What's being done in the classroom today? Are the needs of industry and higher education really being met?

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