The Merchant City Festival runs from Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 September, City Centre, Glasgow
For those of you visiting Glasgow for the Learning Festival, why not extend your stay to take in the wide variety of international performances and exhibitions that are in the Merchant City Festival programme.
There is an urban feel to the festival, […]

Described as an ideas generator, strategic adviser and one the most influential creative people in the world, we are excited to confirm Charles Leadbeater as a keynote at SLF 2008. He is Tony Blair’s favourite corporate thinker.
The New York Times anointed Charlie’s idea, The Pro-Am Revolution, as one of the 12 biggest global ideas of […]

We are pleased to announce that Professor Richard Teese will be a keynote speaker for the Scottish Learning Festival 2008.

Professor Richard Teese is Professor and Director of the Centre for Post-Compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning in the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Richard’s research is about how well education systems work and for whom. He has delivered many research […]

Short video interview with Pasi Sahlberg now available on Scottish Learning Festival website.
See the video archive of Pasi’s keynote speech, during which he shares his international perspective on curriculum development.
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Short video interview with Mick Waters now available on Scottish Learning Festival website.
Available soon - video archive of Mick’s keynote speech, during which he reports, from an English perspective, on the aspirational aim to make learning irresistible. He uses entertaining and insightful quotes and examples from school children.
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Short video interview with Professor Stephen Heppell now available on Scottish Learning Festival website.
See the video archive of Stephen’s keynote speech, where he challenges us to embrace new skills and build new learning environments relevant to the twenty first century.
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Short video interview with keynote speaker Michael Fullan now available on Scottish Learning Festival website.
See the video archive of Michael’s keynote speech, during which he outlines the six secrets of success” for Turnaround Schools, Turnaround Systems, is also available.
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There will be streaming video of all the keynote sessions on the Scottish Learning Festival website - live - as they happen.  Due to technical difficulties, the page may not display any other supporting information, and if there is no session taking place - you may see a black square.
The programme is:

Michael Fullan on Wednesday […]

Our keynote speaker is a busy man, but you can catch up with some of the issues that concern him by tapping into the blogosphere.
He appeared at the latest eTwinning event in Belgium, which was also attended by Ewan McIntosh, who was helping Scottish schools present their eTwinning projects to the rest of Europe. Ewan’s posts Stephen Heppell at eTwinning: […]

It has taken a while - and a few changes in personnel - but we are now pleased to announce the first 2 keynote speakers for the Scottish Learning Festival 2007.
Stephen Heppell, former director of Ultralab and Michael Fullan, former Dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education are both sure to give you plenty to […]