- September 20th, 2011
SLF 2011 opens tomorrow!
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Just one more sleep until the doors open on another incredible Scottish Learning Festival!
We’re looking forward to an exciting couple of days of inspirational keynotes from world renowned speakers and seminars demonstrating the very best of Scottish Education.
And make sure you visit the exhibition where you will have the opportunity to experience inspirational resources, discover the latest educational innovations and receive guidance on innovative approaches to learning that will enhance the progression of your pupils.
Tell us what you’re looking forward to most on Twitter using the #SLF11 hashtag.
We hope to see you tomorrow!
- September 14th, 2011
Countdown to SLF - 1 week to go
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There’s just a week to go until the biggest and best education event in Scotland so make sure you’ve booked your place!
Many seminars are already full and the others are filling up quickly so book soon to guarantee your place.
You can register online until Monday 19th September. Once online registration has closed you can still register on the day at the SECC and tickets for the seminars will be available to collect from the Seminar Ticket desk.
Badge Mailing
You will soon receive your personalised delegate badge along with a copy of SLF News.
Your delegate badge will give you entry to the exhibition and the conference sessions that you have booked to attend, please keep your badge safe and bring it with you to SLF 2011.
To ensure that delegate badges are with you prior to SLF you are no longer able to amend your seminar bookings.
Want a preview of what’s happening at SLF this year? Take a peek at SLF News online
- September 13th, 2011
Spotlight On… Join our discussion
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The Scottish Education Village brings together the Scottish Government, SQA and Education Scotland.
The village features dedicated areas where visitors are able to speak with staff from all agencies and find out more about their work.
Key staff from Education Scotland will be available on the stand to meet and chat to delegates about the work of Education Scotland. Use the timetable to help plan your visit to the Education Scotland stand.
- September 5th, 2011
SLF Extra brings the festival to Scotland through Glow
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With only a little over two weeks to go until the event itself, SLF Extra has been launched today, via the National Site in Glow. The Glow group has been designed with Glow users from all over Scotland in mind, not just those who are able to attend the festival.
Glow TV will aim to bring you as much content as we possibly can, with all keynote speeches streamed live through Glow and sign-ups and links available through the GlowTV schedule. Glow TV will also present a number of ‘Best of SLF’ broadcasts from our temporary studio at the SECC, where we aim to capture the key discussion topics from the Keynote speeches and allow Glow users to take part (through the Glow meet chat pod) in our studio discussion with our panel in Glasgow.
If you cannot take part live at the time of broadcast, there is, of course, the ‘Watch Again’ facility in Glow TV, where all broadcasts will be available after the event. SLF Extra also has a discussion forum, with a number of topics already raised to invite Glow users to engage in discussions that SLF raises. In addition to that, the Glow team will be armed with video cameras and audio recording devices to capture as much content as we can and have a festival team lined up to get that content to you through SLF Extra on Glow.
We will blog and we will tweet and, though we will probably end up with sore feet, we will make sure we bring Glow users as much of SLF as we can. SLF Extra is where you go to find it.
- August 24th, 2011
Keynote K4 speaker confirmed
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We are delighted to confirm that Dr Bill Maxwell, Transitional Chief Executive of Education Scotland will deliver the keynote at 2.30pm on Thursday 22nd September.
This session will present the rationale underlying the development of Scotland’s new integrated education improvement agency, Education Scotland. Drawing on evidence about the current level of performance and development of the Scottish education system, and with reference to international evidence about the most effective way of improving systems to the highest levels of performance, Bill will outline how the new agency is being designed to maximise its impact in supporting the delivery of better learning outcomes through promoting a virtuous cycle of evidence-based improvement in education practice.
Please note that places for this keynote must be booked in advance, to book your place please go to the Choose Seminars page
- August 16th, 2011
SLF 2011 – changing seminar bookings
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To ensure that delegate badges are with you prior to SLF you will not be able to amend your seminar booking after Friday 26th August. If you wish to change your current seminar selection please do so before Friday 26th August. After this date any changes you wish to make to you booking can be made at SLF. We look forward to seeing you there.
- May 27th, 2011
Visitor registration is now open!
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The Conference Programme and Registration for this year’s SLF are now available on the SLF website. The programme has all the details you need to book your place at SLF 2011.
SLF 2011 is free for everyone to attend and gives you access to:
- Inspirational key note speakers
- Lively Round Table Discussions
- Conference programme with over 140 sessions
- The largest education exhibition in Scotland
- Opportunities for discussion and networking with colleagues
- And much, much more!
The full programme of keynote and seminar presentations along with full details of the range of additional activity at SLF is only available on the SLF website. To guarantee your place at your first choice of sessions, we recommend that you book as early as possible as many sessions do fill up quickly.
To help reduce the carbon footprint of the event, no printed programme is available again this year. The SLF website features an easy to use programme and booking facility to ensure you can easily book the seminars of your choice.
Need help registering? Visit the how to book page on the SLF website.
Come along and join us in September for the biggest and best SLF yet!
- May 27th, 2011
Exhibition Feature
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Visit the SLF exhibition and discover innovative new resources to inspire young people
A visit to the SLF exhibition gives you direct access to over 200 exhibitors of educational resources. It’s the perfect place to meet a range of suppliers face to face, and discover and interact with the very latest educational resources and get free expert advice from new and established companies.
Discover new approaches to learning
Innovation Alley – Visit the entrepreneurs of the education world and source from genuinely new exhibitors whose fresh concepts will engage and inspire you and young people.
Scottish Education Village - Learn more about the very latest developments in Scottish Education.
Health and Wellbeing Zone - Take away advice and teaching methods to encourage physical activity and healthy people among young people.
Early Years Zone - Enhance the progression of your early years children with the very latest resources and ideas.
FEATURES FOR 2011
SLF is more than just a conference and exhibition: it also offers a host of added features to enhance your time at the event.
Scottish Education Village – Come along to see the new-look and engaging stands that showcase the main areas of work from Scottish Government, , SQA and the new education agency (HMIE and LTS)
Education Showcase – showcasing innovative and exciting practice. Come along and see for yourself what’s happening in Scottish schools.
Learning in Practice – home to the Local Authority, Developing Global Citizens and Cultural Villages, this essential part of SLF provides delegates with the chance to find out more about what’s happening across the country and about the resources available from a range of organisations.
- May 27th, 2011
The 2011 keynotes
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The keynotes are of interest to everyone attending SLF and this year we are delighted to welcome the following speakers:
• Ministerial keynote address from Michael Russell MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning.
• Dr Ben Levin, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Education Leadership and Policy, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
• Sir John Jones - an inspirational speaker and leader with a track record of transforming thinking about education, the management of change and leadership.
• And for the first time we will introduce round table discussion sessions on assessment and the Review of teacher education.
Find out more by exploring the full conference programme and book online
- March 4th, 2011
Last chance to submit proposals for SLF 2011
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Make sure you don’t miss out on the chance to showcase your area of work at the most important educational event of the year - submit your proposal now!
Visit www.scottishlearningfestival.org.uk for more information on the theme and application process.
Successful applicants will be informed in the first week of April 2011.
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