Scottish Learning Festival News

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