| 10.30 am | Introduction: Welcome to Greenwich, SRHE and BERA Dr Jill Jameson, Director of the Centre for Leadership and Enterprise Research, School of Education, University of Greenwich, Convenor of the SRHE Post-Compulsory and Lifelong Learning Network Dr Kevin Orr, Senior Lecturer, School of Education and Professional Development, University CPD framework coordinator, University of Huddersfield Co-Convenors of the BERA Post-Compulsory and Lifelong Learning SIG |
| 10.35 am- 11.35 am | Pedagogic Leadership in Post-Compulsory Education: Does it Exist? Keynote by Denis Gleeson, Emeritus Professor of Education Synopsis
Denis Gleeson is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Warwick. He has long standing interests in the sociology of vocational education and training with reference to wider aspects of pedagogy, policy and practice. His recent work focuses on leadership as a professionally based activity that is enhanced, as well as restricted, by current policies and practices in the field. While professional programmes for training teachers and leaders have a vital role to play, their impact is being restricted by a combination of halting demand-driven and market-led reforms, that generate uncertainty among college, school, community, employers and private providers. Such fragmentation is not new and raises the recurring question regarding democratic governance in the VET arena, and how changing conditions, partnerships and networks generate new and innovative professional, learning and leadership practices? Despite the continuation of the 'neo-liberal turn', VET policy, research and practice in England and Wales remains a rich, innovative and dynamic field of education and employment policy.
Q&A and Discussion |
| | Visitors new to Greenwich may wish to explore the UNESCO World Heritage Old Royal Naval College Site, the University of Greenwich, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich Park and Royal Observatory, home of the Prime Meridian. For a description of the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Maritime Greenwich please see: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/795 |
