Conferences
Wellington is becoming a national and international centre for educational thinking and debate. The conference programme at Wellington is aimed at heads and teachers from both the independent and state sector, and other interested parties such as universities, local authorities and subject specialists. The programme addresses the leading educational issues of the day.
The conferences are extremely successful, attracting hundreds of delegates from all over the country. They have been on subjects including the teaching of Mandarin in British schools, state and independent school sectors working together more effectively, politics and education, and teaching happiness and well-being. Speakers have included Howard Gardner, Tal Ben Shahar, Lord Adonis, David Willetts MP, Professor Lord Richard Layard, Sir Cyril Taylor, Sir Peter Lampl and Dr Martin Stephen.
Conferences in the Autumn
| Date | Event |
| Wed 10 September | Positive Psychology: Keynote speaker - Martin Seligman |
| Fri 26 September | Head of College Conference: for Head Boys and Head Girls |
| Sat 11 October | Starting Independent Branches: The Way Forward (How to set up branches of independent schools) |
| Tue 11 November | Improve Happiness, Wellbeing and Success. Speaker: Tal Ben Shahar, Harvard University evening lecture, 7 - 9 pm |
| Tue 11 November | 3rd Joint Wellington College & Marlborough College Prep School Conference |
| Tue 25 November |
Geography Conference for 'A' level students: Warming Cold Environments |
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Wed 21 January |
Leadership for students |
| Thu 5 February | Cutting Edge and Snail Schools |
| Tue 10 February | Teaching Happiness and well-being |
| Thu 26 February | Pastoral care |
| Fri 13 March | US Universities: Why and How? |
| Wed 18 March | Leading state and independent schools: what can we learn from each other? |
| Tue 21 April | Languages of the 21st Century - How should schools prepare? (Teaching of Arabic, Hindi and Mandarin) |
| Tue 28 April | Crossing the Divide: conflict resolution in the classroom and the community |
Conferences to be confirmed
Teachers' Well-Being
Special Needs
Alcohol Abuse: How Schools Should Respond
Information on the Wellington conferences programme is available from Tarla Woolhouse
Last term's conferences
| Date | Event |
| Monday 12th May | Conference: 'Habits of Mind' - Effective learning for the 21st Century |
| Wednesday 4th June | 3rd ISC NQT Regional Conference |
| Thursday 5th June | Seminar: Positive Psychology with Wokingham Borough Council |
| Tuesday 10th June | Conference: What is spiritual intelligence? Finding wholeness for those leading schools |
| Tue 24th June | Conference: The American University experience: what it's really all about. |
Past Conferences
| Date | Event |
| Fri 11th Jan 08 | How and why Independent Schools can become involved in Academies |
| Thu 17th Jan 08 | Happiness and Well-Being: Can you learn to be happy? Every Adult Matters, aimed at adults in the workplace |
| Fri 18th Jan 08 | The 2nd Annual Wellington Well-Being Conference: Can you learn to be happy? Every Adult Matters, aimed at adults who support children |
| Wed 28 Nov 07 | State Schools: Oxbridge Raising aspirations for higher education: State and independent initiatives |
| Mon 8th Oct 07 | Multiple Intelligences: What is Education For? Keynote speaker: Howard Gardner, Harvard University |
| Fri 28th Sep 07 | Head of College conference |
| Fri 20 Apr 07 | Cannabis & drug abuse: how schools should respond The dangers to young people posed by illegal drugs (and excessive alcohol) are well-known. What is the best way of dealing with these issues in our schools? |
| Mon 05 Feb 07 | Teaching happiness and well-being Wellington College introduced a 'Skills of Well-being' course for its students in 2006, with enormous interest being shown in this innovative programme from schools and media around the world. |
