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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

2009  

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.

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