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 Professor Howard Gardner, Dr Martin Seligman, Michael Gove MP, Tal Ben Shahar, Lord Adonis, David Willetts MP, Professor Lord Richard Layard, Sir Cyril Taylor, Sir Peter Lampl and Dr Martin Stephen.

Information on the Wellington conferences programme is available from Tarla Woolhouse

Conferences up until Easter 2010

Date	Event
Thu 11 March	Conference: Multiple Intelligence and the five minds Keynote Speaker:Professor Howard Gardner, Harvard University
Tue 16 March	Developing School Leadership: for pupils and teachers
Tue 23 March	Advanced Skills Teaching
Thu 29 April	How to market your school successfully
Fri 30 April	Networking lunch for PA's

Events and Lectures up until Easter 2010

Date	Event
Thu 14 January	'The State Britain is in', by Peter Hitchen, Journalist
Thu 21 January	D-Day, by Antony Beevor, Historian
Wed 10 February	Wiggery Pokery, by Lord Justice Sir Alan Moses
Sun 21 February	Wellington2 Debate: that The prophets of global warming are guilty of scaremongering.
Wed 24 February	My Life and Work, by Sir Nicholas Grimshaw
Tue 02 March	The State of NHS Reforms, by Lord Ara Darzi
Thu 11 March	Evening Lecture - How to Function Successfully in the 21st Century - Professor Howard Gardner, Harvard
Thu 25 March	Michael Howard, MP

Summer Term 2010

Date	Event
Fri 30 April	11:30-14:30 Networking lunch for PAs
Wed 09 June	Conference: ISC NQT (3)
Sat 03 and Sun 04 July	Wellington College & The Sunday Times First National Festival Of Education
Mon 5 to Sat 10 July	Developing Resilient Teenagers: A course for teachers in well-being and positive psychology with the University of Pennsylvania

Last year's conference highlights

Date	Event
Sun 29 November	Wellington College & Intelligence Square - The Big Debate
Tue 10 November	The Thinking School - Putting Learning back into Education
Wed 11 November	At 6s and 7s? Assessment in the IB, in association with IBICUS
Fri 20 November	What do Universities want from schools?
Tue 24 November	Conference: 4th Annual Prep School Conference at Marlborough
Fri 27 November	UK Government & Politics Conference
Fri 9 October	4th Annual Head of School Conference (for head boy/head girl)
Thu 15 October	Conference: What can I do with a Tenner? Social Entrepreneurs Project
Thu 17 September	MYP - An Inspired Choice
Wed 10 June	Conference: MYP: An Ideal Solution?
Tue 30 April	Seminar: The Middle Years Programme (for prep school heads)
Tue 10 Mar	Conference: Promoting Academies
Fri 16 Feb	Conference: Congress to Campus (A level US Politics)
Wed 21 Jan	Conference: Developing Student Leadership

Earlier Conferences

Date	Event
Tue 25 Nov 08	Geography Conference for 'A' level students: Warming Cold Environments
Tue 11 Nov 08	Improve Happiness, Wellbeing and Success. Speaker: Tal Ben Shahar, Harvard University evening lecture, 7 - 9 pm
Tue 11 Nov 08	3rd Joint Wellington College & Marlborough College Prep School Conference
Sat 11 Oct 08	Starting Independent Branches: The Way Forward(How to set up branches of independent schools)
Fri 26 Sep 08	Head of College Conference: for Head Boys and Head Girls
Wed 10 Sep 08	Positive Psychology: Keynote speaker - Martin Seligman
Tue 24th June 08	Conference: The American University experience: what it's really all about.
Tue10th June 08	Conference: What is spiritual intelligence? Finding wholeness for those leading schools
Thu 5th June 08	Seminar: Positive Psychology with Wokingham Borough Council
Mon 12th May 08	Conference: 'Habits of Mind' - Effective learning for the 21st Century
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
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.