Programme of Events
Day One: Monday 30th June
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10.00 – 11.30
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Registration
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11.30 – 12.15
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Reception and Introductions
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12.15 – 1.15
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Lunch
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1.15 – 1.30
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Course Welcome by Course Director, Bernice McCabe
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1.30 – 2.30
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Keynote Address: Prof. James Lovelock CH, CBE: Planet and People – where next?
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2.30 – 3.00
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Panel discussion: Pupils’ Perspectives on the Subjects: Why Subjects Matter
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3.00 – 3.30
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Break
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3.30 – 4.30
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Presentation: Prof David Phillips: A Little Light Relief
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4.30 – 6.00
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Group Workshops 1: What are the issues in Science?
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6:00 – 7.30
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Break
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7.30 – 10.00
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Reception and Dinner
After Dinner Talk by Lord Richard Wilson GCB |
Day Two: Tuesday 1st July
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9.00 – 10.00
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Choice of 2 Presentations:
Prof. Lisa Jardine-Wright: Keeping up with the Universe!
Prof. John Hedley Brooke: Towards 2009 – Darwin’s Legacy 150 Years on from The Origin of Species
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10.00 – 11.00
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Group Workshops 2: Addressing the Issues
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11.00 – 11.30
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Break
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11.30 – 1.00
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Presentation: Prof. Jonathan Osborne : Why is Key Stage 3 Science changing? Implications for Schools
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1.00 – 2.00
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Lunch
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2.00 – 3.30
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Workshops 3 (in Interest Groups): Sharing good practice in Science
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3.30 – 4.00
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Break
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4.00 – 5.00
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Interest Group reports: Sharing good practice
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5.00 – 6.00
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Workshop Session 4: Question preparation
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6.00 – 7.30
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Break
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7.30 – 10.00
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Reception and Dinner
After Dinner Talk by Dr. Helen Sharman OBE |
Day Three: Wednesday 2nd July
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9.00 – 10.15
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Presentation: Dr David Bainbridge: Teenagers: A Natural History
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10.15 – 10.45
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Break
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10.45 – 11.45
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Plenary Panel Discussion with Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, Andrew Adonis
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11.45 – 1.00
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Presentation: Dr Hugh Hunt: Boomerangs, Bouncing Balls and Other Spinning Things
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1.00 – 2.00
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Lunch
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2.00 – 3.00
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Dr Joseph Milne in discussion with Ian Skelly: The Role of Science in the Modern World
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3.00 – 4.00
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Plenary Presentation: Sir Crispin Tickell GCMG, KCVO: Attitudes to Sustainability in China: Past. Present and Future
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4.00 – 4.30
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Break
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4.30 – 5:30
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Group Workshops 5: Conclusions
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5.30 – 6.30
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Seminar: Dr Richard Barnes: Bridging the Gap from School to University
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6.30 – 7.30
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Break
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7.30 – 10.00
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Reception and Dinner
After Dinner Talk by Michael Palin |
Day Four: Thursday 3rd July
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9.00 – 10.30
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QCA Workshop: Rebecca Edwards and Peter Slade: Progress in new Key Stage 3 Science
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10.30 – 12.00
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Plenary Discussion with Panel of Educationalists: Reports on Key Themes
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12.00 – 12.45
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Course Evaluation and Action Planning
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12.45 – 1.00
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Keeping in Touch: The Prince’s Teaching Institute Co-Directors
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1.00 – 2.00
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Lunch
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2.00
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Depart
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