National Learning Forum: The Impact of Learning on Change and Change on Learning London - 25 February 2008 9.30am - 4.30pm The Campaign for Learning's National Learning Forum will debate

Supporting innovation in schools The new handbook, ‘Promoting Transformative Innovation in Schools’, is designed to prompt debate around the nature and purpose of innovation in schools. It aims to

BETT 2009 – leading technology in education for 25 years BETT has proven itself to be the world’s leading technology in education event for the last 25 years and

Thanks to Ben Ballin for this notification This Seminar is part of the programme for a research link between CIER and the Comparative, International and Development Education Centre, University

Celebration of AERO's 20th anniversary. Conference theme is "Educational Alternatives: Past, Present, & Future."  Detailed information can be found on

Thanks to Zena from the Chard Home Education Centre (http://www.homeeducationcentre.org.uk/) for the link to their blog and details / photographs from our recent joint Learning Exchange. Go

Some e-news items that will be of interest to the PEN network: Adult Informal Learning event - outcomes This Open Space Discussion was designed to build constructive partnerships with others

Many thanks to Paul Henderson for the following: I'd like to draw your attention to a fascinating collection of articles in the 18th of October special issue of New

Learner engagement This report provides educators working within primary, secondary, further and higher education with a guide to how learner voice is currently being used to shape policy and

At the second Food for the Brain Conference this month, Captain Joe Hibbeln from the US Public Health Service presented undeniable evidence for the link between low intakes

PEN Comment: Some intersting items in this November  e-news from Antidote. Sign up to their e-news http://www.antidote.org.uk/index.html Antidote's new logo!  Schooltale  Wellbeing Indicators: Schools not to be judged  Assessment for Learning

Bullying is still a big concern for parents, says YoungMinds. Anti Bullying Week 17-21 November 2008 YoungMinds’ Parents Information Service took over 200 calls last year on bullying, and

Learning to Learn Conference. Birmingham. 12 December 2008 This conference will look at the research background of learning to learn but will also offer delegates the opportunity to make

‘Are we there yet?’: The way forward for Children’s Trusts. 28 November 2008. 2pm – 4pm The Children’s Plan expected “local authorities and their strategic partners in Children’s Trusts

'Listening to Children: Research and Consultation' is a ten-week training course designed for those who work with children and young people and want to improve their skills of

YoungMinds, the children’s leading mental health charity, has received £2.5 million from the Big Lottery Fund’s Young People’s Fund 2 (YPF2) National Grants programme to ensure 2,700 children

PEN Comment: The work and publications of Wendy Priesnitz are extremely important in any holistic view of learning. We can wholeheartedly recommend keeping them within your horizons. Greetings from

Creatively Speaking, Part Two: Sir Ken Robinson on the Power of the Imaginative Mind From Edutopia News 23rd October 2008. Sir Ken Robinson, the creativity guru shares his vision

PEN Comment: The growth of VLE 's is impacting all educational institutions. Its worth keeping up with developments and beginning to unpick the implications for all sorts of educational

NUS survey shows half of working students are doing so to meet basic cost of living, with many admitting their studies are suffering 46% of students who work during

Latest figures from the Office of National Statistics show that more needs to be done to support children with mental health problems. Thirty per cent of children diagnosed

Finding studying for GCSEs a grind? Let GCSEPod take the strain – while you’re on

Futurelab publishes the results of its innovative Enquiring Minds curriculum programme Findings from the first three years of Futurelab’s Enquiring Minds programme, which is supported by Microsoft, reveal that

Ben Ballin responds as a parent to Roland's letter to the Independent and blog piece: http://blog.personalisededucationnow.org.uk/2008/10/02/roland-meighan/ Well said!  I have been having these battles with my children's schools for