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Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Human Intelligence in the Age of AI - A Partnership Event between Centre for Data Futures and AI in Education
An opportunity to hear from leading experts in the field as well as engage in roundtable discussions and contribute towards a manifesto.
AI at best can sharpen, develop and nurture human intelligence in all its forms, not least for those lacking specialist teachers in certain subjects, those with SEND and amongst those whose attendance record is low. But there is another side to AI. It could short-circuit deep learning, encourage over-dependence, and detract from the hard graft which is necessary in all real intellectual formation.
The technology is developing at a frightening pace, and no one seems certain how it can be shaped and made safer, and indeed if either are possible. Some figures like Dominic Cummings are arguing that AI is already in charge and the battle has been lost. This timely conference will bring together a brilliant array of academics, practitioners, cultural leaders and policy makers in common cause of producing a manifesto to present to government on what we believe needs to be done to ensure that AI deepens educational opportunity for all, rather than undercuts and sacrifices it.
Confirmed speakers:
Sir Anthony Seldon
Professor Rose Luckin
Professor Sylvie Delacroix
Professor Neil Lawrence
Andy Wolfe
Professor Michael Sanders
Sarah Ellis
For further information and to register your place - https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/human-intelligence-in-the-age-of-ai
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Neurodiversity Celebration Week Webinar
Building the Neuroinclusive Classroom of Tomorrow…Today!
A future classroom dominated by AI is exciting for some, but confusing, threatening and overwhelming for many. But what can we do today with the technology we already have? Marius Frank, Co-Head of Education at Microlink, will be joined by tech creators and educators who are already transforming the learning journey, through breakthrough applications, products and thought leadership that is rewriting the inclusion playbook.
How can a furry mammal called ALPACA spot early literacy challenges before a child can even read? How can “drop-curb” thinking benefit every learner? Can a teacher interact in real-time in five different languages? What is social and emotional accessibility? Join us and find out!
Sign up for this webinar here.
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Festival of Education 2025
We are thrilled to announce that the GEC will be hosting a strand again at the Festival of Education 2025 - more information coming soon!
ASCL Spring Data Leader and Accountability Conference – Making sense of data and accountability for the year ahead
Whenever there is an event talking data in education, you can bet your bottom dollar we want to be there. So it was a big “yes!” from us when our CEO and Founder, Nic Ponsford, was asked to deliver the Keynote at today’s Association of School and College Leaders Spring Data Leader and Accountability Conference.
This awesome conference from ASCL is there to help school and college leaders make sense of data and accountability for the year ahead. Schools are no strangers to data, but Nic’s approach (honed from years of lived experience working in education) is about using the RIGHT data in the RIGHT way to take it from being just numbers on a page to insights that can be turned into actionable practice.
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
BETT London
We are thrilled to announce that we are a BETT Partner again this year and Nic will be speaking at the following sessions:
Sessions
24-Jan-2025, 12:00– 12:30pm Teaching & Learning/ Inclusion in the mainstream classroom
24-Jan-2025, 13:30– 14:00pm The Arena/ Bridging gaps: How can we create a more equitable education system
Get your ticket here: https://uk.bettshow.com/visitor-registration
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
SSAT Member Annual Conference: Doing things differently: Are there really more neurodiverse learners?
This year’s theme for the Schools, Students and Teachers (SSAT) Network Conference is “Doing things differently: Are there really more neurodiverse learners?”
And GEC CEO and Founder Nic Ponsford, is looking forward to getting stuck into this important topic that’s right up our street . We believe that embracing the needs, thoughts and experiences of our neurodivergent students, staff and communities is the only way for schools to become truly inclusive places to be.
On Monday, Nic will be leading a discussion and Q&A on “Understanding Neurodiversity” to cover how we can embrace #neuroinclusive cultures in education to support our neurodivergent students, colleagues and families.
Will we see you there? 👉 SSAT Member Conference 2024 - SSAT
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Schools and Academies Show
We are thrilled to be partnering and speaking with the #SAAS in November!
You will find Nic at the School Improvement Theatre:
10am - A holistic look at school improvement: Developing school settings for the benefit of your whole school community
1:25pm: Bums on seats: What can you do to improve school attendance?
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
ICTE 2024 Conference
Nic will be participating in this year’s International Conference on Transformative Education 2024 for Human and Planetary Flourishing. There will be 79+ speakers and contributors from 20+ countries this year sharing their experience, knowledge, and expertise.
Session Format: Catalytic Session
Session Date and time in UTC: November 14, 12:00 - 12:30 Hrs UTC (30 Minutes)
All registrations close on November 10, 2024, 23:59hrs UTC. Here is the booking page for the conference.
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Bournemouth University Speaker Series
Founder, Nic Ponsford, will be presenting her work on Data for Good and particularly her project on Building a Diversity and Inclusion Platform at BU’s Autumn speaker series: Contemporary Perspectives in Media and Communication.
This speaker series runs jointly as part of their Centre for Science, Health and Data Communications Research, as well as a 'Masterclass' on our option unit in Contemporary Perspectives for their MA Media and Communication degree, and is included for their Doctor of Education Creative & Media research students. Talks are open to the public beyond BU through Eventbrite.
The speaker series sessions will run on Wednesdays between 14:00-15:00 GMT with presentations of 30-40 minutes, followed by Q&A
You can see previous series information at the Eventbrite page and YouTube. Follow @SHDCresearch on Instagram and X (Twitter). Last year the series drew over 1000 attendees from across 6 continents and 48 countries.
National Awards for Pastoral Care in Education 2024
National Awards for Pastoral Care in Education Awards 2024
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Relationship Manager Liv holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Founder Nic Ponsford holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
From Hype to Reality: AI Curriculum Integration + Safeguarding
Is this a robot take over? 🤖 Not quite, but we are talking AI curriculum integration as GEC hits the road again.
Love it or loathe it, AI is here and school leaders need to consider how to safely and effectively use AI in the curriculum and wider life of the school. That’s why, on the 27th September, we are descending en masse to St Benedict’s School, Ealing, London to talk about AI Curriculum Integration and Safeguarding.
As well as our very own Nic Ponsford, we’ll be bringing along our Frances Akinde. Joining with Luke Ramsden, Sam Challenor, Dave Presky, Darren Coxon, William Van Reyk, we be there from 10:30am – 3pm as they discuss “From Hype to Reality: Moving on to the next stage of AI in Education.”
The best part? It’s completely free! There’s still time to reserve your place 👉
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Founder Nic Ponsford holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
LAC Virtual Summit: Building Cultures of Data Use
On the 23rd September 2024 at 12pm Nic will be talking Intentional Inclusion: Investigating Equitable Education and Intersectional Edtech at the LAC Virtual Summit.
You can learn more about the event and the speakers here.
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Founder Nic Ponsford holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Founder Nic Ponsford holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Ask Me Anything
Open to all GEC Members (future and existing), Founder Nic Ponsford holds a weekly public session to answer ‘anything’ on the GEC Platform. This could be a demo, how to roll it out across an organisation, some tech tips or DEI coaching. This is open to all GEC Members globally.
Festival of Education
The 14th Festival of Education will take place at Wellington College on the 4 & 5 July 2024 and we are delighted to be there with our collective of inclusion and well-being experts hosting a GEC strand of 6 sessions all about Student Voice! So you can vote on the 4th July and then come and join us on the 5th to celebrate student voice!
Schedule of Sessions
9.30-10.15am Students. First, Always. In this session, Nic will discuss her doctoral research into edtech, EDI and intersectionality. She will then bring in students to discuss how students need a voice and what happens when they are given one! Nic Ponsford, Founder of the GEC, staff + students from Pioneer Academy School (Slough, England).
2. 10.30-11.15am A Class Act - What does Intentional Inclusion look like for our Students? With rising numbers of home schooling and the introduction of virtual schools, is it now time that the education sector offers a range of solutions for our future cohorts of students?
Kim Ruhal (chair) Chief Global Strategist, GEC
Marius Frank, Co-Head of Microlink
Trevor Benstock, Director of IT Bradfield College and Founder of Campus XR
3. 11.45-12.30 Student Voices - Online + On Fleek Social media, esports and online communities are creating safe spaces for students outside of the classroom - how is this improving outcomes, without the tracking?
Zahara Chowdbury, Schools Should Be and EDI University of Buckingham
Tommy Hatto, actor, body image and mental health advocate
GEC Shadow Advisory Board - Jack Clark, Former Board member of UK Schools Sustainability Network (6th former) and Abdi Omar, motivational speaker and Accessibility Technology expert
4. 12.45 - 1.30pm Students + Re-presentation Students are changing the dial - so how do we keep up with them? Understanding how we best present ourselves to students will be explored in this session.
Nic Ponsford, Founder of the GEC (chair)
Albert Adeyemi, Founder of Black.MenTeach
Caroline Keep, award-winning educator & PhD researcher
Karl C Pupe FRSA, 'Action Hero Teacher' and award-winning author.
5. 2.45 - 3.30pm Taking the Pixels - 23rd Century Students In a world of AI and assistive technology, how can we build an online safe space for our future students.
Dan Fitzpatrick, AI author and expert (chair)
Luke Ramsden, Independent school SLT and Safeguarding Advisor
Caroline Allams, Founder of Natterhub
Frances Akinde, SEND Advisor and Former Headteacher (need to check with BAMEed sessions - meeting after Easter)
6. Students First - Intentional Inclusion We could then do another Q&A panel with speakers from across the day with the audience if you want! Find out more information here.