Battle of Ideas 2014
Festival weekend: Education
Saturday 18 October: 10.00-11.30
Therapy Culture Cinema 3
Cotton-wool campus?
Saturday 18 October: 12.00-13.00
Technological Innovation Frobisher Auditorium 2
Year of coding: programming kids for work?
Contemporary Controversies Hammerson Room
D'ya get me? Does proper English matter?
Saturday 18 October: 14.00-15.30
Creative Conundrums Library
What does literacy mean today?
Saturday 18 October: 16.00-17.15
Therapy Culture Cinema 3
The trouble with boys: is masculinity in crisis?
Sunday 19 October: 10.00-11.30
Me, Me, Me Politics Cinema 2
Who gives a damn about ‘student satisfaction’?
School Fights Frobisher Auditorium 2
Lessons from Asia: what is a world-class education?
Creative Conundrums Conservatory
What is connoisseurship?
Contemporary Controversies Hammerson Room
From Amazon to ebooks: are libraries outdated?
Sunday 19 October: 12.00-13.00
School Fights Frobisher Auditorium 2
Data overload: what is the point of exams?
Sunday 19 October: 13.10-13.40
Festival Attractions 2014 Hammerson Room
Learn Latin in 30 minutes
Sunday 19 October: 14.00-15.30
School Fights Frobisher Auditorium 2
Keeping the faith schools?
Sunday 19 October: 16.00-17.15
School Fights Frobisher Auditorium 2
Evidence-based education: marks out of 10?

Judgement by our peers: is the jury out?

"Although 'battle' suggests destruction, these were some of the most constructive debates I've taken part in. This was civilised conflict in the best sense of both words."
Julian Baggini, author, Welcome to Everytown: A Journey into the English Mind, and The Ego Trick

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