FUTUREED25 CONFERENCE

FUTUREED25 CONFERENCE in association with Chartered College of Teaching, CEN and National Numeracy

Educators everywhere have become painfully aware of the impact anxiety and poor wellbeing are having on children and young people. COVID lockdowns, exam and test pressures, social media, the having on children and young people. COVID lockdowns, exam and test pressures, social media, the climate emergency, wars around the globe and continuing political and economic uncertainty have all climate emergency, wars around the globe and continuing political and economic uncertainty have all contributed to an atmosphere which many children find extremely hard to cope with. That, coupled contributed to an atmosphere which many children find extremely hard to cope with. That, coupled with disadvantage and extreme pressure on family life are having a real negative impact on children’s with disadvantage and extreme pressure on family life are having a real negative impact on children’s education. What can educational neuroscience contribute to our understanding of the wellbeing education. What can educational neuroscience contribute to our understanding of the wellbeing challenge facing our children and young people and what can be done to support them?

This year’s challenge facing our children and young people and what can be done to support them? This year’s FutureEd aims to tackle the wellbeing challenge by looking in detail at some of the issues and causes, FutureEd aims to tackle the wellbeing challenge by looking in detail at some of the issues and causes, as well as giving participants the chance to question the experts and develop their own thinking.as well as giving participants the chance to question the experts and develop their own thinking.

Speakers confirmed:

• Pasco Fearon, Professor of Family Research and Director of the Centre for Family Research, Professor of Family Research and Director of the Centre for Family Research at the University of Cambridge.
• Jo Van Herwegen, Professor of Developmental Psychology and Education, Deputy Director of Centre , Professor of Developmental Psychology and Education, Deputy Director of Centre for Educational Neuroscience (CEN).
• Ben Carter, Professor of Medical Statistics at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London.
• Jessica Newberry Le Vay, Climate Change and Health Policy Fellow at the Climate Cares Centre, Imperial College, London.
• Rebecca Torrance-Jenkins, former Head of Science and advisor in neuroscience-informed pedagogy, and school design.
• Denes Szucs, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Fellow, Darwin College, Cambridge, Deputy Director, Centre for Neuroscience in Education.
• Dr Rosalyn Hyde, Principal Teaching Fellow in secondary mathematics education at the University, at the University of Southampton.
• Dr Thomas Hunt, Associate Professor in Psychology, University of Derby.

For full programme information and details of how to purchase tickets please go to the Learnus website.