Natural Environment Sector Conference

25th Mar 2008 00:00

Natural Environment Sector Conference

Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto

What is it? What’s in it for us!

25th March 2008 at the WWT London Wetlands Centre
Conference supported by the DCSF Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto funding and the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.

Programme

10.15 Coffee/Tea etc
10.40 Welcome by Martin Spray – Chief Executive of WWT
10.45 Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto – Peter Carne, DCSF LOtC Champion
11.25 Quality Badge: Where are we? Implications for Natural Environment providers – Andrew Griffin, Senior Project Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers
12.05 LOtC Manifesto Council: Remit, structure, membership and governance - Pricewaterhouse Coopers
12 .25 Question form the participants to a Panel of morning contributors
12.45 – 13.45 Lunch
13.45 Update on research in Out of Classroom Learning since the NFER/Kings College report of 2004/05: Dr Kelly Teamey, Kings College London
14.15 Practitioner Case studies: Case studies prepared by sector representatives to reflect the diversity of work in the sector and to be used to promote sector provision
14.45 Views from the ‘Right Field’
1. ‘Building Bridges’ - Doug Hulyer, Chair, Education & Public Understanding Group for the England Biodiversity Strategy (DEFRA)’
2. Providers’ perspective from a large and a small/medium size NGO
15. 30 Open session: Do we need to know anything more, what do we need to do?
Questions to Natural Environment Sector Panel
16.10 Summary of Key Action Points – Tony Thomas, Natural Environment Sector Chairman
16.15 Tea and cakes

The Conference is free, however those booked but not attending on the day will be charged £20 as a contribution to food costs.

Please return your booking form to [email protected]