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Professor Thomas Lickona on the School's Response to Pornography
By Professor Thomas Lickona, Director of the Centre for the 4th and 5th R and Co-Investigator on the Narnian Virtues Character Education project.
Labour's policy vision for schooling
A Seminar with Nic Dakin MP, Shadow Schools Minister and Labour Party MP for Scunthorpe.
Smart & Good Schools: A Paradigm Shift for Character Education
Date: 11 January 2016, 16:30 coffee/tea for 17:00 start
Location: Great Woodhouse suite, University House, University of Leeds“Education worthy of the name,” Martin Buber said, “is education of character.” What can schools do to cultivate the qualities that comprise good character? Tom Lickona, founding director of SUNY Cortland’s Center for the 4th and 5th Rs, describes two complementary phases in his Center’s 20 years of work.
Tom Lickona - Smart & Good Schools: A Paradigm Shift for Character Education [MP3: 26MB]
Seminar on Character Education
Date: Monday 2nd March 2015 at 4.30pm
Location: Great Woodhouse Room, University HouseThe DfE's provision of £3.5M during 2015 for primary and secondary schools to develop character education is discussed by Professor Karen Bohlin, Senior Scholar and Director Emeritus of the Center for Character and Social Responsibility at Boston University's School of Education, and also the Head of Montrose School, a high school for girls in the USA.
Dr Karen Bohlin - Character Education: Promises and Pitfalls [MP3: 31MB]
Seminar Series on Young People, Poverty and Transitions to Work
Snakes and Ladders: Understanding Young People’s Transitions to Adulthood in contexts of poverty and disadvantage
Seminar 1 of the CPSE Series on Young People, Poverty and Transitions to Work
Tracy Shildrick, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds
Date: 24 February 2014, 16:15 coffee/tea reception for 16:30 start, reception to follow
Location: Parkinson Building, Centenary Gallery
Seminar Series on Secondary Vocational Education: What Future?
This series marks the 50 anniversary of the Newsome Report, Half our Futures (1963) and invites all concerned with the educational opportunities available to young people in England to join the discussion.
The seminars are held at the University of Leeds. The seminars are followed by a reception where we can continue our conversations. Please express your interest in this series by emailing cpseleeds@leeds.ac.uk to receive further updates on the seminars and to confirm your attendance.
Previous speakers in the series include Alison Wolf, Professor of Public Sector Management, King’s College London, Professor Peter F. E. Sloane, University of Paderborn, and Tim Oates, Cambridge Assessment. Please see the Archive below for details.
Forum: Half our Futures: 50 Years On
Seminar 6 of the CPSE Series on Secondary Vocational Education: What Future?
Forum: Half our Futures: 50 Years On [MP3: 23MB]
The final seminar will be a forum with local Head Teachers and participants from the Series discussing key issues in 14 to 19 education and training. The forum will conclude the series Half our Futures: 50 Years On. Please contact cpseleeds@leeds.ac.uk if you would like to attend this event.
An article in Hillary Place Papers, a forthcoming publication of the School of Education, will report on the series and mark the 50th anniversary of the Newsome Report, Half our Futures (1963)
General Education for All to 18: Possibilities and Challenges
Seminar 5 of the CPSE Series on Secondary Vocational Education: What Future?
Professor Geoff Hayward, University of Leeds, School of Education
Date: 16 October 2013, 4:00 registration for 4:30 start, reception to follow
Location: Parkinson Building, Centenary GalleryGeneral Education for All to 18: Possibilities and Challenges [MP3: 23MB]
This seminar reviews the economic evidence which suggests that many programmes we offer, especially so called vocational programmes below level 3, produce little if any return in the labour market.
Possibilities and Practices of 16-19 Apprenticeships: A Mass Participation Route?
Seminar 4 of the CPSE Series on Secondary Vocational Education: What Future?
Professor Allison Fuller, University of Southampton
Date: 9 July 2013, 4:00 registration for 4:30 start, reception to follow
Location: Parkinson Building, Centenary GalleryAllison Fuller - Possibilities and Practices of 16-19 Apprenticeships: A Mass Participation Route? [MP3: 26MB]
A Review of the Vocational Pathway in England
Seminar 3 of the CPSE Series on Secondary Vocational Education: What Future?
Tim Oates, Cambridge Assessment
Date: 15 April 2013, 4:00 registration for 4:30 start, reception to follow
Location: Parkinson Building, Centenary GalleryTim Oates: A Review of the Vocational Pathway in England [MP3: 26MB]
Germany’s apprenticeship system: the inside story
Seminar 2 of the CPSE Series on Secondary Vocational Education: What Future?
Professor Peter F. E. Sloane, University of Paderborn
Date: 21 March, 2013 3:30 for 4:00 start, reception to follow
Location: School of Education, Hillary Place, G.18Professor Peter F. E. Sloane, University of Paderborn: Germany’s apprenticeship system: the inside story [MP3: 25MB]
Vocational education in English schools: problems and solutions
Seminar 1 of the CPSE Series on Secondary Vocational Education: What Future?
Alison Wolf, Professor of Public Sector Management, King’s College London
Date: 15 January 2013, 4:30 to 7:00
Location: University House, University of LeedsAlison Wolf: Vocational education in English schools: problems and solutions [MP3: 22MB]