Yidan Prize Conference 2018: Educating for the future
What does high quality education looks like and how we might bring it about for all children globally? This sold out conference will focus on how global economic and social challenges require countries to have increasingly educated and skilled populations. To achieve this, we need forward looking education systems that can adapt to change, as well as a professional body of evidence-informed teachers and practitioners.
This year has seen the inaugural award of the Yidan Prize, the world's largest prize in Education. To mark and discuss the achievements of the Laureates, Professor Carol S. Dweck and Vicky Colbert, we are bringing together leading figures from the worlds of education research, education practice, psychology and international development.
For this two-day gala conference, we are welcoming those with an interest in education in all its forms, from practitioners to academics to policy makers to philanthropists.
We are delighted that we will be hearing from Charles Chen Yidan, Founder of Tencent and the Yidan Prize Foundation, as well as having a keynote talk from Vicky Colbert of the Escuela Nueva project. We will also hear from Prof Carol Dweck of Stanford University.
Monday 29 January 2018
14:00 Opening remarks
Dr Charles Chen Yidan, Founder, Yidan Prize • Dr Julian Huppert, Director, Intellectual Forum, Jesus College, Cambridge • Professor Geoff Hayward, Head of the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
14:20 Session One - Achieving change in education systems: the role of teachers and leaders
Professor Rebecca Allen, Professor of Education UCL IOE and Director of Education Datalab • Professor Alison Peacock, Chief Executive, Chartered College of Teaching • Mrs Rae Snape, Headteacher of The Spinney Primary School and CEO Designate of Innovation Trust • Professor Anna Vignoles, Jesus College and Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge (Chair)
15:15 Tea break
15:45 Session Two - Achieving change in education systems: the role of the state and third sector
Mr Charles Cotton, Founder and Chairman, Cambridge Phenomenon Ltd • Dr Julian Huppert, Director, Intellectual Forum, Jesus College, Cambridge (Chair) • Mr David Laws, Executive Chair, Education Policy Institute • Professor Anna Vignoles, Jesus College and Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
16:40 Video from Professor Carol Dweck, Stanford University and Yidan Prize for Education Research Inaugural Laureate
17:30 Session Three - Keynote lecture
Ms Vicky Colbert, Founder and Director of Fundación Escuela Nueva and Yidan Prize for Education Development Inaugural Laureate
18:30 Drinks Reception
Tuesday 30 January 2018
9:15 Session Four - Using high tech methods to understand children’s social behavior
Dr Jenny Gibson, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge • Professor Anna Vignoles, Jesus College and Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge (Chair)
10:15 Session Five - Language and Reading: The Learning Brain
Professor Usha Goswami, Director of the Centre for Neuroscience in Education, University of Cambridge • Professor Anna Vignoles, Jesus College and Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge (Chair)
11:15 Tea break
11:45 Session Six - Education and social mobility
Dr Lee Elliot Major, Chief Executive of the Sutton Trust • Dr Julian Huppert, Director, Intellectual Forum, Jesus College, Cambridge (Chair)
12:45 Networking lunch
13:45 Session Seven - Reaching the most marginalised through education in Africa panel discussion
Mr Sean Coughlan, BBC Education Correspondent (moderator) • Ms Lucy Lake, Chief Executive Officer, CAMFED • Ms Sinikiwe Makove, Head of Programmes, CAMFED Zimbabwe • Professor Pauline Rose, Director of the REAL Centre, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
14:45 Closing remarks
Dr Julian Huppert, Director, Intellectual Forum, Jesus College, Cambridge • Professor Anna Vignoles, Jesus College and Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
15:00 Conference end
