NOTICE OF CONFERENCE

14 19 Where now?

The National Union of Teachers is holding a major one dayconference looking at the way forward for 14-19 education on Friday 14 November2003,

Speakers include Ken Boston, chief executive of theQualifications and Curriculum Authority, and Mike Tomlinson, chair of the 14-19working group.

The conference is taking place at the Unions headquarters,Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1.

PROGRAMME

9.15 10.00 REGISTRATION - tea and coffee will beavailable

10.00 10.10 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

Judy Moorhouse, Chair NUTEducation and Equal Opportunities Committee

10.10 10.30 OPENING ADDRESSFROM THE NUT

JohnBangs, Assistant Secretary, Education and Equal Opportunities

10.30 - 11.00 THE EMERGINGPICTURE

Mike Tomlinson Chair, 14-19 Working Group

11.00 11.20 QUESTIONS ANDDISCUSSION

11.20 11.45 AWELSH PERSPECTIVE

ElizabethWilliams Welsh Assembly Government Youth Policy Team

11.45 12.00 QUESTIONS ANDDISCUSSION

12.00 12.20 COFFEE/TEA

12.20 12.45 THE ENGLISH 14-19 DIPLOMASYSTEM: A FRAMEWORK FOR PARTNERSHIP

DrAnn Hodgson, University of London Institute of Education

12.45 13.00 QUESTIONS ANDDISCUSSION

13.00 14.00 LUNCH

14.00 14.30 DrKen Boston AO Chief Executive, Qualifications and Curriculum Authority

14.30 15-10 THEAWARDING BODY PERSPECTIVE

Dr Michael Cresswell, Director General, AQA

JohnKerr, Chief Executive, Edexcel

DrRon McLone, Chief Executive, OCR

15.10 15-40 INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION

Ken Boston, Michael Cresswell, John Kerr and Ron McLone

15.40 16.00 COFFEE/TEA

16.00 16.20 PennySilvester Divisional Manager for Secondary Education, Ofsted

16.20 16.30 QUESTIONS ANDDISCUSSION

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For further informationcontact: Olive Forsythe tel: 020 73804706.