GTCW is delighted to announce that this year’s Lecture will be delivered by Lord David Puttnam, renowned film producer and education champion, and will be held in the National Museum Cardiff at 6pm on Monday 4 October.
The Lecture, entitled, ‘We are the People We've Been Waiting For: the changing role of teaching and teachers in the 21st Century’, will examine the ways in which the opportunities and challenges of our globalised world are likely to change the face of teaching.
Admission to the Lecture is free, and open to all; If you would like to attend, please complete and return the response form below. For further information regarding the Lecture, please call 029 2055 0353, or e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The 2009 Wales Education Lecture was held on the evening of Monday 5 October at the National Museum, Cardiff.
The Lecture, entitled ‘Closing the Gap: a Response from the Chalk Face’, was delivered by Sir William Atkinson.
A recording of the Lecture in MP3 Format can be heard here (61Mb) and from the question and answer session here (22mb). The lecture text is available here (PDF 280k).
The 2008 Wales Education Lecture was held on the evening of Monday 10 November at the Hilton Hotel, Cardiff.
The Lecture, entitled ‘Schools in the community: hubs of change’, was delivered by Professor Shirley Williams.
A recording of the Lecture in MP3 Format can be heard here (43Mb), the lecture text is available here (PDF k).
The press release "Baroness Williams concerned that curriculum stifles teacher creativity – except in Wales" can be found here.
On 1 October 2007, the Wales Education Lecture was delivered by Baroness Estelle Morris at the National Museum in Cardiff.
Baroness Estelle Morris
A former teacher, Estelle Morris became an MP in 1992 and worked her way up to the post of opposition spokesperson on Education and Employment, before becoming Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Schools Standards, and Secretary of State for Education and Skills. She famously resigned her post as Education Secretary in 2002, having made a commitment to the then Conservative Shadow Education Secretary to resign if the literacy and numeracy targets were not met. She then became Minister for the Arts in 2003, before stepping down from the government and as a Member of Parliament in the 2005 general election. Estelle Morris was raised to the peerage as Baroness Morris of Yardley in 2005.
Baroness Morris is currently President of the National Children’s Bureau, a charitable organisation acting as an umbrella body for organisations working with children and young people in England & Northern Ireland.
To listen to or download a MP3 of the lecture click here. Text to accompany the lecture is available from here (PDF 468K).
Special Education Needs pioneer, Baroness Mary Warnock, gave the 2006 Wales Education Lecture on 2 October at the National Museum, Cardiff. Speaking to an audience of over 320 education practitioners and policy makers in Wales, Baroness Mary Warnock argued that the current provision for special education needs in the UK is not working and put forward her thoughts on the most effective solutions for the future.
To listen to or download a Podcast of the lecture click here and of the Q&A session here. A printed copy of the lecture is available from here (PDF 1.1Mb).
On 2 October 2005, Professor Tim Brighouse, Chief Adviser for London Schools, gave the Wales Education Lecture 2005 at the National Museum & Gallery in Cardiff.
Under the title ‘Teachers: a comprehensive success’, Professor Brighouse spoke about the characteristics of the outstandingly successful teacher to an audience of over 120 teachers and invited guests.
You can see the lecture by clicking here. Please note that you will need Macromedia Flash player version 8 or higher to view this video (This can be downloaded free of charge from Macromedia’s web site here).
A copy of the lecture can be downloaded by clicking here (PDF 151k)
The first ever Wales Education Lecture was held on Monday 4 th October 2004 at the National Museum & Gallery, Cathays Park in Cardiff.
High profile guests from across the education spectrum attended the inaugural event organised by the General Teaching Council for Wales: including the Assembly’s Education Minister, Jane Davidson, Assembly members, Directors of Education from local education authorities, teacher union officials, policy makers, Higher Education and Initial Teacher Education and Training leaders, headteachers and teachers. Chief Executive of GTCW, Gary Brace explained: “The aim was to create a key date in the educational calendar for all those who influence and deliver education in Wales to come together to discuss current issues in light of an increasingly distinctive Wales education agenda.
“The Wales Education Lecture is as much about hearing innovative new ideas and debating current thinking and policy as it is about providing the opportunity for those in the education world to meet and network.
“The first of its kind in Wales, we hope the annual lecture will become a ‘must attend’ for all those interested in shaping the future of our education system.”
Professor John Andrews CBE, the former chairman of the General Teaching Council for Wales, opened the series with the topic ‘Teaching Tomorrow’ examining the challenges facing the teaching profession and education system in Wales.
John Andrews used the lecture to argue that teachers are still “overworked and underused” and to continue the debate over recruitment and retention issues including the over supply of primary teachers and the increasing trend towards early retirement in teaching.
He also covered key future issues facing teachers: the greater role for schools in local community continuing education; how advances in technology will shape methods of teaching in the future; the role of teachers as ‘managers of learning’ and the importance of teaching networks in the sharing of best practice.A copy of the lecture can be downloaded by clicking here (PDF 540k)
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