Going Global-British Council-Learning

Going Global The UK International Education Conference

Edinburgh International Conference Centre
8-10 December 2004

Going Global, attracted almost 600 delegates from some 55 countries, making it the largest event of its type.

The lead three speakers were a powerful trio of Charles Clarke, the former Secretary of State for Education, Neil Kinnock giving his first major speech as Chair of the British Council and Kader Asmal, the former Minister of Education in South Africa.

Feedback from both delegates and speakers has been very positive, indicating that an early decision will need to be taken not so much on whether to hold a follow up conference but when and how.

		Programme schedule
Get an overview of the Going Global conference by looking at the programme schedule. The above link is to a pdf file which is 164Kb. You will need Adobe Reader to view this pdf.

		Themes and streams
Do you want to find out what issues were addressed at the conference and how the challenges being faced by the education sector were tackled? Find out more about the themes and streams that were discussed.

		Participants
Going Global was attended by senior and policy staff from institutions including Vice-Chancellors, Principals, University Rectors and Presidents, Heads of Colleges, English Language School Principals; CEO’s from commercial organisations; deputies and principal advisers. Find out more

		Featured speakers
Leading international speakers at the conference included David Graddol, Professor Colin Gilligan, Sir John Daniel, Allison Doorbar, Dr Sugata Mitra, Professor Drummond Bone, Dr Joseph Duffy, Professor Christopher Colclough. Find out more

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