21 June 2012
The 'Future Brunels' talking about their visit to Aardman
Over 450 people attended the Bristol Festival of Education 2012, a series of 16 public events that were held at the Graduate School of Education from 11-22 June.
Image by Lucy Stephens
The diverse audience included people from across the city including teachers, Bristol City Council, young people, parents, and local and international researchers.
Doctoral students running socioscientific debates
The festival was also followed by the BBC news online, BBC Radio Bristol, the Evening Post and on twitter and YouTube.
Image by Chamnan Para
Events spanned an assortment of formats ranging from presentations from internationally recognised researchers and rising stars such as the ss Great Britain’s ‘Future Brunels’ and Graduate School doctoral students, experiments, micro-debates, interactive theatre performances, exhibition artwork, story telling and a clinic.
Nick Batchelar, Bristol City Council, introducing 'Ethnicity and achievement in Bristol'
Numerous people have requested to join the Graduate School’s activities mailing list which will keep people informed about future events and enable people to continue the conversation on the future of education.
Image by Teresa Nurser
We’ve been delighted by the success of this year’s festival, which is establishing itself as a celebration of today’s education in all its many forms, and a splendid opportunity to discuss new ideas for the future.
Dr Paul Howard-Jones, Festival Director, commented: “We’ve been delighted by the success of this year’s festival, which is establishing itself as a celebration of today’s education in all its many forms, and a splendid opportunity to discuss new ideas for the future.”
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