South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)

The Cultural Learning Curve Conference

Culture, Learning and Skills – Realising Potential

Baylis House, Slough
28th June, 2006

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• Welcome & Introduction by the Chair
  Chair: Kalwant Ajimal, Chair, Culture South East
  
  
• Culture's Impact on Learning Through the Lifecycle
  Keynote Speaker: Charles Leadbeater, Knowledge-based economy writer and broadcaster and author of 'Living on Thin Air'
  The impact of culture in terms of the Creative Economy and contribution to the creative nature of the South East
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• The Power of the Cultural Sectors to Engage Hard to Reach Learners
  Keynote Speaker: Martin Perry, Chief Executive of Brighton & Hove Albion
  Culture is a unique tool able to engage learners into education through a variety of informal and formal settings. Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club aspires to be a Centre of Excellence for both Football and Learning
  
  
• The Olympics Skills Legacy for the South East.
  Speaker: Paul Lovejoy, Executive Director Strategy and Sustainability, SEEDA
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• Case Study One: The Sussex Way.
  Speaker: James Emmett, Skills Active, Sport England and the Sussex Learning & Skills Council
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• Case Study Two: Creative Academies – a Local Success.
  Speaker: Alison Hibbert, Slough Creative Academy
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• Case Study Three: Hastings Multiversity and the Role of Culture and Learning in Transforming a Town.
  Speaker: Margaret Wallis, University Centre Hastings (UCH)
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• Personal and Local Development Contribute to Vibrant Communities
  Chair: Sarah Hohler, SEEDA, Board Member
  
  
• Strategic Engagement of the Cultural Industries.
  Keynote speaker: David Smith, Area Director, Learning & Skills Council, Sussex
  The challenge for the cultural industries, the agencies and Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) is to ensure that culture gains the recognition it deserves from the regional strategic partners. This session will begin to ask the questions and explore the answers and look to a way forward that builds this recognition
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• Case Study Four: Community Learning and Action for Communities.
  Speaker: Jenny Williams, National Institute of Adult and Community Education (NIACE)
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• Case Study Five: Tourism Skills Network and Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVE).
  Speaker: Sue Gill, Tourism South East
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• Case Study Six: Libraries Empowering New Learners.
  Speaker: Clare Forsyth, Portsmouth Library Services
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• The Ground-Breaking Partnership between SEEDA, the LSC, Culture South East to Develop the Regional Cultural and Skills Agenda
  Speaker: John Parsonage, Director of Learning & Skills, SEEDA
  
  
• Q&A and Debate
  
  
• Chair Summing-up