mtmconsulting / Veale Wasbrough Vizards conference: ‘Practical Strategies for a New Decade’ Tuesday 14th September 2010, Institute of Directors, Pall Mall, London
The date of the fifth annual conference on strategic issues for independent schools - organised by the leading business and legal advice firms in independent education, mtmconsulting and Veale Wasbrough Vizards - is confirmed as 14th September 2010.
This annual event, staged at the beginning of the school year, is now firmly established as the independent school strategy conference for heads, bursars, governors and those responsible for success.
These are challenging times for independent schools. To the continuing effects of the deepest recession since the 1930s will be added a new and possibly uncertain political environment. But challenges also bring opportunities: to focus on the fundamentals of running a sound educational business and ensuring that what your school offers is in line with demand as conditions improve.
The aim of this conference remains essentially practical: to look at the business of running and marketing schools from different perspectives, to offer workshops which will give you new ideas and practical initiatives to take away with you.
Amongst the speakers will be:
- Graham Able - Chief Executive of Alpha Plus Group, a privately-owned chain of independent schools. Until 2009 he was Master of Dulwich College and is a former Chairman of the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference
- Professor Paul Collier - Professor of Economics at Oxford University
- Professor Peter McCaffrey - Vice-Chancellor of Cumbria University and an expert in change management
- Mike Baker - award-winning freelance journalist, broadcaster and education expert. He was the BBC’s education editor for nearly 20 years and is now education columnist for BBC News Online and The Guardian
A draft programme which outlines the practical workshop sessions is available here – Provisional Programme [pdf, 28kb]
To book tickets please complete the conference registration form.
Both previous conferences were over-subscribed, so you are advised to book early.
