“The Truth About Learning” Conference Date:

Thursday 31 January 2008

Venue: The Exchange, Bridgwater

List of Participants Keith Batham

QA / QI Assistant Accountancy Plus Training Ltd, Plymouth

Janie Bleach

PGCE Student Yeovil College

Chris Butler

PGCE Student Exeter College

Tim Boyes-Watson

Chief Executive Learning South West, Taunton

Alison Brown

PGCE Student Yeovil College

Geoff Channon

Assistant Vice-Chancellor University of the West of England, Bristol

Prue Deane

Learning Development Manager Accountancy Plus Training Ltd, Plymouth

Andrew Dodd

PGCE Student Exeter College

George Granton

PGCE Student Exeter College

Sue Hatt

Regional Manager Aimhigher South West, Bristol

Philip Hayes

PGCE Student Exeter College

Zoë Hobson

PGCE Student Exeter College

Kayleigh Hunt

PGCE Student Yeovil College

Miriam Hutchings

Senior Lecturer - School of Education Bath Spa University 1.

“The Truth About Learning” Conference Date:

Thursday 31 January 2008

Venue: The Exchange, Bridgwater

List of Participants cont. Rob Lawy

Programme Director PGCE (PCE) University of Exeter

Mussetta Lench

PGCE Student Yeovil College

Rachel Lyddon

PGCE Student Exeter College

Carolyn Medlin

+ 1 other

Head of Quality & Curriculum Cornwall Adult Education Service, Helston

Rob Mehigan

Gloucestershire College

Mark Mellor

PGCE Student Exeter College

Peter Miller

Evaluator - Learning Support Unit Avon & Somerset Police, Portishead

Darren Moore (tbc)

University of Exeter

Robert Notely

PGCE Student Exeter College

Lesley O’Connell

Teacher Training Lecturer Kingston Maurward College, Dorchester

Belinda Payne

Director South West Lifelong Learning Network, Bournemouth

Bob Pitt

Lecturer - Faculty of Health & Life Sciences University of the West of England, Bristol

Martin Price

Teacher Education Manager Exeter College

Alison Pym

PGCE Student Exeter College 2.

“The Truth About Learning” Conference Date:

Thursday 31 January 2008

Venue: The Exchange, Bridgwater

List of Participants cont. Sara Read

PGCE Student Exeter College

Sue Reed

Representative Crossfields Institute & Ruskin Mill Educational Trust, Glos

Rachel Robinson

PGCE Student Exeter College

David Roxburgh

Provider Development Manager Learning & Skills Council - South West Region, Taunton

Nicola Scoines

PGCE Student Exeter College

Sandra Seldon

Senior Manager Norton Radstock College, Bath

Yvonne Smith

Adult Student Adviser Royal Forest of Dean College

Howard Spear

Assistant Principal Somerset College, Taunton

Carolyn Stoakes

Director Plymouth College of Art & Design

Denise Summers

Quality Manager Somerset College, Taunton

Seidu Salfu

Teacher Education Programme Manager Yeovil College

Chris Taylor

Head of Divsison Somerset College, Taunton

Claire Tully

PGCE Student Exeter College

Ruth Waring

Progression Co-ordinator Western Vocational Lifelong Learning Network, Bath 3.

“The Truth About Learning” Conference Date:

Thursday 31 January 2008

Venue: The Exchange, Bridgwater

List of Participants cont. Anita Watson

PGCE Student Exeter College

Julie Windram

PGCE Student Exeter College

Derek Wise

Teacher University of Exeter

Naomi Ziewe Palmer PGCE Student Exeter College

Contributors/Facilitators Sharon Adams

South West Regional Youth Democracy Worker Regional Youth Work Unit at Learning South West, Taunton

Gert Biesta

Professor of Education - Institute of Education University of Stirling

John Brookham

Director of Learning & Quality Learning & Skills Council - South West Region, Taunton

Kerin Burke

Project Co-ordinator

SWitch CETT Co-ordination Unit

at Learning South West, Taunton

Kathryn Ecclestone

Professor in Education - Westminster Institute of Education Oxford Brookes University

Julie Evans

Learning Champion North Somerset Community Learning Service, Weston-super-Mare

Winifred Hignall

Member of the NIACE National Learner Forum 4.

“The Truth About Learning” Conference Date:

Thursday 31 January 2008

Venue: The Exchange, Bridgwater

Contributors/Facilitators cont. Paula Jones

Deputy Chief Executive & SWitch CETT Project Manager Learning South West, Taunton

Viv Jones

Learning Champion Cam & Dursley TLC, Glos

Steven Lay

Group Manager - Community Skills & Learning Somerset Adult Learning & Leisure, Taunton

Jane McKerron

Learning Champion Cam & Dursley TLC, Glos

Simon Mauger

Regional Development Officer - South West NIACE

Michael Tedder

Research Fellow -“Learning Lives Project” School of Education and Lifelong Learning University of Exeter

Carol Willis

Learning Ambassador Swindon Borough Council Community Directorate

Mavis Zutshi

Regional Development Officer (RAP) - South West NIACE

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