About the seminar

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Vocational Training and British Council’s Bilingual Education Programme and the 80th anniversary of the British Council in Spain, we invite educators, policy makers and education experts to our online seminar: Empowering Transformational Change

D. Alejandro Tiana Ferrer, Secretary of State for Education and Mark Howard, Director of the British Council in Spain will reflect and debate on the past, present and future impact the MEFP-British Council Bilingual Programme in Spain and its role in changing the landscape of bilingual education in Spain.

This will be followed by two plenary sessions focused on the transformational power of education:

Lucy Crehan, International Education Consultant, will examine and share the policies and strategies which high-performing and equitable education systems implement to support successful educational outcomes.

Professor Zahir Irani, University of Bradford, will also discuss how educational institutionscan successfully engage in the economic regeneration and development of their local communitiesfocusing on the case study of University of Bradford.

Date

26 February 2021

Time

10:00am UK / 11:00am Spain

Duration

Two hours

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