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Partnership Festival 2025 – Shaping the Future of Education Together

Friday 20 June, 2025
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Bath Spa University, Newton St Loe, Bath, BA2 9BN

Partnership Festival 2025 – Shaping the Future of Education Together

Bath Spa University’s inaugural Partnership Festival is a free one-day event bringing together teachers, school leaders, researchers, and policy makers to explore the most pressing challenges and exciting developments in education today.

Join us on Friday 20 June 2025 for a day of insight, collaboration, and innovation focused on teacher education and professional learning.

Through keynotes, interactive workshops, roundtable discussions, and research presentations on everything from AI in education and mentoring frameworks to teacher wellbeing and international collaboration,  you’ll find opportunities to exchange ideas, build connections, and contribute to shaping the future of education.

Keynote speakers include:

Programme

Time
Location
Session Type
Session title
Presenter(s)
9:00 - 9:45 GM.G.24   Arrival, registration and coffee  
9:45 - 10:45 GM.G.23 Keynote plenary session  5 problems with the idea of evidence-based practice in teaching... and why I think it’s important anyway Dr Cat Scutt MBE, Chartered College of Teaching
Parallel paper presentations (click on title for abstracts and bios)
10:45 - 11:45 CM.105  Roundtable Discussion Relational and Remote: Resolving the contradiction 

Bath Spa University, Teach First  

  CM.106 Workshop Richer Retrieval Practice: invitation to collaborate  

Bath Spa University with Project teachers  

  CM. 119  Paper Presentations 

Rethinking Schools: how can professional learning networks support teachers to innovate. 

Embracing GenAI: Shaping the Future of Teacher Education 

Jane Flood, Bath Spa University  

Ashley Ogborn, Bath Spa University 

  CM.120 Paper Presentations 

The Powerful Workshop Model 

A dialogical exploration: regarding unveiling school leaders’ wellbeing cultivation practices facing extreme challenges in post-pandemic

Sue Gibbons, Malmesbury School 

 

Dr. Chloe Shu-Hua Yeh, Bath Spa University 

  CM.121 Paper Presentations 

Working in partnership: developing a collaborative culture 

 

A Bespoke Framework for Mentoring Beyond the ECF.  

Andy Greenhough, Oldfield School 

  • Anselm Fisher,
  • Emily Thornton,

Bath Spa University 

11:45 - 12:00      Break  
12:00 - 13:00   Keynote Session  International research: benefits and possibilities 
  • Professor Sarah Younie, De Montfort University, International Council on Education for Teaching and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal ‘Technology, Pedagogy and Education’
  • Dr. Carol Hordatt Gentles, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica 
13:00 - 14:00      Lunch   
 Parallel sessions (click on title for abstracts and bios)
  CM.105 Workshop  A Balancing act: successfully managing ITT and parenthood

Bishop Challoner SCITT

  CM.106 Workshop  Using evidence-informed approaches in your school. 

Blue School Somerset and Research School Network 

  CM.119 Workshop  Exploring practical work in primary science.  Sarah Earle, Bath Spa University 
  CM.129 Workshop  Enhancing Teaching and Learning through Joint Practice Development and Professional Development Coaching 
  • Hannah Curtis
  • Amy Lees
  • Sarah Marshall
  • Lis Sheridan,

Richard Huish College 

  CM.121

Roundtable 

 

Paper Presentation 

Teacher and Teaching in the Contemporary India: Challenges and Negotiations (60 min)  

 

Teacher Research - what is it and why does it matter? 

Melissa George, St. Gregory's Catholic College 

15:30 - 15:45 CM.G.24   Tea and coffee break  
15:45 - 16:45 GM.G.23 Keynote session Building a Professional Learning Community through Joint Practice Development Emma Fielding, Richard Huish College
16:45 - 18:00    Networking session Barbeque and live music  

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