Past events
Informal Learning and New Technologies: Co-design workshop
Twenty-six young people aged between 16 and 19 came together at Channel 4’s HQ in London to explore their ideas about how they learn and use technologies outside school.
The Future of Education: Research Discussion Day
This was an opportunity to find out more about Futurelab's current themes (teachers and innovations,
Enquiring Minds workshops
A series of workshops for teachers and senior leaders, intended to inspire interested schools to develop their ideas for transforming their approaches to teaching and learning on the basis of the Enquiring Minds model.
Assessment for Social Justice workshop
This interdisciplinary workshop explored issues about the role of assessment in educational and social justice and the potential for technology to support fairer assessments.
Learning Spaces and Personalisation workshop
This half-day workshop was held to start exploring some of the issues and approaches linking
BETT 2008
BETT is the world's leading
Why Don’t You…? Supporting innovative approaches in education
If we are to move towards a more personalised education system, then we need to support a wide range of innovators in education. This two-day event explored the conditions, tools and strategies that support innovation.
Open House 2007
An Open House event at our offices in Bristol, showcasing a number of projects and offering seminars on our three current themes: teachers and innovations,
Digital Inclusion: Building fairer futures, challenging educational divides
A discussion workshop to launch a new programme of work on the role of digital technologies to promote educational equality. This event has been designed to build partnerships with others tackling this issue.
Do whiteboards have a future in the UK classroom?
A debate chaired by Futurelab (in partnership with Promethean), bringing together expert speakers to present provocative arguments 'for' and 'against' the use of interactive whiteboards in the classroom.
BETT 2007
Visitors to our stand were motivated to make learning inspiring, enjoyable and engaging experience. Personalisation, collaborative learning and learning spaces were all given the Futurelab treatment, with a range of innovative educational resources and research on display.
Futurelab Research Update
A free one-day event which offered attendees the opportunity to debate the future direction of education in light of recent research and publications from Futurelab, focusing on the themes of teachers as innovators and
Spaces, Places and Future Learning
An opportunity to challenge our ideas of the environments in which we learn, and to reflect on the possibilities for transforming learning spaces with innovative tools such as computer games and
Science, Society and Sims: The future of science education
How can we best learn scientific principles and attain the skills to apply them to the world around us? Who can help us develop these skills? What role should technology play and what innovations are on the horizon to revolutionise the way we learn about science?
Open House 2005
This inaugural showcase event, supported by Harcourt Education and held at our offices in Bristol, was a chance to experience first-hand the results of Futurelab's research and development work, try out some of our prototypes and meet some of our partners.
14-19: Transitions, technology and learning
Behind the headlines accompanying the release of the Tomlinson report lie radically new visions of education for the 14-19 age group. This conference examined the implications of these visions, and the role of digital technologies in this changing educational landscape.
BETT 2005
At BETT 2005 we showcased the design talents of teachers and
Beyond the Blackboard: Future directions for teaching
Just what will teaching look like in a technology-enabled future world? Through a combination of keynote addresses, targeted talks and hands-on discussion groups, this conference explored the future of teaching.
Digital Dialogues: Fostering collaboration and conversation in education
This conference explored new learning opportunities through three key areas: dialogues in learning; dialogues between sites of learning; and dialogues in design.
Beyond the Exam: Innovative approaches to learning and assessment
Covering issues such as technological support for assessment, peer and formative assessment, examinations policy and the politics of assessment, this conference provided the first coherent debate on how to shift our thinking of assessment beyond the exam hall.
Digital Childhoods: The future of learning for the under-10s
Bringing together creative, technical and educational experts, the event explored how children's interaction with technology can provide useful insights when developing learning resources for those aged 0 to 10.
Opening Pandora's Toolbox: How digital tools empower learners and teachers
Digital technology is changing how we think, how we work and play - and how we learn. This event explored how digital technology can support learning in and for a changing world.
Contagious Creativity: How creativity can inspire imaginative, interactive learning
This event examined the role of creativity, collaboration and digital technology in stimulating new patterns of learning and teaching, and explored how interactive media can be creatively applied to develop engaging learning resources.