Leading Learning for the 21st Century Education Conference

By Thomas Clayburn

One year ago, Education Secretary Michael Gove expressed his concerns about declining UK results in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) tests and added: ‘If our schools, and young people, are to become internationally competitive again we must learn from the best in the world.’

At the end of November, the Connecting Classrooms team in China organised a global conference in Beijing that illustrated how the British Council is supporting that objective. The conference included speakers and participants from the departments of education in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Their prominent role was no accident: for decades we’ve worked hard to disseminate UK best practice around the world but, as Michael Gove indicated, we have to work harder to bring the best global practices back to the UK. This will create value for Britain while simultaneously enhancing the British Council’s profile in the UK.

Please download the enclosed full report for your perusal. 

You may also click here to read a blog entry about this project written by Anna Esaki Smith, Editoral Director, Education Intelligence

For any queries, please contact Ms FENG Xinxin at feng.xinxin@britishcouncil.org.cn.