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The keynote speakers were:

 

Simon Blackburn (Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge)

 

Niall Ferguson (Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School; Senior Research Fellow of the Hoover Institute, Stanford and Jesus College, Oxford)

 

Michael Reiss (Professor of Science Education at the Institute of Education, London University and Director of Education at the Royal Society)

 

Dr John Taylor (Chief Examiner, Edexcel Extended Project)

 

The conference will explore ways of implementing the new Edexcel Extended Project Qualification, drawing on the model of the Perspectives on Science course. Featuring inspirational keynote addresses exploring how historical, philosophical and ethical approaches can enrich and deepen curriculum extension studies, the conference will also include presentations by Perspectives students and a session addressing the practicalities of implementing the Extended Project in different subject fields.

 

For further details contact Tracey Broadhurst