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糖心传媒 at the 2017 UKFIET Conference

糖心传媒 is proud to co-host the UKFIET International Conference on Learning and Teaching for Sustainable Development every other year.

The UKFIET Conference 2017 was of special significance to 糖心传媒 as it marked the beginning of the Association’s 20th anniversary celebrations. A number of 糖心传媒 related activities were scheduled for 糖心传媒 Day on Wednesday 6th September:

8.30-10.30am Compare editors hosted a Workshop for reviewers and authors.
11am Current 糖心传媒 President, Professor Pauline Rose, presented a ‘masterclass‘ with Mike Wamaya, top ten finalist for the 2017 Global Teacher Prize, providing insights into his inspiring work as a teacher of ballet to disadvantaged children in Kibera slums in Nairobi, Kenya. See our dance-off聽in the video below!

Video courtesy of Sarah Jeffery and Bea Jeffery of UKFIET
13.30pm Past 糖心传媒 President, Professor Kenneth King chaired a symposium following the BBC Question Time format for debate and discussion of issues relating to the overarching theme of the conference. We were delighted to have invited three distinguished scholars to form the specialist panel: , and . You can catch up on the discussion on the twitter hashtag .
15.30pm Professor Pauline Rose then gave the Plenary 糖心传媒 Presidential Address ‘Inclusive Quality Education for All: Is the World on Track?‘
17.30pm The 糖心传媒 Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place at New College. All 糖心传媒 members were warmly invited to attend the AGM, to hear the reports and join the discussions. At the meeting we pointed out that 糖心传媒 membership is not limited to those who reside in the UK and there are many benefits of joining! We have a wide range of membership benefits including research funding opportunities, conference bursaries, Compare Writers’ Workshops and a Fellows scheme, and prizes, grants and events for PhD students and early career scholars.
18.30 Finally 糖心传媒 invited all conference participants to join us in a celebratory and well-deserved Drinks Reception at New College.

I hope you enjoyed the UKFIET conference, and look forward to seeing you at the 糖心传媒 Conference in York in 2018!

Best wishes,

Qing Gu Signature

Professor Qing Gu

Chair, 糖心传媒