Announcing Sense’s 4th annual lecture
This year’s prestigious Sense annual lecture will again take place at the Institute of Physics in Central London on the evening of 17 November.
Special Educational Needs (SEN) have never had a higher profile - there have been two House of Commons select committees and a torrent of independent reviews in recent years.
With the plans of the new government also likely to lead to profound shifts in schools organisation and provision, the question needs to be asked – what does the future hold for SEN?
We are delighted to have secured two excellent speakers for this most relevant of subjects.
Brian Lamb OBE
Brian is an independent communications and public affairs consultant with a focus on Special Educational Needs policy. He was previously Director of Advocacy and Policy at RNID and before that he worked with Scope.
He has also held a number of other public roles including Chair of the Special Educational Consortium and is a founding board member of Every Disabled Child Matters.
Brian has just finished leading a major inquiry into parental confidence in the SEN system for the Department of Education and is working on the implementation of its recommendations. He is also writing a book on Campaigning for the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, as well as being chair of their Campaigning Effectiveness Board.
His lecture will look at recent developments, as well as evidence about the current system and proposals to change it. Can these proposals live up to what parents want to see?
Dr. Heather Murdoch
Heather is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, where she embedded the Deafblindness/MSI programme.
She currently teaches part-time at the Multi-Sensory Impairment Unit at the Victoria School in Birmingham where, with colleagues, she has produced a specialist curriculum which has been recognised by Ofsted. This innovative and clearly written booklet is published electronically by Sense and is already in the hands of over one thousand teachers and parents.
She will take us through a celebration of developments and the growth of good practice in MSI education. As Heather says herself, “Pausing and looking back at how far we have come heartens us to make further progress.”
If you would like to attend the lecture please contact Katie-Ann Dinsdale:
Tel/text: 020 7014 9391
Email: lecture@sense.org.uk
