British Council Partner Schools conduct 'Schools Now Conference 2022' to encourage networking amongst academicians

Conducted on March 9 and 10, the conference was open to all British Council partner schools.
Updated 06 Apr, 2022

British Council Partner Schools, the world's leading organisation that specialises in international cultural and educational opportunities, partnered with 2,100 schools that support over 100,000 teachers who impart their knowledge to over one million students conducted 'School Now 2022' conference.

Conducted on March 9 and 10, the conference was open to all British Council partner schools and was attended by a wide variety of academicians from around the world.

The theme for this year's event was 'Leading Recovery: curriculum, community and wellbeing Conference'.

The key goal of the conference was to encourage networking and collaboration amongst attendees from all British Council Partner Schools, the world's leading organisation that specialises in international cultural and educational opportunities, partnered with 2,100 schools that support over 100,000 teachers who impart their knowledge to over one million students conducted 'Schools Now 2022' conference.

Conducted on March 9 and 10, the conference was open to all British Council partner schools and was attended by a wide variety of academicians from around the world.

The theme for this year's event was 'Leading Recovery: curriculum, community and wellbeing Conference'.

The key goal of the conference was to encourage networking and collaboration amongst attendees from all across the world.

Alison Willmott, a teacher of postgraduate & undergraduate primary education courses at St. Mary University in London and consultant at the British Council, was the conference facilitator.

Besides Alison, seven other speakers were facilitating the conference.

Here's a list of them all:

Evelyn Forde: Headteacher of Copthall School, a girls' 11-18 academy with a culturally diverse intake in North West London. Evelyn won the TES Headteacher of the Year Award in November 2020, followed shortly by an MBE in the 2021 New Year's Honour's List.

Evelyn became Vice President of Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) in September 2021.

Rukhsana Hassen: Founder of Al Iman Schools, Rukhsana Hassen holds a Master’s in Education from the University of Nottingham and is an Associate of Trinity College London for Speech and Drama.

She specialises in storytelling and is an advocate of alternative methods to learning.

Afshan Khalid: With over 25 years of experience as an educationist, Afshan Khalid is currently spearheading school evaluations and reporting on the quality of education and care of students in all Beaconhouse schools both nationally and internationally as Head of the School Evaluation Unit. She was also the founding head of the Education Operations Team Pakistan at Beaconhouse.

Afshan is passionate about the role of data in education, with quality of learning as a core focus. She is an avid advocate of gender parity, social justice, inclusion and equity in education.

Sara Yasan: Regional Educational Specialist at UNICEF MENA Regional Office, Sara has over 15 years of experience as an educator and a counsellor in Middle East, South East Asia, and North America.

Victoria Wells: Head of Sports and SEND Inclusion at the Youth Sport Trust, Victoria has been a National SEND Advocate and a Global Change mentor and has recently written a think piece around the role sport sanctuaries can play to support young people as they return to school life following the global pandemic.

Sally McWilliam: Sally works with teachers as they develop their strategies for self-regulation in their placemen and employing schools. She has also written for the NASBTT Essential Guides for ECTs.

Dina Hassan: Dina Hassan is the Deputy Director of Alexandria International School and a DPhil researcher at the University of Oxford.


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