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9 Good reasons to attend: the ones to put to senior leaders

November 7, 2025

All of the reasons to attend that I’ve suggested in 21 reasons to attend conferences are valid, but they are personal, in a sense. So here are 9 suggested arguments that may appeal to your senior leadership team.

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In Professional development, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT Tags education conferences, senior management, senior leadership

21 Reasons to attend conferences

October 14, 2025

It’s often difficult to get time out of school to attend a conference, but I think you should try and get to at least one a year.

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In Professional development Tags education conferences

Getting permission to go on a course or to a conference

November 20, 2021

Having to make the case for actually registering for an event is, in my opinion, treating teachers as if they were (a) non-professionals and (b) children.

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In Professional development, Leading & Managing Computing & ICT Tags CPD, in-service training, education conferences
Picture by Mohamed Hassan on Pixabay. Licence: CCO

Picture by Mohamed Hassan on Pixabay. Licence: CCO

Creating a culture of innovation, #6: Attend talks

February 28, 2018

Why attending talks can be a good way of fostering innovation, and six things to consider before you do so.

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In Leading & Managing Computing & ICT, Professional development Tags innovation, talks, conferences, education conferences, seminars
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Photo from Stencil. CC0 Licence

Forthcoming education conferences in London, England

September 25, 2017

Here are a few interesting-looking conferences coming up in London, England, up to January 2018.

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In News & views Tags education conferences

Getting the most out of education conferences

August 15, 2017

This book has received 22 five star reviews in total so far, and is the TESOL Institute's featured book. Read on for more information, and for details on how you can buy a personalised version.

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In Bookshelf, News & views Tags education conferences, TESOL

9 questions to ask about big name speakers at education conferences

December 5, 2016

Life's too short to waste time going to the wrong conference talk. Here are 9 questions to ask to help decide whether or not to attend a talk given by a well-known speaker as opposed to an unknown teacher.

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In News & views, Professional development Tags conferences, education conferences, speakers, big name speakers, celebrity speakers
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