Registration opens at 08:30.

You can download a PDF copy of the programme here.

08:30-09:15 Registration opens
Welcome refreshments
09:15-09:20 Welcome to Unheard Voices, Lost Potential
Beccy Earnshaw – CEO, Voice 21
09:20 – 10:00 The power of talk; addressing inequality and increasing opportunities for all students
Professor Neil Mercer, University of Cambridge
10:00-10:40 Alastair Campbell in conversation with Beccy Earnshaw
10:40-11:00 Refreshment break
11:00-11:45

Listening to unheard voices

You can choose one of these three sessions to attend.

Please note the capacity for sessions B and C is limited to 50 people per session.

 Session A: 

Listen without prejudice: exploring language, identity and accent in education

Panel

Dr. Rebecca Montacute – Sutton Trust
Dr. Richard Courtney – University of East London
Dr. Ian Cushing – Edge Hill University
Dr. Khawla Badwan – Manchester Metropolitan University

 Session B:

Leadership in oracy: how to create a school culture to hear student voices

Masterclass

Voice 21 with
Angela Schofield – Oracy Lead, Excelsior Multi Academy Trust

 Session C:

How to use oracy to identify and support students with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN)

Masterclass

Voice 21 with
Wendy Lee – Speech and Language Consultant
11:50-12:35

Raising voices through oracy

You can choose one of these three sessions to attend.

Please note the capacity for sessions B and C is limited to 50 people per session.

 Session A:

From primary into secondary: how oracy supports students’ confidence, wellbeing and learning in transition

Panel

Professor Alice Deignan – University of Leeds
Karl Cross – Barrowford Primary School
Vicki Duperouzel – Pendle Vale College

 Session B:

Inclusion through oracy: case studies of supporting students with additional needs

Panel

Kiran Gill – The Difference
Charles Hewitt – Grove Street Primary School
Emma Kerrigan-Draper – Mount Pleasant Junior School

 Session C:

Oracy and social mobility: a case study

Masterclass

Voice 21 with
Tom Wolstenholme – The Halifax Academy
12:35-13:20 Lunch
13:20-13:40 Speaking up and being heard
Mary Mandefield – BBC Journalist
13:45-14:30

Unlocking potential and transforming life chances

You can choose one of these three sessions to attend.

Please note the capacity for sessions B and C is limited to 50 people per session.

 Session A:

Find your voice, change the world: empowering young people through oracy

Panel

Lavinya Stennett – The Black Curriculum
Challney Boys School

 Session B:

Amplifying girls’ voices through oracy

Panel

Yosra Soliman – Bold Voices
Challney Girls School
Ena Miller – Journalist

 Session C:

Cultivating, understanding and developing quieter voices in the classroom

Masterclass

Voice 21 with
Ruth Baker-Leask – Minerva Learning
Haleema Ahmed – Lyfta
14:35 – 15:20 Workshop: Deep listening: how to hear what you previously missed
Emily Kasriel – BBC World Service
15:20 – 15:35 Talk into action: key insights for transforming learning and life chances through oracy
Voice 21 

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