Presentation on BETT09 sharing Beyond Current Horizons programme and the Innovations Handbooik.

1. Preparing for the Future Dan Sutch [email_address] stand J11

2. http://tinyurl.com/FuturelabInnovation www.futurelab.org.uk/resources/documents/handbooks/innovation_handbook.pdf

5. Challenges: Generations and Life-course: ... By 2030 half the population will be over 50, one quarter over 65 ...ageing societies require the transfer of educational resources between young and old ... The role of “qualifications” will need to be re-examined ... “radical longevity” ...education as family’s ‘active health’ State, Market, Third Sector : ... Education is likely to be pluralistically funded by individuals, communities, employers, governments and private enterprise ... Pressure groups as the new ‘opposition’ ... Role of industry members as ‘teachers’ ... Links between young people learning and workforce development Knowledge, Creativity and Communication: ... Provigil and ‘cosmetic neurology’ ... Performance through smart drugs may require a trade off with creativity and originality ... New forms of sharing and communicating ... A change in what is perceived as important, new and necessary knowledge ... New ways of organising and representing knowledge Identities, Citizenship and Communities: Fertility rate that is below the replacement level and high levels of inward migration lead to a lower proportion of younger people and a more ethnically diverse ageing population ... Relationships between geographic, language-based, religious and virtual communities ... Online identities, avatars, virtual presence Working and Employment: ... Changing working hours and locations, and the implications for how schooling is organised ... Changing organisation of schooling, and the implications for working hours and locations ... Retirement based upon medical records not age ... Multi-generational workforces

9. www.millionfutures.org.uk

10. www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.uk/powerleague

11. www.beyondcurrenthorizons.org.uk

15. Starting innovation cycles in schools

16. Insight

29. www.enquiringminds.org.uk Enquiring Minds

30. www.createascape.org.uk