Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th March 2003
Manchester Conference Centre
THE CHALLENGE FOR LEADERS: DELIVERING EXCELLENCE
ACM’s annual conference will soon be upon us and it promises
to be another excellent event that you will not want to miss! A
copy of the programme is outlined below.
Tuesday 18th March 2003
1000 : Registration & Coffee
1030 : First-time Attendees Pre-Conference Reception
1100 : Welcoming Address – Richard Atkins, ACM President &
Principal Exeter College
1115 : Peter Pendle, Chief Executive & General Secretary, ACM
Ministerial Address: Ivan Lewis MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary
of State for Adult Learning & Skills
1215 : Lunch
1315 : ACM Annual General Meeting
1345 : David Gibson, Chief Executive, AoC
1415 : Workshops
a. Performance related pay Sue Dutton, Deputy Chief Executive, AoC
b. Rethinking mission Caroline Mager, Manager, Policy & Communications
Unity, LSDA
c. A flexible credit based curriculum framework Tony Tait, Development
Adviser for Qualifications, LSDA
d. Is this the end of colleges as strategic organisations? Marilyn
Hawkins, Principal, Barnet College
e. How do good leaders motivate their staff? Joan Pennington, Lead
Consultant FE Sector, Hay Group
f. Retention and Progression of Black and Ethnic Minority Staff
Wally Brown, Chair, Commission for Black Staff in FE
1530 : Tea Break
1600 : Workforce Development Agenda and the Unions Brendan Barber,
Deputy General Secretary, TUC
1630 : Capturing the magic – inspection of leadership and
management David Sherlock, Chief Inspector, Adult Learning Inspectorate
1700 : Day one concludes
1900 : Pre-dinner drinks reception and first-time attendees reception
2000 : Conference Dinner, Presidential Handover and ACM Awards
Wednesday 19th March 2003
0900 : Steve Palmer, Executive Director, LSC Lancashire
0930 : Workshops
a. Performance related pay Sue Dutton, Deputy Chief Executive, AoC
b. Rethinking mission Caroline Mager, Manager, Policy & Communications
Unity, LSDA
c. A flexible credit based curriculum framework Tony Tait, Development
Adviser for Qualifications, LSDA
d. Is this the end of colleges as strategic organisations? Marilyn
Hawkins, Principal, Barnet College
e. How do good leaders motivate their staff? Joan Pennington, Lead
Consultant Fe Sector, Hay Group
f. Retention and Progression of Black and Ethnic Minority Staff
Wally Brown, Chair, Commission for Black Staff in FE
1045 : Coffee Break, networking & hotel check-out
1115 : Any questions panel
1215 : John Kerr, Chief Executive, Edexcel
1245 : Chris Hughes, Chief Executive, LSDA
1315 : Jane Williams, Head of DfES Standards in Teaching and Learning
Unity
1345 : Close, sandwich lunch and depart
To secure your place, fax back your booking form without delay
or
contact the administration office on 0116 275 5076 or by email at
admin@acm.uk.com