To prepare for the future of the campaign UCU will be holding an ESOL Conference that takes place on Friday 29 June 2007 at UCU Conference Centre, Kings Cross, London. There will be a range of speakers including trade unionists, students, tutors and principals.
By the end of the conference we will have:
• developed an ongoing campaign strategy and plan for future action
• explored the impact on tutors and potential students following funding changes and possible ways to tackle problems at the grass roots
• explored some the professional issues around changing face of ESOL provision.
If you are a tutor, student or campaign activist, this conference is for you.
Help publicise the conference: download the leaflet here (.pdf) [841kb]
Agenda
The ESOL conference agenda has been tweaked in order to allow delegates to attend the Save ESOL protest now taking place later in the day. The conference will close after lunch at 2.30pm giving delegates enough time to make their way down to the protest at Whitehall. This will take place just opposite the entrance to Downing Street:
10.30 – Welcome and opening remarks - Paul Mackney, Chair
10.40 - Keynote speaker - Jack Dromey, Deputy General Secretary, Unite T&G Section
11.00 - Activist forum - Delegates choose which meeting they wish to move into
12.30 - 1.30 - discuss final ways forward with the campaign. With comments from the panel including Ellie Russell (NUS) and Christine Lewis (UNISON)
1.30 - Close and Lunch
After the conference, delegates are invited to join the Save ESOL Protest in Whitehall.