Delegates will have the opportunity to investigate specific topics in greater depth by participating in two masterclass sessions.

  • Masterclass 1:
    Creating an award-winning programme
    Hear first-hand from BITC award-winners Gentoo (mentoring), Anglian Water (curriculum-enrichment experiences) and BT (speaking and listening skills) about how they have built, managed and tracked their educational programmes.
  • Masterclass 2:
    Building a successful relationship between business and schools
    Declan Swan, Chief Executive of the NEBPN will discuss the business-education landscape, the challenges it currently faces and the value high quality brokerage experiences can create for the sector.
  • Masterclass 3:
    Communicating effectively with young people
    An interactive training seminar that will help you to understand how to build relationships and communicate face-to-face with young people. The session will be led by EdComs Training Managers, Caroline Cutler and Bhavna Vadukul.
  • Masterclass 4:
    A dialogue with NESTA
    An opportunity to hear from Benedict Aurora, Programme Director - Future Innovators at the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, about the relationship between young people and enterprise and innovation.
  • Masterclass 5:
    Maximising learning: how employers can support schools
    An opportunity to hear about effective ways that employers can support the school curriculum and discuss current developments in 11-19 education. The session will be led by Gary Forrest from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.
  • Masterclass 6:
    Learning in action – Citizenship and Wrigley
    See how Citizenship is taught in practice by participating in a session with a teacher delivering a Citizenship lesson using Wrigley resources.
  • Masterclass 7:
    Learning in action - Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) and GSK
    See what young people are learning about science in the classroom today by participating in a science lesson using GSK resources.
  • Masterclass 8:
    Mapping schools and business with Ordnance Survey
    In this interactive session, Carl St. John Wilson from Ordnance Survey will demonstrate a new tool for mapping schools against businesses, highlighting how this technology can be used to match up schools with the right business partners.