Quaker Education Conference hosted by bootham school
Welcome to the
Quaker Education Conference 10 june 2023
This is where you can find out about Bootham School's conference for students including those from Quaker schools around the world
This is what we did:
- invited students from the global Quaker school network, UK Meetings and local schools to join us
- engaged with an exceptional group of speakers who helped our audience develop their own ideas
- encouraged students to produce a manifesto to take to policy leaders around the world
- invited a group of students to present to policy leaders at the Radix Big Tent held in York on 17 June
How can education create a better world?
The Quaker Education Conference at Bootham School saw 150 young people and educators gather together in York on Saturday June 10th to consider the question ‘How can education create a better world?’ These students, predominantly Y12, represented 29 different schools from the state and independent sectors in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland as well as including delegations from France, Germany, the Philippines, India and Palestine. They were challenged and inspired by a diverse programme including six expert speakers as they worked together to create a call to action for educational change that would enable them and their peers of the future to create a better world.
Output from our conference
Conference Speakers
We were delighted to hear from six inspirational speakers:
Natasha Devon – Body Image, Mental Health Campaigner and LBC Presenter
Sam Freedman – Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government
Ruth Ibegbuna – Founder of RECLAIM, The Roots Programme and the Rekindle School
Ben Rich – Chief Executive of Radix
Phoebe Hanson – Climate Activist
Alagi Bojang – Go Volunteer Gambia
The Quaker Education Conference at Bootham School saw 150 young people and educators gather together in York on Saturday June 10th to consider the question ‘How can education create a better world?’
The 120 students in that group, predominantly Y12, represented 29 different schools from the state and independent sectors in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland as well as including delegations from France, Germany, the Philippines, India and Palestine.They worked together in 15 groups to create a call to action for educational change that would enable them and their peers to create a better world.
Four of those students, from York schools the presented the manifesto at The Big Tent Festival on 17 June 2023.
We were delighted to have 150 younge people and educators gather together at Bootham School.
What’s happening next?
The students have produced a ‘Call to Action’ and have presented this at The Big Tent Festival in York on 17 June 2023.
They will now use the feedback and results of meetings at the Festival to develop their Call to Action into a Manifesto for Education.
