Aims of the Festival

The Emporium of Dangerous Ideas aims to re-establish the importance of dangerous ideas as agents of change in education – to shift the axis of what is possible! It is for everyone who is passionate about education including college, university, school staff and students as well as those engaged in education throughout the creative communities.

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Wednesday 14 January 2015

Launch of the Emporium of Dangerous Ideas

The announcement of the Launch of this Emporium has just been made - 9th June at Govanhill Community Baths.  We will be going in at the deep end with the wonderful Dr Colin Jones, senior lecturer in entrepreneurship who will be discussing his ideas around emancipatory education:  'when invisible students act in ways unknown to invisible educators, learning outcomes become visible for all to see. The future is here now, and it is the most exciting time to be a learner and an educator. Come see why'
   We will also be joined by the fantastic Cherry Hopkins from Dundee and Angus College who will be discussing "The powerful dictate policies that may appear, superficially, to move toward more participatory citizenship and thus enhanced democracy.  These policies, in reality, do little but change the shade of the status quo.  What if we changed the default position for educators from preserving the status quo to unequivocal support for the powerless?"
The extremely dangerous  (Real) David Cameron will be posing the question "The sooner we realise that all education is emancipatory the better! It should free us from prejudice and preconception and challenge predestination, otherwise what is the point?" The Real David Cameron

Book your place now http://events.collegedevelopmentnetwork.ac.uk/events/show/5115


Friday 9 January 2015

Jump into the deep in - join this year's Emporium of Dangerous Ideas Launch!


Emporium of Dangerous Ideas Launch - 09 June 2015 Govanhill Baths, Glasgow.

This year's Launch of the Emporium aims to explore the ideas around ‘emancipatory education'. In a 21st century context who is set free? An aquarium style event, hosted by Team Academy with Dr. Colin Jones, Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the University of Tasmania, Cherry Hopton, Course Leader from Dundee and Angus College and The Real David Cameron, Agent Provocateur of the Education World.

Will they be swimming with or against the tide of current thinking around education policy and practice?

Join them and other swimmers for this unique and thought provoking launch and book online: Emporium of Dangerous Ideas Launch