Past TEDx event

TEDxHounslowED

Creativity in Education

Took placeNovember 23, 2017
LocationLondon, London, City of, United Kingdom
FormatEducation
Our Vision We aspire to be a platform that will broaden the lives of children across different sectors. We believe that in the changing educational landscape, creativity is being forgotten. We promise to bring together inspirational, inclusive and pertinent ideas that will strengthen children's experiences beyond the classroom. Our unique event will bring inspirational speakers from all walks of life together, to share their ideas about this issue and inspire others. Speakers Thomas 'Ghetto Geek' Awoo - Spoken Word Artist and teacher. Erika Brodnock - CEO KarismaKidz and Sky News' Child Confidence Expert Mursal Hedayat - CEO Chatterbox Chris Wigley - CEO Quantum Black, Mckinsey Susie Whigham - National Programme Director, The Brilliant Club Simon Fox - Co-Founder & Design Director at BfB Labs Sitara Emily Shah - ClearScore Goharika, Reach Academy 6th Form Art Student Luke and Harry, Reach Academy Year 10 Music Students Details Thursday 23rd November 2017, 6pm Reach Academy, 53-55 High Street, Feltham, TW13 4AB Reach Academy is 10mins walk from Feltham mainline station, Regular trains depart to Feltham from Waterloo, Vauxhall and Clapham Junction. Thank you to Reach Academy and Teach First for being supporting partners to help us deliver this event. Join this event and like and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for updates on what the day will include. Expect info on: www.tedxhounslowed.co.uk TED: https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/23049

Speakers

Speakers may not be confirmed. Check the event website for the latest lineup.

  • Christian Foley

    Christian Foley is a Musician, Poet, Writer and Educator.

  • Goharika Paladugu

    6th form student at Reach Academy, Feltham

  • Harry and Luke

    Year 10 students from Reach Academy, Feltham

  • Sitara Emily Shah

    Sitara is a Front-End Web Developer and Designer. She works at ClearScore, a Fintech startup, where she designs and builds interactive animations to simplify the complexities of finance. With a First class degree in Art & Art History, Sitara is not your typical coder. On leaving university, she worked as a producer in a global creative agency where she was first exposed to digital media as an art form. She then went travelling around Latin America for year in camper van, where she taught herself to code and on returning she enrolled on an intensive coding course. Sitara believes coding is another art medium - a tool for creating visuals with numbers.

Organizing team