In November 2012, the CEN ran a public workshop on literacy: “How do we get children reading?”, organized by Marshall. It attracted a capacity audience of 90, including teachers, educational psychologists, SENCOs, teaching assistants, speech and language therapists, and researchers.

Speakers included Kate Prentice (Cambridge Centre for Neuroscience in Education), Jared Brady (Head Teacher, St. Mary’s School Battersea), Mairead MacSweeney (CEN), David Bedford (children’s author), and Charles Hulme (UCL).

In collaboration with the Learning Skills Foundation charity, the CEN gave its 4th Public Policy Seminar in Whitehall in October 2012, entitled ‘Are We Wired For Science? Applying Neuroscience to the Mainstream Curriculum’.

The CEN’s Denis Mareschal and Andy Tolmie presented the latest research on how neuroscience can inform our understanding of science education. The seminar attracted a paying audience of 100.

See here for a report of the Seminar published in the Psychologist Magazine.

“The Performing Brain: A moving story” organised by, amongst others, CEN’s Mairead MacSweeney. The CEN’s Chloe Marshall also participated. Details available here.

In May 2012, the CEN hosted the Second Biennial Meeting of the Special Interest Group on ‘Neuroscience and Education’ of the European Association for Learning and Instruction (EARLI)