The Corby Sixth Form Tours

On 17 June, The Corby Sixth Form hosted a tour day for prospective students. In total, over 50 guests attended, along with their families.

Whilst there, they had the opportunity to speak with tutors about the subjects that will be available. They also had the chance to take part in a Q&A session with the Head of The Corby Sixth Form, Helen Smith.

This tour day was a great chance to see how construction at TCSF is progressing before it opens its doors to students this September.

We are very happy to be able to share more detailed information about this year’s Staff Conference. All staff are invited and we are looking forward to seeing everyone there to meet with colleagues from across the Group.

All attendees have been placed into different groups, each with their own timetable.

Please use the information in this section to learn more about each groups timetable, as well as more about our keynote speakers.

The conference this year has 4 key themes:

• Big Picture (our identity as a Group)

• AI (Artificial Intelligence)

• Behaviour

• Sustainability

We are also really pleased that we will be hosting this years’ Staff Awards 2023 at the staff conference. All nominees have now been shortlisted and the winners will receive their award on Friday 30 June during the last session of the day.

Carla Aerts Speakers

Our Artificial Intelligence speaker, Carla Aerts, is an interdisciplinary international thought leader and practitioner in learning with technologies. She was Director of Futures at University College London—Institute of Education, Global Digital Director Education at Cambridge University Press and ran an EdTech Think Tank, the Tmrw Institute. She sits on the board of R:Ed Africa, is a member of the DEFI Oversight Committee at Cambridge university, and advisory board of ErasmusX at Erasmus University Rotterdam, is a member of World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) Expert Network for AI, and workgroup on AI and Childhood.

Carla founded Refracted!, an online interdisciplinary community on learning and translational research and mentors EdTech start-ups. She is Director of Digital Change at Hodder Education.

Chris Hines

Our Sustainability speaker Chris Hines is the founder of A Grain of Sand, former sustainability director of the Eden Project and the founder of Surfers Against Sewage. He was also special advisor to the Minister for the Environment.