On the evening of 9th June the School of Education welcomed 200 teachers and other education colleagues to a ‘Teach Meet’ event. The Teach Meet was an impressive example of the collective endeavour, expertise and creativity of teachers from across the Midlands with punchy, brief and succinct inputs from a range of colleagues through which they shared their practice and ideas. The sheer energy of all involved was impressive with Sir Tim Brighouse and David Cameron, the education presenter, trainer and consultant, inspiring and framing colleagues’ inputs magnificently. The event was organised by colleagues from South Bromsgrove High School, Haybridge High School and Sidney Stringer Academy, representing the wider collaboration of schools with whom the School of Education and the University of Birmingham School have been working - and who worked with Hays Recruitment and Simon Asquith from the School of Education.
Amongst other things, the event resulted in the Teach Meet trending nationally on Twitter throughout the evening (#HaysEdUoBTM) and the opportunity for a substantial amount of networking and sharing of practice. Undergraduate students from the BA Education programme acted as ‘ambassadors’ for the evening and themselves contributed to the event.