Children, as both formal and free choice learners, make up a large segment of audiences in museums and living collections. Through a series of presentations and workshops the 2008 VSG Summer School will focus on how to glean and effectively utilise valid and reliable data sourced from children.

Thursday 18th & Friday 19th September 2008                             

Chester Zoo, North of England Zoological Society

Two exciting days of presentations, workshops and networking

 

Speakers include:

• Professor Cedric Cullingford, School of Education and Professional Development, University of Huddersfield (Keynote)
• Jocelyn Dodd, Research Centre for Museums and Galleries, University of Leicester
• Hannah Shepherd – Thinktank, Birmingham’s Museum of Science
• Andrew McIntyre, Morris Hargreaves McIntyre
• Visitor Research Unit, Science Museum, London
• Reinaldo Niebles, Barranquilla Zoo, Colombia
• Nicola Jagger & Tim Seal, Centre of the Cell, London 

The Summer School will offer a series of workshops across two days and a ‘Marketplace of Ideas’ on Friday.

Be part of the first VSG event to be held at a zoo, experience great networking opportunities and take the chance to visit the UK’s most popular zoo, with over 1.3 million visitors a year.

The event is ideal for practitioners including evaluators, marketers, exhibition and learning programme developers and students in this field.

Registration:

Members                                 £75 per day or £130 for both days

Members’ Concession            £55 per day or £90 for both days

Non Members                         £85 per day or £150 for both days

Non-Members’ Concession    £65 per day or £110 for both days

 

Fees include delegate pack, tea & coffee and lunches.

 

Any delegates wishing to stay until Saturday will be welcome to free admission to

the Zoo on that day.

 

To book a place please download a registration form from the VSG website www.visitors.org.uk/node/230

 

For further information about the programme or the venue please contact Kate Brankin [log in to unmask]