9.15am – 3.30pm Friday 14 June 2024
EDI Conference
Itinerary
9.15am Arrival and registration
9.30am – 9.40am Welcome from: Mr Robert Sykes, Headmaster and Dr Hazel Bagworth-Mann, Headmistress
9.45am - 10.45am
10.50am – 11.40am
Bourne Hall, Habs Boys
Bourne Hall, Habs Boys
Break out session 1 Taylor Building, Habs Boys
Keynote speaker: Jeffrey Boakye – Where there is power, there should be responsibility
11.45am - 12.25pm Pupil panel – facilitated by ACEN
Bourne Hall, Habs Boys
Bourne Hall, Habs Boys
12.25pm – 1.25pm Lunch Habs Girls
1.25pm - 2.25pm
Break out session 2 Taylor Building, Habs Boys
2.30pm – 3.20pm Keynote speaker: Dr Enya Doyle – Untangling the web around gender, sex and sexuality in 2024
3.20pm – 3.30pm
Closing remarks : Mr Gus Lock, Executive Principal
3.30pm Departure
Bourne Hall, Habs Boys
Bourne Hall, Habs Boys
Jeffrey Boakye
Jeffrey Boakye is an ex-teacher turned writer, speaker, broadcaster and educator, specialising in race, masculinity, education and popular culture. With 15 years’ experience as an English teacher, Jeffrey now trains in schools, universities and businesses on race, identity, masculinity and education.
Jeffrey is the critically acclaimed author of Musical Truth: A Musical Journey Through Modern Black Britain, as well as having written six other books. In January 2023, the University of Leicester bestowed the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters on Jeffrey, recognising his work in equality, education and writing. Jeffrey’s talks engage a whole variety of young people, staff bodies and members of the public to provoke important, ongoing discussions, empowering everyone to take on positive change.
Where there is power, thereshould be responsibility.
Recognising the power schools hold and ensuring the most disenfranchised members of the school community can access it. The session will include a Q&A segment and the sharing of suggested quick wins for schools to implement.
Keynote speaker
Dr Enya Doyle
Enya Doyle has been a change-maker on a national scale for 15 years. She was the first Northern Irish recipient of the Diana Award (Courageous Citizen) Prize and has been honoured with the National Young Peacemakers Prize and the Beacon of Hope Scholarship.
In 2020, Enya completed her PhD exploring barriers to gender equity in contemporary music-making. Enya has been delivering workshops on inclusion, anti-sexism and allyship for seven years. As a former Director of Inclusion and Designated Safeguarding Lead at a large school, she led the response to addressing sexual violence testimonies through Everyone’s Invited, creating meaningful change for future generations.
Untangling the web around gender, sexand sexuality in 2024.
Understanding issues around gender, sex and sexuality in schools, including safeguarding and wellbeing commitments for all students. The session will include a Q&A segment and the sharing of suggested quick wins for schools to implement.
Keynote speaker
Breakout session speakers
Dr Philippa Kaye
Good practice for supporting trans and gender-exploring students: context, key principles, and different approaches. The session will equip non-LGBTQ+ individuals with the understanding, empathy and strategies to create inclusive environments.
The gender health gap and hormones. This session will cover how societal, cultural and historical factors impact women's health, focusing on the UK’s gender health gap. It will address areas such as the gender pain gap, the gender orgasm gap and improving menopause-related health.
Henry Hudson
Ian Harding
Inclusive talentacquisition: the move away from Groundhog Day. The world is changingand so is the workforce and how we operate, yet many schools are stuck in a recruitment GroundhogDay–they keep doingthe same thingsover and overagain. Now is the time to change.
Aisha Sanusi
The dangers of failingto listen to minority voices. In this session there will be an opportunity to explore the backstory to EDI work in schools, where we are in addressing some of the common issues thathave been identified, the dangers of not listening to minority voices in a school community and the benefits of listeningto ourstakeholders. There will be suggestions forsteps forward and scenarios to explore.
Bennie Kara
Diversity in the curriculum. The session will include an overview of the social and moral imperative behind diversity in the curriculum, a practical look at how schools can successfully navigatethe process of diversifyingthe curriculum, an insightinto how to evaluate yourcurrent curriculum, and clear, defined and crossphase/subject strategies thatcan be applied in adaptingthe curriculum.
EDI Conference
Haberdashers’ Boys’ School, Butterfly Lane, Elstree, Hertfordshire. WD6 3AF
