About this Event
Join us for a timely conversation bringing together neuroscience, campaigning and frontline education to explore digital technology and learning: whether screens and AI are weakening attention, memory and critical thought; why the consequences are already visible in Gen Z; and what the future of our education system should look like.
Jared Cooney Horvath (PhD, MEd) is a neuroscientist, educator and bestselling author who specialises in human learning and brain development. He is the creator of The Learning Blueprint, an international award-winning programme helping educators and students understand how learning actually works. He has conducted research and taught at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, and the University of Melbourne, and has worked with more than 1,000 schools around the world. He has published over fifty research articles, and his work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Economist and Harvard Business Review. He currently serves as Director of LME Global, an organisation dedicated to bringing cutting-edge brain and behavioural science to educators, students and communities.
Katharine Birbalsingh CBE, is Headmistress and co-founder of Michaela. She is known as ‘Britain’s Strictest Headmistress’.Michaela’s Progress 8 score places the school top in the country. The National Inspectorate, OFSTED, grades the school as “Outstanding” in every category. Over 1000 guests visit Michaela every year.Katharine read Philosophy & Modern Languages at The University of Oxford and has always taught in inner London. Michaela has a book called The Power of Culture, edited by Katharine.Follow Katharine on X: @Miss_Snuffy or Listen to her podcast Strictly Education on Youtube and Spotify.
Sophie Winkleman is Patron of Close Screens Open Minds, campaigning against unproven EdTech and for a return to teacher-led, book-based learning.
Event venue & nearby stays
Waterstones, 82 Gower Street, London, United Kingdom
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