PAL Labs of Learning
Participants
April 2001- Lab of Learning Pilot
February-March 2002 - Clown Competency Pilot Lab for Teacher Educators in the Hogeschool, Amsterdam
June 2002 - Pilot Lab Review Weekend in UK
February 2003 - Creative Science Teaching Lab 1 + follow up Lab
February 2004 - Creative Science Teaching Lab 2 + follow up Lab
February 2005 - Volatile & Challenging Young People
March 2005 - Failing... to Learn
April 2005 - Creative Science Teaching Lab 3 + follow up Lab
March 2006 - Failing... to Learn Part 2
June 2006 - Colloquium on the CPD and training needs of those working with volatile and challenging children and young people
April 2001- Lab of Learning Pilot
Programme Director
Vivien Harris
(1953 - 2004)
Lab co-directors
Rachel Gibson
Bryony Lavery
Caroline Nevejan
Lab evaluator
Sabrina Broadbent
Lab mentors
Angela de Castro - clown
Sue Everett - writer
Jennie Fontana - poet
Tessa Hatts - actor/artist
Steve Mesure - science theatre practitioner
Derek Richards - multimedia artist/programmer
Jerry Rothwell - filmmaker
Richard Taylor - animator
Maarten van der Burg - filmmaker
David Waring - dancer/choreographer
Lab participants
Geoffrey Court - founder, The Circle Works project
Sarah Crook - teacher
Peter Gilpin - PAL Chef
Louise Holloway - artist/biodiversity specialist
Paul Jenkins - teacher
Lesley Kincey - teacher
Rosamond Lomax - teacher
Alison Neville - teacher
Leisa Rea - teacher
Valerie Rutt - teacher
Gavin Sharp teacher
Lala Thorpe - Lab co-ordinator
Nicola Wilson - teacher
Visitors
Cathy Bereznicki - Head of Special Projects, NESTA
Eric Bolton - CBE
John Conlon - Senior Education Officer, Arts Council England
Hilary Gilmore - PAL
Lesley James - Head of Education, RSA
Paul Kaiserman - CAPE UK
Rob Marshall - South East Arts
Sara Rickard - Co-ordinator, Bristol EAZ
Sally Robinson - teacher
Graham Devlin - PAL Project Supervisor for NESTA
Lab Sponsors
South East Arts
NESTA
February-March 2002 Clown Competency Pilot Lab for Teacher Educators with the Hogeschool, Amsterdam
Lab co-directors
Angela de Castro
Caroline Nevejan
Lab participants
Maarten van der Burg - filmmaker and teacher educator
Otto de Graaf - teacher educator
Samatha Grootfaam - teacher educator
Vivien Harris - director, Labs of Learning
Ronald Hueskens - teacher educator
Marianne Kok - teacher educator
Michael Nieweg - teacher educator
Anke Stienissen - teacher educator
Lab sponsor
Hogeschool, Amsterdam
June 2002 Pilot Clown Competency Lab Review Weekend
Lab director
Vivien Harris
(1953 - 2004)
Lab mentors
Angela de Castro
Maarten van der Burg
Lab evaluator
Cathy Bereznicki - Special Projects Manager, NESTA
Lab participants
Samantha Grootfaam - teacher educator
Linden Louise - Holloway teacher and artist
Ronald Hueskens - teacher educator
Paul Jenkins - teacher
Lesley Kincey - teacher
Marianne Kok - teacher educator
Rosamond Lomax - teacher and artist
Leisa Rea - teacher and artist
Val Rutt - teacher
Nicola Wilson - teacher
Lab sponsors
NESTA
Esmιe Fairbairn Foundation
Hogeschool, Amsterdam
Feb 2003 Creative Science Teaching Lab 1
Lab co-directors
Viv Harris
(1953 - 2004)
Steve Mesure
Lab evaluator
Dame Tamsyn Imison
Lab participants
Helen Clare - Operations Co-ordinator and Creative Science Co-ordinator, Creative Partnerships
Dominic Dickson - Reader in Physics at the University of Liverpool
Jane Fearnley - teacher
Peter Gilpin - PAL Chef
Rodney Harris - sculptor
Louise Holloway - artist/bio-diversity specialist
Lisa Loaring - teacher
Ray Mathias - Head, Science Communication & Education Dept, John Innes Centre
Ali McNab - theatre designer/lecturer
Juwon Ogungbe - composer/musician
David Overton - teacher
Claire Pearson - teacher
Neil Richards - interactive media/screenwriter
Billy Richardson - Information Assistant, Killhope Lead Mining Museum, County Durham
Scott Roy - Lecturer, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow
Robyn Simpson - choreographer
Ian Tovell - teacher
Jane Turnbull - teacher
Ed Wright - teacher
Visitors
Erin Barnes - 21CC Manager - BBC Children's Education
Eric Bolton - CBE
Bobby Cerini - Head of Programmes & Events, Planet Science
Roger Chamberlain - Director, London Education Arts Partnership
Kerry Chappell - Projects Manager & Research Assistant, Education & Community Programme - LABAN
Anna Comino-James - Director, The Potential Trust & Questors
Graham Devlin - NESTA Adviser to PAL
Stephen Feber - Consultant, National Museum of Science & Industry
Rachel Fell - Research Assistant, Newham 6th Form College
Anton Franks - Lecturer in Education (English & Drama), Culture, Language & Communication, Institute of Education
Sue Grayson-Ford - Director, Drawing Power, The Campaign for Learning
Sara Hammick - Teacher, Prince of Wales 1st School, Dorchester
Roy Hawkey - Head of Learning, Natural History Museum
Robert Hewison
John Holden - Head of Development, DEMOS
Michelle Kent - Director, Creative Partnerships, Hull
Anna Ledgard - Teacher Forum Co-coordinator-LIFT; Action Research Programme/ Co-ordinator Animarts
Mike Leibling - Chair, Campaign for Learning
Helen Lewis - Education Project Manager, The Wellcome Trust
Christopher Lucas - Director, Animarts
Katherine Mathieson - Education Programme Manager, NESTA
Caroline McGrath - Field Officer, ASE & S.L.SETPOINT
Sheila McGregor - Freelance curator & educational consultant
Holly Moore - Education Assistant, NESTA
Rehana Mughal - Creative Programmer, Creative Partnerships London South
Esther Neylen - Advanced Skills Teacher, Kent LEA
Simon Parry - Project Manager, Young People's Performing Arts, The Wellcome Trust
Carole Sartain - Development Manager, Creative Partnerships Bristol
Sandy Sharp - Project Manager, National Network of Science Centres
Fiona Sydney - Key Stage 3 Science Consultant, School Effectiveness, London Borough of Merton
Alistair Will - Programmer, Creative Partnerships, Slough
Frankie Williams - Cambridgeshire County Council
Lab sponsors
Creative Partnerships
Esmιe Fairbairn Foundation
NESTA
Southern & South East Arts
Potential Trust
Wellcome Trust
February 2004 Creative Science Teaching Lab 2
Lab co-directors
Viv Harris
(1953 - 2004)
Steve Mesure
Lab Evaluator
Dame Tamsyn Imison
Lab participants
Jennie Brettell - teacher
Geraldine Brill - teacher
Louise Camrass - storyboard artist and filmmaker
Janet Chapman - teacher
Helen Clare - creative Science Co-ordinator, Creative Partnerships and poet
Karen Clark - teacher
Sally Clarkson - teacher
Kay Coverdale teacher
Peter Gilpin - Lab chef
Christine Hathway - Lab co-ordinator
Susan Hendry - teacher
Karen Hurst - teacher
Jane Magill - Director, Robert Clark Centre for Technological Education, University of Glasgow
Ray Mathias - Head of Science Communication & Education Department, John Innes Centre
Robyn Simpson aerialist, choreographer and arts educationalist
Eugene Skeef - percussionist, composer, poet, educationalist and animator
Diane Speck - teacher
John Stewart - teacher
Christine Torr - teacher
Tim Wallach - teacher
Visitors
Dr Eric Albone - Director, Clifton Scientific Trust
Emma Alston - Creative Partnerships
Eric Bolton CBE
Caroline Coates - Development Director, Helen Storey Foundation
Claire Cumberlidge - Director, General Public Agency
Dick Downing - Principal Research Officer, National Foundation for Education Research
Jane Fearnley teacher, participant CST 1 Lab
Rachel Fell - research assistant, Newham Sixth Form College
Alison Hall - Learning and Research Consultant, SAPERE
Rodney Harris teacher, participant CST 1 Lab
Martin Hollins, Principal Officer for Science, QCA
Rebecca Jacobs Creative Partnerships
Anne Jasman Policy Advisor, General Teaching Council
Asha Jhall Administrator, Creative Partnerships
Patricia Lankester Director, Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Mike Liebling Chair, Campaign for Learning
John Maclachlan Professor of Medical Education, Peninsula Medical School
Katherine Matheison Programme Manager, Learning, NESTA
Catherine Staniforth teacher/artist, SW Newham EAZ-A+ Project
Richard Millwood reader, Ultralab
Stuart Nolan NESTA Fellow
Terry ODea Science consultant, LB Bexley Education, School Support Services
Erinma Ochu science communicator, Creative Partnerships
Maria Pack Assistant Education Manager, Education Department, Royal Society of Chemistry
Ginny Page Education Manager, The Royal Society
Tony Sherborne The Centre for Science Education
Javier Stanziola Research Manager, Policy and Research Team, NESTA
Helen Storey, The Helen Storey Foundation
Becky Swain Learning Manager, Creative Partnerships
David Taborn NESTA Fellow
Paula Wallace Science Events Officer, National Science Week
Ed Wright teacher, participant CST 1 Lab
Lab sponsors
NESTA
Esmιe Fairbairn Foundation
Creative Partnerships
Lab Co-directors
Jan Sharkey-Dodds
Siobhan O'Neill
Lab Creative Team
Angela de Castro - Clown
Rod Harris - Sculptor
Anna Herrmann - Head of Education at Clean Break
Lab Evaluator
Dr Anne Douglas
Lab Participants
Mal Bassi - Drama and circus skills mentor
Susan Benn - PAL Director
Gershon Berkowitz - Documentary maker and Video facilitator
Susan Bonn - Art teacher
Suzanne Davis - Drama Therapist
Emily Doherty - Drama outreach worker with Streets Alive Theatre Company
Avril Douglas - SENCO and Head of English at Phil Edwards Centre
Jo Flanders - Youth and conflict project worker
Emma Ghafur - Drama anamateur
Peter Gilpin - PAL chef
Jules Graham - Behaviour Support Teacher
Jeni Howland - Lab co-ordinator
Dwayne Hoy - PE teacher
Robert Kellard - Art and sculpture teacher
Lynnette Louth - Primary Art and RE teacher
Tony McBride - Community Arts Practitioner
Fatima McCloskey - Advisory teacher
Edward Nelson - Trainer / Actor / Fundraiser
Karen O'Brien - Musician and DJ
Jon Owen - Musician and writer
Marion Taylor - Head of English at Francis Barber Pupil Referral Unit
Marta Trojenowska - Drama and circus skills mentor
Diana Tye - Centre co-ordinator at Harringey Pupil Support Centre
Visitors
Julia Bracewell - Commonwork Education Officer
Mary Crowley - PAL Development Consultant
Rhiannon Harrison - Development Support at ECOTEC Research and Consulting
Hilary Hodgson - Head of Education at Esmιe Fairbairn Foundation
Angela Howe - Teacher
Bob Lockyer - PAL Chairman
Angus McLewin - Consultant for Arts Council England working with Arts and Crime strategies and with Creative Partnerships
Simon Richey - Assistant Director (Education) at Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Joyce Wilson - Head of Combined Arts at Arts Council England
Sponsors
Arts Council England
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
The Mercers' Company
The Foyle Foundation
March 2005 Failing... to Learn
Lab co-directors
Susan Benn
Angela de Castro
Lab evaluator
Tamsyn Imison DBE
Lab participants
Rekha Bhakoo head teacher
Gill Bland senior teacher
Terri Broughton senior teacher
Kirsty Claxton - artist
Sue East senior teacher
Jane Fearnley head teacher
Helen Hewitt community arts manager
Jamie Luck education officer, Theatre Royal Bath
Kathy Pimlott Lab co-ordinator
Manju Radia deputy head teacher
Val Rutt novelist and teacher
Ben Samuels assistant to de Castro
Lab sponsor
NESTA
April 2005 Creative Science Teaching Lab 3
Lab Director
Steve Mesure - CST Lab 1 + 2
Evaluating Team
Anna Craft
Kerry Chappell
Participants
Nicki Attridge, teacher
Gareth Beale, teacher
Susan Benn, PAL Director
Jennie Brettell, teacher / CST Lab 2
Louise Camrass, story-board artist and filmmaker / CST Lab 2
Janet Chapman, teacher / CST Lab 2
Jane Fearnley, head teacher / CST Lab 1 + 2
Peter Gilpin, Lab chef
Lindsey Green, Interactive artist
Susan Hendry, teacher / CST Lab 2
Bob Hough, teacher
Jane Howard, deputy head teacher
Jeni Howland, Lab co-ordinator
Zoe Ladbrooke, teacher
Jane Magill, Director, Robert Clark Centre for Technological Education, University of Glasgow / CST Lab 2
Ray Mathias, Head of Science Communication and Education, John Innes Centre / CST Lab 1 + 2
John Miller, teacher
Zowie Norris, teacher
Laura Osborne, teacher
Kathy Pimlott, PAL General Manager
Eugene Skeef, musician / CST Lab 2
Brenda Stephenson, teacher
Erica Tait, teacher
Visitors
Helen Clare, poet / CST Lab 1 + 2
Vicki Costello, Learning Awards and Evaluation, NESTA
Cindy Gower, Creative Programmer, Creative Partnerships, Hastings and East Sussex
Becky Swain, Learning Manager, Creative Partnerships
Sponsors
Creative Partnerships
NESTA
March 2006 Failing... to Learn Part 2
Lab Director
Angela de Castro
Lab Evaluator
Dame Tamsyn Imison DBE
Participants
Dave Brennan - teaching assistant
Martine Duggan - teacher
Sue East - headteacher
Ceri Evans - teacher
Alex Murdoch - de Castro's assistant
Kathy Pimlott - Lab co-ordinator
Sue Rodford - senior teacher
Tracey Soccorsy - teacher
Leah Wilshire - teacher
Sponsors
NESTA
June 2006 Colloquium on the CPD and training needs of those working with volatile and challenging children and young people
Lab Director
Angus McLewin
Participants
Bob Adams - Arts development officer, Inclusion, Doncaster Community Arts
Cathy Bereznicki - PAL Labs of Learning Director
Sally Brown - Consultant and trainer, Inclusive Learning Solutions
Karen Drezgic - Acting Head of Arts and Social inclusion, Arts Council England
Peter Gilpin - Lab chef
Rick Hall - Project Leader, NESTA Ignite!
Virginia Haworth-Galt - Director, Artswork
Kate McCoy - trainer, facilitator and director
Kathy Pimlott - Lab co-ordinator
Norma Rosso - Development Officer, Education & Learning Unit, Arts Council London
Simon Ruding - Director, TiPP
Kevin Ryan - Director, Charnwood Arts
Becky Swain - Senior Project Officer, Education, Creative Partnerships
Sponsors
Arts Council England
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
The Mercers' Company
The Foyle Foundation
