Transforming Lives and Livelihoods: Celebrating a Fifty-Year Legacy in East London
A celebration of our fifty-year legacy in East London, with a panel discussion, demonstrations of student work, and an inspirational keynote address from London Campus Alumna, Headteacher and Career Coach, Amanda Wilson.
14 Jun 2023 - 14 Jun 2023
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Event Overview
15:30 - 16:15 – Arrival and registration
16:15 - 16:30 – Word of welcome from Vice-Chancellor Professor Julie Mennell
16:30 - 17:15 – Panel discussion with alumni of the London operations during the past fifty years
17:15 - 18:00 – Breakout sessions with demonstrations of student work
18:00 -18:45 – Keynote from London Campus Alumna, Headteacher and Career Coach: Amanda Wilson
18:45 - 20:00 – Barbecue and networking
20:00 – Ends
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Event Information
Key Note Speaker
Amanda graduated from St Martin's College at the Urban Learning Foundation in East London with a PGCE in 2001. She is a headteacher at a 1 form-entry primary school in Greenwich and has over 30 years’ experience in retail management and education.
Following an enjoyable period as a Learning Support Assistant, she decided to train as a teacher and went on to spend the next five years working at a primary school in Canning Town. She later spent five years working for RM Education as an Educational Consultant, became deputy headteacher in Greenwich and in September 2019 she secured her first headship.
She has a passion for supporting others and as a qualified coach with a Postgraduate Diploma in Coaching and Mentoring Practice, she uses her experience to help individuals become more aware of their abilities and move forward in their careers. Amanda is currently writing her masters dissertation which looks at the experiences of coaching for Black headteachers. Alongside this she is training to be a Transactional Analysis psychotherapist.
In 2011, Amanda set up her own independent publishing company and in 2014 after observing the lack of books aimed at Black British young people written from a Black British perspective, published the first book in the Letters to a Young Generation Series. October 2023 will see the release of the third book in the series - Letters to a Young Generation: Aspiring School leaders; a book of letters written by Black headteachers encouraging the next generation of Black school leaders.
Amanda is the founder of the First 100 Days Headteachers Conference, an annual event aimed at new and aspiring headteachers. She sits on the judging panel for the prestigious annual TES awards and is a member of the Royal Borough of Greenwich Educate Against Racism group.