We are at a crucial time in the cycle of UK government and public policy where education, public and private sector budgets are being scrutinised and government departments and organisations are being asked to deliver more for less.

In such a climate there is a need for an independent voice that leads national thinking and debate on education, creates and commissions pioneering research and shares what really works in a collaborative online environment.

The Centre for School Design is a new independent think tank for the post-bureaucratic age, launching on the 25 January 2010 at 1 London Bridge.

Speakers will include:

Stephen Bayley, author, cultural commentator and architecture & design correspondent, The Observer

Baroness Morris of Yardley, former secretary of state for education

Steve Moore, Director, Policy Unplugged & advisor to Channel 4 Education

Ty Goddard and Ian Fordham, Co founders, Centre for School Design

The Centre for School Design is co-founded by Ty Goddard and Ian Fordham and its mission is to lead thinking and shape policy and practice in education, design and the built environment across the UK and globally. A major feature of the Centre is its use of the web and the power of social media and its website will include:

-       a regular blog that shares ideas, materials and information, using a creative commons license

-       the use of video, podcasts and other social media to set the agenda in this area of work

-       web 2.0 technologies to enable people to navigate their way through current challenges in education, design and the built environment in real time

To support the launch event or to discuss ways of working in partnership with the Centre please contact Ty Goddard at ty@bcse.uk.net or or Ian Fordham at ian@bcse.uk.net

We thank the following organisations for supporting the launch event:

Steljes                         BCSE