09 Feb Innovation in Education
We were delighted to welcome Professor Michael Mainelli, Alderman for Broad Street and past Sheriff of the City of London 2019-2021
A quote from Michael: “In the Netherlands, there is a much higher degree of student involvement in running institutions. Community governance is seen as training. One unnamed Dutch university graduate said to me, “Dad, I learned so much helping to run the school, such as every meeting needs an agenda.” Note that I spend about five years getting my UK graduate employees to grasp this basic skill. Note too that so many systems are wrapped up and delivered in one package, organisational theory, teamwork, management. I was pleased to hear at Merton Court, a southeast London primary school, that the council chairman was a student, and the student held the gavel, not the headteacher.”
A link to the transcript of the lecture that was delivered on Thursday at Mansion House – https://www.mainelli.org/?p=3431