Archive of PAT Conferences

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Until 28 February 2008, Voice: the union for education professionals was PAT.

 

 

PAT Annual Conference Harrogate 2007
 
 
 
PAT Annual Conference 2006, Oxford Hotel, Oxford, 31 July-3 August 2006 

 

National Chairman’s speech (pdf)

 

General Secretary’s speech (Word)

General Secretary’s speech slides  (pdf)

 

Conference Brochure (extracts: seminars etc) 2005  (pdf) 

 

Programme and Motions (pdf)

Motion Speeches for Session I (pdf)

Motion Speeches for Session II (pdf)

Motion Speeches for Session III (pdf)

Failure’ motion background (pdf)

 

Guest speaker: Jacqui Smith MP, Minister of State, DfES: Speech 

After-dinner speaker Roy Leighton: Slides (Word)

 

Photos (14 images) (pdf)

Professionalism in Practice: the PAT journal: Autumn 2005 (Word)

Media Coverage

 

 

PAT Annual Conference 2004, Bournemouth: 26-29 July 2004

 

National Chairman’s speech (pdf)

 

General Secretary’s speech   (Word) 

 

Conference Brochure 2004 (mono, pdf)

 

Programme and Motions (pdf)

Conference Motions supplement (pdf) 

Motion Speeches for Session I  (pdf)

Motion Speeches for Session II (pdf)

Motion Speeches for Session III (pdf)

Motion Speeches for Session IV (pdf)

 

Meering Award (pdf) 

 

Members’ Debating Session: "Every Child Matters" (pdf), led by Paul EnnalsNational Children’s Bureau 

 

Guest speaker: Stephen Twigg MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State [Press release/summary of speech

After-dinner speaker: Graham Walton (father of Walton sextuplets) 

 

Photos  (pdf) 

PAT journal: Conference Special Update, September/October 2004 (Word)

Media Coverage

 

 

PAT Annual Conference 2003 (Harrogate)

 

National Chairman’s speech (pdf)

 

General Secretary’s speech  (Word)

 

Conference Brochure 2003 (Word)

Programme and Motions (pdf)

Motion Speeches for Session I  (pdf)

Motion Speeches for Session II (pdf)

Motion Speeches for Session III (pdf)

 

Stephen Twigg MP, Under Secretary of State, DfES, addressed PAT ConferenceSpeech

After-dinner speaker Neil Griffiths of Storysacks

 

Images Conference 2003 (from front cover of PAT journal) (Word)

Professionalism in Practice: the PAT Journal, Autumn 2003  (Word)

Media Coverage

 

 

PAT Annual Conference 2002 (Telford)

 

National Chairman’s speech (pdf)

 

General Secretary’s speech  (Word)

 

Programme and Motions (pdf)

 

Images of Conference 2002  (pdf)  

Professionalism in Practice: the PAT Journal, Autumn 2002 (Word)

Media Coverage

 

 

PAT Annual Conference 2001 (Cardiff)

 

National Chairman’s speech (pdf)

 

General Secretary’s speech  (Word)

 

Stephen Timms MPMinister of State, DfES: Speech

 

Programme and Motions (pdf)

 

Training Fund Award Press Launch (Word) 

 

Debating Sessions: What do you want from your GTC? and Special and Specialist Schools - what is the difference?: Articles on debates (Word)

 

Pictures of Conference (BBC)

Media Coverage

 

 

PAT Annual Conference 2000 (Cheltenham)

 

National Chairman’s speech (pdf)

 

General Secretary’s speech  (Word)

 

Programme and Motions (pdf)

 

Press launch PAT/SHA’s Tested to Destruction?: a survey of examination stress in teenagers (pdf)

 

Media Coverage

 

 

PAT Annual Conference 1999 (Southport)

 

National Chairman’s speech (pdf)

 

General Secretary’s speech  (Word)

 

Programme and Motions (pdf)

 

Conference coverage from PAT journal  (pdf)

Media Coverage

 

 

PAT Annual Conference 1998 (Cheltenham)

 

National Chairman’s speech (Word)

 

General Secretary’s speech  (Word)

 

Programme and Motions (pdf)

 

Lisa Potts GM made Honorary Life Member PAT  (Word)

 

Conference photographs (Word)

Media Coverage

 

 

List of earlier PAT Annual Conferences

 

1997 – Glasgow

1996 – Cheltenham

1995 – Derby

1994 – Cheltenham

1993 – Royal Holloway College

1992 – Loughborough

1991 – Liverpool

1990 – Nottingham

1989 – Birmingham

1988 – Durham

1987 – Exeter

1986 – Manchester

1985 – Guildford

1984 – Edinburgh

1983 – Nottingham

1982 – Avery Hill

1981 – Nottingham

1980 – Cardiff

1979 – Nottingham

1978 - Worcester

1977 – York

1976 – Coventry

1975 – London

1974 – London

1973 – London

1972 – LSE, London