Secretary of State Speech at CST
The Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Phillipson spoke last week at the Confederation of School Trusts (CST) conference. She spoke at length t...
DAG was delighted to welcome governors, trustees, clerks and governance professionals to the DAG Conference at Exeter Racecourse on Saturday 16th November.
The morning was spent listening to presentations from inspiring speakers supporting the theme of ‘Empowering governance’. In addition to the presentations time was made available for networking and cake!
The presentations below are now available on the DAG website www.dagdevon.uk in the Events section:
The Challenges and Benefits of AI in Education and Governance from Julia Adamson MBE – Managing Director for Education and Public Benefit for BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.
School Climate Action Plans from Nicki Schantz – South West Hub Manager, Climate Ambassadors.
Risk Management in Education from Alastair Campbell – Head of Risk Assurance and Internal Audit at Bishop Fleming.
Next Gen Governance from Samira Sadeghi, Director of Governance from The Confederation of School Trusts (CST).
Devon County Council’s Vision for Education from Donna Manson – DCC Chief Executive.
Feedback from our delegates:
“I just wanted to say thank you for organising the conference on Saturday, it was a really interesting morning with excellent speakers, DAG does such a great job”.
“Thank you for a great conference. The speakers were informative and I went away with some new ideas to take back to my governing body”.
14-05-2026