If you are in London check the Really Free School events schedule  http://reallyfreeschool.org/?page_id=4for its last two days. http://reallyfreeschool.org/?page_id=4

I attended  -

Value Mapping

WhenMon, 7 February, 16:00 – 17:00
DescriptionValue mapping with Lucy Wills A participatory talk/discussion/workshop looking at different ways of exploring and mapping our values in ways that help us collaborate, create and play together..

and

Globalisation in Higher Education

WhenTue, 8 February, 20:00 – 21:00
WhereHigher Education (map)
DescriptionThis explores what is happening in the global arena and how it affects who gets to learn what and under what circumstances. (and who doesn't get to learn what and under what circumstances). The big players the multinational corporations entering the educational arena, the World Trade Organisation, IMF, World Bank and others.......How the nature and definition of education is morphing and how. Lecture of about 20 -25 minutes and then hopefully lots of discussion

Both excellent, thought provoking, excellent and relevant to what i do.

Tomorrow (if I manage to meet a Friday deadline today instead ) then I hope to be there most of the day.

Certainly I need to make it for
Work and p(l)ay - economics in earth date zero plus 20 (because I am leading it)

WhenFri, 11 February, 13:00 – 14:00
Description Imagine the world looks more like the one described in "The Future We Got–Earth Date Zero Plus Twenty" - http://www.appropedia.org/TheFWD_pamela_mclean

I'm wondering things like:
> What would the economic system look like?
> What would the relationships be between work and pay and play?
> How would things really function if we did have a system of collaboration rather than competition?

If you are interested in questions like that please come and join me - this will be participatory - it's genuine exploring of questions - I don't have any answers yet.