From 16-18 April 2024 EUROPEA Sweden, the Swedish Association of Agricultural Colleges, with 70 member schools, will hold its annual national conference. The conference, for school leaders and head of the schools, will be held in the countryside between Skara and Skövde in the south western part of Sweden.
The topic of the conference is “LEADERSHIP” and the PROGRAMME will be the following:
Tuesday April 16th p.m. Lunch and visit to one of the region’s three upper secondary schools with the Natural Resources Programme. Each participant choose which school to visit among the following three schools:
- New Axevalla Horse Centre and the Natural resources school Uddetorp (equine studies, agriculture)
- The Natural resources school Sötåsen (agriculture, animal care, horticulture)
- The Natural resources school Svenljunga (forestry, natural tourism)
19.00 Dinner at Lundsbrunn SPA and Resort
Wednesday April 17th, conference at Lundsbrunn SPA and Resort
08.00 Welcome
08.30 Innovation
09.30 Coffee break
10.00 Vocational teacher – a scarce commodity
Karin Rosén, principal at the Natural resources school Uddetorp and Kamilla Johansson HR expert
10.50 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences – Trends among students to be and possibilities to recruit vocational teachers
12.00 Lunch
13.00 The Swedish National Agency for Education, Per Fermvik
14.30 Coffee break and group discussions
16.00 Reflections
16.15 Welcome from the region of Västra Götaland
16.30 End of conference programme day one
18.30 Prize-giving cermony of the ”Ung-Ullbagge-priset” Challenge prize for the best Junior Achievement in Sweden
19.15 Banquet
Thursday April 18th
08.30 Lecture on the theme ”leadership in school”
Mats Alvesson, prof. and researcher at the University of Lund
Åsa Hirsh, senior lecturer in educational science at the University of Gothenburg
Reflections
12.00 Lunch and departure
Article: Lotta Rydberg
Picture spring image by Gunnar Spetz from Pixaby
