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The Emporium of Dangerous Ideas aims to re-establish the importance of dangerous ideas as agents of change in education – to shift the axis of what is possible! It is for everyone who is passionate about education including college, university, school staff and students as well as those engaged in education throughout the creative communities.

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Tuesday, 11 February 2014

"The Emporium of Dangerous Ideas..encourages radical solutions for improving Scottish education"

"The Emporium of Dangerous Ideas..encourages radical solutions for improving Scottish education" writes Henry Hepburn from TESS, 7 February 2014, and I'm not going to disagree.

Karen Lawson, Curator of Dangerous Ideas and Advisor at College Development Network - developing creativity and innovation.

The article in TESS outlines the different ways that last year's festival impacted on colleges, staff and students focusing attention on the essential elements of interactive, student led learning, risk taking and thinking creatively. He also hints at the days of the danger which will be a feature of this year's Emporium, including an invisible launch, as well as the call for dangerous conversations to take place in inspiring an unusual places. What will your day of danger be?
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