Revisiting the State of Economics Education
This one-day event was designed as a follow up to Diane Coyle's conference at the Bank of England in 2012, which led to the publication of What's the use of economics: teaching the dismal science after the crisis.
Date: 17 March 2015
Venue: Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London
Panels at the event covered employer perspectives, reform of the economics curriculum, a review of the new CORE syllabus and a special Bank of England session on their 'One Bank Research Agenda'.
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Delegate List
Download the full delegate list as a pdf.
Programme
| Time | Session title | Speakers/ panelists |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30 | Registration | |
| 10:00 | Introduction | Diane Coyle |
| 10:20 | Employer-curriculum engagement One Bank Research Agenda (OBRA) | Andy Haldane & Sujit Kapadia |
| 11:15 | Implementing a new CORE | Chair: Alvin Birdi Panel: Ralf Becker, Wendy Carlin, Ha-Joon Chang, Frederick Henwood, Teresa Steininger |
| 12:15 | Lunch | |
| 1:15pm | Broadening the curriculum | Chair: Eric Pentecost Panel: Maeve Cohen, Andrew Mearman, Alex Teytelboym |
| 2:20 | Engaging students with real-world data | Chair: Andy Ross Panel: Richard Davies, Jonathan Haskel, Steve Pischke |
| 3:20 | Coffee | |
| 3:50 | Remaining challenges | Chair: Karen Mumford Panel: Charlie Bean, Victoria Chick, Alan Kirman, Dave Ramsden |
| 4:50 | Close |
Slides
- Wendy Carlin's CORE presentation
- Andy Haldane & Sujit Kapadia's One Bank Research Agenda presentation
