Ger Graus is a keynote speaker at some of the world’s leading education conferences and a guest on influential global podcasts.
Most Recent Talks
Digital Education Leadership Series: Prof Ger Graus, Former Global Director of Education, KidZania
ELC Early Years: Reggio Emilia - in conversation with Prof Carla Rinaldi & Prof Dr Ger Graus OBE
World Education Summit 2023: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants - Desmond Tutu
Outstanding Schools Conference Europe - 2023
BSME - 2023
The CMC is the only gathering in the UK for everyone involved in developing, producing, and distributing content to kids – on all platforms.
The CMC welcomes a unique group of speakers to
add a younger perspective to the Conference each year.
Ger moderated fascinating conversations this year.
Previous Presentations
Ger is a frequent Keynote Speaker, Panel Moderator, Panel participant, and Lecturer at Industry events. Here is a collection spanning several years.
2022 eAA End of Year Wrap-Up Event & People Choice Award
Judge Prof. Ger Graus Closing Comments
2022 Global Empathy Awards
Future Leaders Project 2022 - Part 1
Breaking the Ceiling
The 2nd Middle East Education
Thought Leadership Forum, 2022
World Education Summit, 2022
Keynote Address
Children can only aspire to what they know exists -TEDx SantaBarbaraSalon, USA, 2021
Welcome - The Dubai Council for the Future of Education, Dubai, 2021
BrandEd
MakeMatic, 2019, Belfast, United Kingdom
Experience is Everything - National Research University, Moscow, Russia, 2020
GEC - Feb 2021
Children’s Aspirations and Education in the Pandemic WorldGlobalLogic Cafe, USA, 2021
How Business Can Help Schools (Panel)
World Education Summit, 2022
Children’s University Australia’s 1st Graduation - The University of Adelaide, 2013, Australia
Future Leaders Project 2022 - Part 2
Education of the Future
Apprenticeship4England Conference, 2017, London, United Kingdom - Keynote Address
What Next for Kids? The Children’s Media Conference, 2022
INCmty - Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, 2018, Mexico
IPEN Conference, 2017, Shenzhen, China - Keynote Address
Let’s stop blaming the schools - Institute for the Future of Education, 2019, Mexico
2022 eAA End of Year Wrap-Up Event & People Choice Award
YGA Panel Discussion December 2022
Podcast Appearances
The Education on Fire podcast is here to inspire you as a teacher, parent, or mentor. To enable you to support and nurture children to live, learn, and grow to their full potential.
At Education on Fire, you can discover the best child-centered learning experiences worldwide, surround yourself with the best educators, and join a community of like-minded people.
Let's help children to be inquisitive, to explore and engage fully with their life.
Coming Soon
Ger Graus in conversation with young entrepreneur and publisher Paolo Ben Salmi, discussing leadership and ‘Becoming Me’. To be released in 2023
Acclaimed educationalist inspires next generation of teachers
Ger Graus OBE, a leading educationalist, met the latest crop of student teachers earlier this month at the University of Cumbria to inspire them about the profession.
Ger spoke to postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE) students on their first day, but far from learning where the toilets were or where to get a cup of tea, induction at the University of Cumbria is viewed as an initiation into the teaching profession from day one.
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Published September 11, 2023
News, Articles and Publications
Developing an empathic community
Everyone needs a role model. The smallest of children naturally find someone they look up to and seek out those they most relate to, which continues throughout life.
In international school settings, this can happen within the student body, although some children see no peers who look or are like them. It happens significantly less when students look to an international school’s adult community where most teachers and leaders are white Western and, on average, the majority of young people today are not. It’s a reality that many people within the international school community do not stop to truly contemplate.
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Published September 1, 2022
KidZania research on childhood aspirations could be educations”s lightbulb moment
Hotel housekeeping or radio broadcaster? Pilot or cabin crew? Findings from a study on the jobs children choose at role-playing theme park KidZania show that gender and class stereotypes are prevalent in children as young as four in the UK. “That children can only aspire to what they know exists,” KidZania Global Director of Education Dr Ger Graus OBE tells U2B in a recent interview.
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Published July 31, 2023
What does ‘transforming minds for a sustainable future’ mean?
When I ask children around the world, “Why do you go to school?” 85% of the time, the answer is “Because I have to”. What if our education system was geared towards making that answer, “Because I might want to change the world”?
The theme for this year is an excellent rallying point for this kind of thinking. It encourages thinking beyond traditional ideas of teaching and learning. Instead, we should examine the strengths and limitations of our education systems, which include schooling.
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Published August 29, 2023