Discover Your Ideal Education Event

Join us for our next Connection Breakfast where we will discuss how the arts are currently being used in education. Join us for our next Connection Breakfast! This month we will discuss how the arts are currenlty being used in education and how creative practice can continue to support students, teachers and practitioners. These gatherings are designed to bring together individuals and organisations passionate about supporting the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people. It's a great opportunity to connect with like-minded people, share ideas, and explore potential collaborations while enjoying a free breakfast. We look forward to welcoming businesses and individuals who can support our mission—through sponsorships, sharing expertise, or contributing resources. Connection breakfast is a chance to connect and collaborate in building a more supportive future for the next generation.

Simon Education presents the seventh Black Book Festival, including The Education Expo 2026, raising funds for the SEADS Project. This grassroots festival is aimed at the African and Caribbean community and is a platform to showcase authors, publishers and booksellers. The event provides an opportunity for the global community to: listen to new and exciting Black writers and publishers learn how to write the book they always knew they had within them learn about the global Black book industry identify opportunities to publish and exhibit books on the Black experience. Another aim of the festival is to raise much needed funds for Simon Education's SEADS Project, that provides free education resources and teacher training resources to schools in Africa and the Caribbean. The project currently supports 38 schools in 10 countries with a total student population of 35,000. Entrance guidelines: Free entry to book expo with 50 stalls. Paid entrance to seminar presentations and book expo. Paid ticket holders to go to the front of the queue. Seminar tickets can be booked online or at the venue and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served, basis. Festival DJ/Music Provided by our own in-house Music (RnB, Afrobeats and Reggae) featuring DJ Rak Writing & Publishing seminars (Paid ticket holders only 11.30am - 5 pm) Bestselling author Paige Lewin in conversation with author Sandra A. Agard How to Write, Publish and Market Your Book with author David Simon Celebrating 100 Years of Black History with authors Sista Shanice and Kandace Chimbiri New Voices, New Books - tba Education seminars (Paid ticket holders only 11.30am - 5pm) AI and the Education of the Black Child presented by educationalist, David Simon Black Scientist and Inventors with publisher and author Michael Williams Your Career: Launching Into AI and Automation presented by AI consultant, Chinyere Simon

BRILLIANT is the fastest growing education event in the UK and the country’s largest STEAM festival What is BRILLIANT Festival? BRILLIANT is a free , one day festival built to reignite your passion for teaching. It brings together more than 2,000 teachers, leaders and education professionals for the largest education event in the North West and one of the most energising days of CPD in the UK. The event creates a space where educators, employers, innovators and policymakers can share ideas, explore new approaches to learning, and build meaningful partnerships. It is not a traditional conference. Instead, BRILLIANT focuses on conversations, workshops, and real examples of how collaboration between education and industry can transform opportunities for young people. Across the day, attendees will hear from leading voices in education, business, and technology. They will explore new ways of thinking about skills, curriculum, careers education, and the role of employers in shaping learning. Most importantly, they will leave with practical ideas and connections they can take back into their work. BRILLIANT is about possibility and aims to show what happens when schools and industry work together to create better pathways for the next generation.