Trinity College London · New Delhi · Saturday 30 January 2027.
Submissions close 15 December 2026
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Trinity College London · New Delhi · Saturday 30 January 2027.
Submissions close 15 December 2026
As artificial intelligence reshapes the way we learn, work and live, how do we prepare young people for a future that is constantly changing?
The Human Edge is a one-day, in-person conference for school owners, leadership teams and principals, in New Delhi on Saturday 30 January 2027.
The Human Edge, a national conference by Trinity College London, brings together school leaders and voices from education, industry and policy to explore the role of arts-integrated education in building the skills young people need to thrive. From creativity and communication to critical thinking, confidence and empathy, the conference examines the distinctly human capabilities that will continue to matter in an increasingly technology-driven world.
Through evidence-led conversations, fresh perspectives and practical insights, The Human Edge aims to challenge conventional thinking about education, connect ideas with action, and explore how schools can better prepare learners not just for their first careers, but for a lifetime of change.
More than a tagline, it's the conference's architecture. Each word is a lens the day moves through in sequence, from the discipline itself to what it ultimately prepares a young person for.
Music, drama, dance and visual arts, treated as one family of practice.
How curricula and assessment build these capacities.
The transferable capabilities young people need, and the evidence that they transfer.
What employers need, compared with what schooling produces.
What remains human as automation reshapes work.
Trinity's own UK research, the Career Ready white paper (2025), found that only 48% of teachers believe their students leave school well prepared for work, against 54% of Gen Z respondents who feel ready. Underneath that gap, the skills employers ask for are moving fast: the top twenty skills required for the average role have changed by roughly a third since 2021 alone.
General employability research in India points the same direction. The India Skills Report and Mercer | Mettl's Graduate Skill Index both put graduate employability at roughly half, and both name communication, critical thinking and collaboration as employers' leading priorities, a gap that is behavioural, not technical.
This conference exists to shine a spotlight on that gap, taking a closer, more deliberate look at how skills pathways map onto future readiness, and committing, as one outcome of Year One, to building the India-specific evidence that doesn't yet exist.
We invite white papers, research summaries, case studies and posters for each of three Breakout Topics. Everything must be complete and final by Tuesday 15 December 2026, 23:59 India time.
Breakout Topics
What does it take to deliver arts-integrated education to very large numbers of children, with quality, at a cost the system can carry, and for every kind of learner?
What is the real evidence that this work changes outcomes for young people, in skills, in confidence, in wellbeing and in readiness for study and work?
What does it look like, and what did it take, when a school builds performance and the arts into the whole of school life, so that it reaches every child and survives a change of principal?
Four ways to contribute
A reasoned argument or findings, with data and references. Best for research and evaluation.
A short summary of your own published research, with the citation or link.
A school or organisation describing what it did, what happened and what it learned.
A visual summary shown in the common areas on the day.
Share your ideas, research and experiences with us. Complete the details below to submit your proposal.