Conference Keynote speaker announced

Dr Jeremy Law will speak about the Science of Reading at Dyslexia Scotland’s 2025 Education Conference

Dyslexia Scotland is delighted to announce that Dr Jeremy Law will deliver the opening keynote address at our 2025 Education Conference, Dyslexia: Empowering Educators, taking place on 1 November 2025 in Glasgow.

Dr Law, an internationally respected expert in reading and dyslexia basen at the University of Glasgow, will speak on The Science of Reading. His address will explore how scientific insights into how we learn to read can transform classroom practice, inform policy, and better support learners with dyslexia.

Dr Law said: “I’m really honoured to be to keynote at the Dyslexia Scotland conference to share insights from research. My talk will explain that reading is not a natural process; unlike spoken language, there is no single area in the brain dedicated solely to reading. Instead, multiple brain regions involved in other tasks must form new connections in a specific way for reading to occur. Simply put… we are not born to read. I’ll be explaining why it is that some children learn to read, and why some struggle. Which is fundamentally important for all educators to understand.”

As a leading researcher and advisor in the field of dyslexia and reading development, Dr Law has worked extensively with educators, charities and policy makers to bridge the gap between research and practice.

Dr Law was co-author on the nationally recognised research report Towards a Dyslexia-Friendly Scotland published by Dyslexia Scotland in 2024 which recommended that all teachers have dyslexia training as part of their career-long professional development.

The Empowering Educators conference will bring together teachers and support for learning staff to explore effective, inclusive approaches to education of dyslexic learners.

The event, which has a focus on practical tools and strategies,  aims to equip educators with the confidence and knowledge to support all learners – particularly those with dyslexia – to thrive in the classroom.