Posts tagged with ‘School of Education’

Attingham Education Conference 2016

The School of Education are organising a conference to be held at Attingham Hall (National Trust), Shropshire on 23rd and 24th June. The conference forms part of a collaborative doctoral award for one of our students, Sharon Clancy.

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The adult learning dimensions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

In this Centre for International Research Education seminar, Professor Alan Rogers will explore why adult learning was marginalised in Education for All (EFA) and the Millennium Development Goals and asks whether they will again be marginalised under the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Education in Britain: how did it come to be like this?

Discussing the new edition of his book Education in Britain: 1944 to the Present, Ken Jones reflects on the history of education over the last seventy years.

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Designing Innovative Learning Spaces

Professor Jill Blackmore, Deakin University, will discuss innovative new learning environments. She will report on research which investigated twelve schools designing new buildings and redesigning spaces in existing buildings.

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How leaders succeed in challenging reform contexts

CRELM Launch Event. Presented by Dame Alison Peacock, Professor Judyth Sachs and Professor Christopher Day.

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Symposium on Rasch Analysis

The School of Education would like to invite you to attend a Symposium on Rasch Analysis, culminating with a seminar presented by Professor David Andrich, Chapple Chair in Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Western Australia.

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Teaching schools evaluation: the final report

In this Centre for Research in Educational Leadership and Management seminar, Professor Qing Gu and Dr Lindsey Smethem, School of Education, will report the findings from a two-year study (2013-15) into the work of teaching schools and their alliances commissioned by the National College for Teaching and Leadership.

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The role of education in social transformation processes: the example of Bolivarian Venezuela

In this seminar, Margarita Langthaler will focus on the role of education in the Bolivarian process in Venezuela. Analysis will be informed by a perspective of social reproduction through education based on Bourdieu’s thinking as well as on a Gramscian perspective of cultural hegemony.

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