Archive for June, 2009
Philosophy Summer School – Open Seminar Day
Froebel College, Roehampton University. Open Seminar Day – 3 July 2009
This year the theme of the Summer School and the OSD is Multiculturalism and Education. The lead tutor is Rob Reich (Stanford University) and other distinguished guest speakers include Timothy Garton Ash (University of Oxford), Chandran Kukathas (LSE) and Anne Phillips (LSE).
All are welcome and [...]
ESRC – Second Call for Follow-on Funding
18th June 2009 – 1st October 2009
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Research Intelligence Issue 108 – Call for contributions
The deadline for contributions to Research Intelligence (Issue 108) is Friday 24th July 2009. This will be a thematic issue on fixed-term employment in research.
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Research Intelligence Issue 108 – Call for contributions
Brief contributions are invited to a themed issue on fixed-term employment in education research. In recent years UK and European documents, including the 2008 UK Funders and Employers Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers and the 2008 Bera Charter for Research Staff, have made progress in addressing lasting concerns around fixed-term employment in [...]
General Teaching Council’s – New Website Information
The General Teaching Council for England has a new website, therefore the GTCE’s Research for Teachers website area (formerly known as Research of the Month) has changed address. The GTC homepage can now be found at http://www.gtce.org.uk/
Research for Teachers landing page is at http://www.gtce.org.uk/teachers/rft/.
The History of Education Society UK annual conference.
Putting Education in its Place: Space, Place and Materialities in the History of Education
University of Sheffield
4th, 5th and 6th December 2009
We welcome proposals for papers and presentations, ideally linked to the conference theme, that examine histories of knowledge spaces, places, landscapes and materials in relation to theories and practices of pedagogy and the relationships between [...]
News from the Learnovation project
An agenda for change in Education and Lifelong learning beyond 2010 has been proposed in Brussels.
The Learnovation Open Forum entitled “Removing the barriers to creativity and innovation? Listening to stakeholders’ voice”, was held on 27 May 2009 in Brussels, gathering the main European networks in the field of innovation and ICT for Education and Training. [...]
BERA Risk Assessment and Audit Committee
Call for expressions of interest
Summary
BERA Council has approved the establishment of a new Risk Assessment and Audit Committee and applications are invited for membership from current BERA members.
The Committee will have a remit to provide oversight and advice to BERA Council on the effective functioning of the Association in relation to:
risk management;
financial processes;
legal requirements;
whistleblowing.
The Committee [...]
BERA Executive Council Elections 2009
*NEW* Call for nominations
Extended deadline 23rd July 2009.
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BERA Elections 2009: Why not stand for BERA council?
BERA Elections 2009
(extended deadline with corrected vacancies)
Downloads:
Invitation to stand from Pamela Munn, BERA President CLICK HERE
BERA Elections Notice 2009 CLICK HERE
Nomination Form CLICK HERE
Current BERA Council membership CLICK HERE
Clarification
Please note that due to an administrative error the vacancies on BERA Executive Council were incorrectly advertised. There are SIX vacancies, rather than the three previously indicated. [...]