Archive for November, 2009
News from Birkbeck Institute. Two day conference on Rethinking Children/Childhood in the 21st Century
Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities
Rethinking Children/Childhood in the 21st Century – 2 day conference – 4th & 5th February 2010
This conference will bring together a wide range of scholars and practitioners from history, law, literature, psychology, sociology to examine the older meanings of childhood and the new attempts to rethink this category in society, both [...]
Discourse, Power, Resistance Conference
30 March 2010 – 1st April 2010
University of Greenwich
King William Building and Stephen Lawrence Building
The 9th conference in the ‘Discourse, Power, Resistance’ (DPR) series has moved from Manchester Metropolitan University to its new host in the School of Education and Training at the University of Greenwich, and will be held at the University of Greenwich, [...]
BERA Meeting of Minds 2010
Call for Applications
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BERA Meetings of Minds Fellowships 2010
Call for Applications
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Click here for the notes on Guidance and Criteria for Applications.
Click here to download a PDF copy of the Pro-Forma.
If you require an electronic copy in word format, please contact the BERA Office.
Deadline – 28th February 2010.
Integrating Employment and Skills Conference 2010
4th March 2010
QEII Conference Centre
The inaugural Integrating Employment and Skills Conference 2010, will bring together over 300 key public sector stakeholders and 10 eminent speakers involved in shaping and delivering key employment and skills policies across the country.
Click here to download a Conference Brochure.
Click here to view a Conference Programme.
The First International Theorising Education Conference
As part of its programme of activities the Laboratory for Educational Theory is hosting the first biennial international theorising education conference. The Conference will take place on 24 – 26 June 2010.
The purpose of the conference is to consider the role and significance of theory in educational research and educational practice. The conference [...]
Global Student Education Forum
25th November 2009
The Cambridge Union Society
The Global Student Education Forum (www.gseforum.org) is hosting a black-tie dinner for Professor Kathleen McCartney, the Dean of Harvard Graduate School of Education, who will be giving a post-dinner talk, titled ‘Whether the Environment Matters More for Children in Poverty’. The dinner will start at 5:30PM and the talk [...]
NIACE Inquiry into the Future for Lifelong Learning
The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) report: “Learning Through Life: Inquiry into the Future for Lifelong Learning (IFLL)” is now available.
Report Summary (pdf)
Inquiry website
BERA 2009
Video clips from BERA Conference 2009
Click on the following to watch the interviewees:
Pamela Munn, President of BERA (2007 – 2009)
Ben Levin, Routledge Lecture
Felice Levine, Executive Director of American Educational Research Association
Ann Lieberman, emeritus professor from Teachers’ College, Columbia University