CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION

The Education Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (AT.IN.E.R.) organizes its 13th Annual International Conference on Education, 23-26 May 2011. The registration fee of 300 euro, covering access to all sessions, 2 lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. In addition a number of cultural and educational activities are organized such as a Greek night of entertainment, a dinner, a half-day tour to archaeological site in the Prefecture of Attica and a special one-day cruise in the Greek islands. Special arrangements will be made with local hotels for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate.

The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars and students of Education and other related disciplines. You may participate as panel organizer, presenter of one paper, chair a session or observer. For programs of previous conferences and other information visit the conference website www.atiner.gr/docs/Education.htm

Papers (in English) from all areas of education are welcome. Selected papers will be published in a Special Volume of the Conference Proceedings or Edited Books as part of ATINER’s education book series. For Books and Proceedings of previous conferences you may visit http://www.atiner.gr/docs/EDUCATION_PUBLICATIONS.htm for table of contents and order forms.

Please submit a 300-word abstract by 25th October 2010, by email, atiner@atiner.gr to: Dr. Alexander Makedon, Head, Education Research Unit, ATINER & Professor, College of Education, Chicago State University, USA or by regular mail to: ATINER, 8 Valaoritou Street, Kolonaki, 10671 Athens, Greece. Tel. + 30 210 363 4210 Fax: + 30 210 3634-209. Please include: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Current Position, Institutional Affiliation, an email address and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission.

Announcement of the decision is made within 4 weeks after submission, which includes information on registration deadlines and paper submission requirements.

If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a session, evaluate papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos (gtp@atiner.gr), Director, ATINER.

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent academic organization with the mission to become a forum, where academics and researchers from all over the world could meet in Athens and exchange ideas on their research and discuss the future developments of their discipline. Since 1995, more than 100 international conferences were organized and more than 80 books have been published. The Institute is organized into four research divisions and 19 research units. Each research unit organizes at least an annual conference and undertakes various small- and large-scale research projects.

The UK Higher Education Funding Councils have announced a call for Research Excellence Framework (REF) panel memberships

The funding bodies have published details of the new units of assessment for the REF and are recruiting to its expert panels.

The document sets out the funding bodies’ decisions in relation to the following aspects of the 2014 REF:

• the configuration of units of assessment and grouping of sub-panels under main panels
• the roles and responsibilities of main panels, sub-panels and their members in the assessment
• the criteria and process for recruiting panel chairs and members

The document also:

• invites individuals to apply to become sub-panel chairs (deadline for applications is 17 September 2010)
• invites organisations and associations with an interest in research to nominate candidates to become panel members (deadline for nominations is 8 October 2010)

For more information on the units of assessment and recruitment of expert panels click HERE

I am pleased to confirm the results of the 2010 BERA elections as indicated below.

All newly elected individuals will commence their period of office at the Annual General Meeting on September 3rd 2010.

Jeremy Hoad
BERA Chief Executive and Elections Returning Officer

BERA Vice President
Professor Mary James
University of Cambridge

BERA Executive Council Member (Wales)
Dr Mark Connolly
University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC)

BERA Executive Council Member (Conference Committee)
Danny Durant
Freelance Education Consultant

BERA Executive Council Member (Northern Ireland)
Dr Ruth Leitch
Queen’s University Belfast

BERA Executive Council Member
Professor Gemma Moss
Institute of Education, University of London

BERA Executive Council Member
Professor Pat Sikes
University of Sheffield

Using Habermas to evaluate pedagogic justice
Dr Monica McLean, Reader in Higher Education, School of Education, University of Nottingham

Drawing on Jurgen Habermas’ critical theory, Monica will present a conceptualisation of university pedagogy, which constructs students as future citizens and emphasises the development of ‘communicative reason’ as a goal of university teaching . She will then discuss whether such a conceptualization has any resonance with student perceptions of teaching and learning in university sociology departments, which are the focus of an ESRC-funded project ‘Quality and Inequality in university undergraduate degrees’.

Conceptualising the first year student experience: the dominance of the ‘transitions’ metaphor
Dr Paul Ashwin, Lecturer in Post-compulsory Education, Lancaster University

In this seminar, Paul will argue that the literature on the first year experience in higher education has tended to conceptualise the first year experience in terms of the transition to higher education. Whilst this conceptualisation has obvious strengths, he argues that it tends to separate students’ experiences within higher education from their experiences prior to higher education. He will show how the choice of lens that it used to characterise particular educational processes can have significant implications for the outcomes of research and the focus of recommendations for policy and practice that are made on the basis of this research.

Network Convenors: Prof. Paul Blackmore (KCL) and Prof. Joëlle Fanghanel (Thames Valley University)

For more SRHE Network events please go to http://www.srhe.ac.uk/events.asp

Click here for a Booking Form.

The report is presented as a whole but was undertaken as two separate pieces of work. The main report is an analysis of the RAE 2008, and its impact on educational research in the UK, carried out by colleagues at the University of Oxford. This is supported by a more detailed analysis of the financial impacts of the RAE, carried out by colleagues at the Institute of Education, London. The report as a whole therefore provides a significant analysis of the impacts of the RAE 2008 on educational research in its different aspects, from the experiences of individual researchers to departmental and institutional effects and the financial implications of the funding allocations of the RAE.

Download the full report as a PDF here

Postgraduate and Newer Researchers Conference 13-14 December 2010
Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, South Wales, UK

The submission deadlines for abstracts/papers for the SRHE Annual Conference 2010 are fast approaching. Can we encourage you to make your submissions as soon as possible please?

All submissions will go out for peer review during August on a very quick turnaround from submission, with the aim of informing all authors/presenters of acceptances by the end of September 2010 latest.

Plans for both SRHE Annual Research Conference (ARC) and SRHE PGNR Conference are well advanced, with many new innovations for both conferences, and for the ARC Conference we also have an exciting line up of plenary speakers addressing the theme “Where is the wisdom?”

The Conference registration site is open for conference bookings and you can book your place at either or both conferences now. We know that many of you want to do this whilst there are the funds in budgets and we are happy to process all registrations received ahead of the financial/academic year end.

Important Dates

• SRHE Annual Research Conference, 14-16 December 2010
• Deadlines for the Submission of abstracts: 24 July 2010
• Postgraduate and Newer Researchers Conference 13-14 December 2010
• Deadlines for the Submission of abstracts: 31 July 2010

Please also remember that a number of Bursaries are available for full-time students attending one or both conferences, you can find more information on these and the bursary application form on the registration section of the SRHE Conference website.

We are returning to the Celtic Manor Resort this year, rated as our best ever conference venue and offering excellent facilities as a conference venue and as a resort. We look forward to seeing you in December and most importantly to another vibrant conference with a wealth of research work being presented across the research domains.

For all Conference information, submissions and registrations follow this link SRHE Annual Research Conference 2010

Click here for more information.

- For all visitors, new documents have been added in the “About us/Cagigal lectures” as well as in “Other/New publications” + “Other/AIESEP Statements on PE-CPD”. Moreover, the principles of the “Interactive sessions” that will be organized during the 2010 AIESEP World congress in A Coruna (Spain) next October are described in the “Events” section.

- For AIESEP members, the “Members’ corner” is now proposing a lot of new services. First of all, the current members’ list is now directly available. Among the other services, members will find the details about the organization of the next General Assembly (principles of application process to become member of the Board of Directors as well as to participate to the vote). Last but not the least, the members’ corner proposes to the members to submit documents that they would appreciate to share with their colleagues and some practical information. To enter into the members’ corner, just type your username and password (provided by the Treasurer’s team when the membership is paid).

* The organization of the 2010 AIESEP World Congress is in progress. 350 abstracts have been received by the Scientific Committee. The reviewing process is now launched. Authors will receive information at the end of August. For any information about this, do not hesitate to contact Prof. Miguel Gonzalez Valeiro (maglez@udc.es).

* Details about the organization of the TGfU-SIG seminar planned in parallel to the 2010 AIESEP World Congress are available on the Website. For additional information about this event, contact Dinant Roode (d.roode@pl.hanze.nl).

* From April 18 – 20, 2011, the 27th ACHPER (Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation) International Conference will be organized in Adelaide (South Australia). This event will be held at the prestigious Prince Alfred College. It will merge a global outlook with local contexts as conference delegates strive to learn from recognized leaders from across Australia and around the world. The Conference website has just been released and is located at www.achper2011.com.

* In collaboration with Editors and society partners, Routledge have selected 90 research articles which engage with football and the South Africa World Cup themes. These articles are freely available until 31 July 2010. More info on www.tandf.co.uk/journals/access/worldcup.pdf and/or by Zita Balogh (Zita.Balogh@tandf.co.uk).

* Please, remember that the AIESEP Flash Newsletter will not be published until the end of August. For current information, visit the AIESEP Website (www.aiesep.org).

URL: http://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/ca/Events/Event_Detail?id=133882

Ministers are expected to announce plans to work with leading history experts to create an exciting and engaging history curriculum for secondary schools. This follows growing concerns that schools are failing to give children a good understanding of history.
The Better History group, led by Dr Seán Lang, a senior Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University, is hosting a one-day conference to debate what the revised curriculum ought to look like and address how it should work in practice. Supported by Cambridge Assessment, the conference is expected to bring together 200 delegates including teachers and lecturers in secondary and higher education, policy makers, researchers and stakeholders.

The Better History group also includes Martin Roberts, a member of the academic steering committee of the Prince’s Teaching Institute, and Nicolas Kinloch, history teacher, author and former deputy of the Historical Association. The group recently published a report, Better History, which calls for a single chronological history course with historical knowledge at its heart.

Please note that this is a free event therefore no delegate fee is payable.

Enquiries: To request a place, please email Lizzie Hale at Cambridge Assessment: better.history@cambridgeassessment.org.uk or telephone: +44(0)1223 553462.

The place of citizenship and religion in education is complex and contested and the relationship between the two is open to debate. For example, citizenship has been associated with a particular set of moral values and behaviours as well as certain types of political participation and activity within different local, national and global arenas. Questions have also been raised about how far education for citizenship should be part of the remit of schools and other educational institutions. Similar discussions arise with regard to religion. Teaching about religion has often been perceived to be an important educational activity. Religious organisations have been significant providers of education throughout the world and religious beliefs have stimulated considerable educational activism. On the other hand, tensions between faith traditions and denominations have been fought out in educational arenas, arguably with the effect of hindering rather than advancing educational work. It has also been questioned whether religion should have any place in educational settings at all.

Proposals for papers and presentations that relate to this theme are welcomed and should connect to one of the sub-themes:

• Concepts and theories: citizenship, national identity, morality, character, spirituality, religion and faith, thinkers and theorists
• Individuals and groups: educationists, organisations, pressure groups, networks, religious/faith communities, biographies and autobiographies
• Educational institutions: private and public sectors, different phases (primary, secondary, further, higher), curriculum, activities, experiments, ethos, teachers, pupils
• Community and society: families, neighbourhoods, informal education, educational spaces;
• Historiographical issues: methodological approaches and sources for studying religion, citizenship and education.

Proposals for papers (of around 250 words) are invited, to arrive not later than Friday 4 September 2010. These should be sent as Microsoft Word email attachments to Dr Rob Freathy at j.k.freathy@ex.ac.uk.

The proposal should be set out in the following way:

There will also be a panel for postgraduate students. Papers for this will be accepted that do not necessarily address the conference theme. For further information about the postgraduate panel, please contact Sarah Winfield, Newnham College, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DF UK. Email: sjw91@cam.ac.uk.

Further details regarding the conference programme and pricing will appear on the History of Education Society’s website: http://www.historyofeducation.org.uk/ in early June.

Delegates are asked to make their own accommodation arrangements. There are many options. For example, the Imperial London Hotels Group http://www.imperialhotels.co.uk/ offers a range of hotels close to the main conference venue. We anticipate that the bar of the Royal National Hotel, the largest hotel in this group, will be an informal ‘hub’ on the Friday and Saturday evenings. Please contact the conference organisers if you would like to discuss other hotel options.

Lunches will be available at the Garden Halls on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Dining arrangements following a conference reception on the Friday evening will be a matter of choice, with opportunities for delegates to join one of several restaurant party groups.

The conference dinner on Saturday 27th November is optional and will be held at Il Fornello, Southampton Row.

Further enquiries should be made to Dr Rob Freathy, Graduate School of Education, University of Exeter, Heavitree Rd, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK. Email: r.j.k.freathy@ex.ac.uk.