BERA President in 2006: Geoff Whitty

BERA Annual Conference 2006, held at: The University of Warwick

Programme:

WEDNESDAY 6th SEPTEMBER

09.00 – 19.00 Student Conference Registration

10.00 – 10.05 Student Conference Welcome – Geoff Whitty, IoE, University of London (Chair of BERA)

10.05 – 11.00 Opening Keynote – Sue Heath, University of Southampton

11 .00 – 19.00 Main Conference Registration

11 .00 – 12.30 Student Conference Parallel Session 1

12.30 – 13.30 Student Conference Lunch

13 .30 – 15.00 Student Conference Parallel Session 2

15.15 – 16.45 Student Conference Parallel Session 3

15.15 – 16.45 Main Conference Parallel Session 1

16.45 – 17.15 Tea/Coffee

17.15 – 18.30 Main and Student Conference Keynote Address

Guy Claxton, University of Bristol

Chair: John Furlong, University of Oxford

19.00 – 19.30 Student and International Delegates Drinks Reception

19.30 – 20.00 Main Conference Drinks Reception

20.00 – 21.30 Buffet Dinner

21.30 – 00.00 Jazz Band Graduate Bar/Student Union

THURSDAY 7th SEPTEMBER

08.00 – 18.30 Registration

09.00 – 10.30 Parallel Session 2

10.30 – 11.00 Tea/Coffee

11 .00 – 11 .30 Opening Ceremony – Baroness Estelle Morris

Chair: Geoff Whitty, IoE, University of London

11 .30 – 12.30 Routledge Lecture

Fazal Rizvi, University of Illinois at Champagne Urbana, USA

Introduced by Ian White, Routledge

Chair: Geoff Whitty, IoE, University of London

12.30 – 14.30 Lunch/Exhibition

12.45 – 14.15 Keynote Symposia 1, 2 and 3

14.30 – 16.00 Parallel Session 3

16.00 – 16.30 Tea/Coffee in Exhibition Area

16.30 – 18.00 Parallel Session 4

19.00 Coaches depart for Conference Dinner

19.30 Option 1 – Conference dinner followed by a ceilidh at the National Motorcycle Museum

Pre-dinner drinks sponsored by Routledge

19.30 Option 2 – Dinner on Campus

23.00 Coaches return to the University of Warwick

FRIDAY 8th SEPTEMBER

08.00 – 19.00 Registration

09.00 – 10.30 Parallel Session 5

10.30 – 11.00 Tea/Coffee

11 .00 – 12.00 Keynote Address – Bob Lingard, University of Edinburgh

Chair: John Furlong, University of Oxford

12.00 – 14.00 Lunch/Poster Viewing/Exhibition

12.15 – 13.45 Keynote Symposia 4, 5 and 6

14.00 – 15.00 SIG Business Meetings/Poster Session

15.00 – 16.30 Parallel Session 6

15.15 – 16.30 SIG Convenors Meeting

16.30 – 17.00 Tea/Coffee

17.00 – 18.30 Parallel Session 7

18.30 BERA Annual General Meeting

19.30 – 20.00 Pre-dinner drinks sponsored by Sage Publications

20:00 – 00:00 Dinner followed by a Jazz Band and Disco

SATURDAY 9th SEPTEMBER

08.00 – 12.00 Registration

09.00 – 10.30 Parallel Session 8

10.30 – 11.00 Tea/Coffee

11 .00 – 12.00 Keynote Speaker – Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Boston College, USA

Chair: Geoff Whitty, IoE, University of London

12.00 Mains Conference Ends

12.00 – 15.30 Practitioner Day Conference