BERA President 2014: Ian Menter

BERA Annual Conference 2014, held at: The Institute of Education, London

Programme:

Monday 22nd September

10.30 – 16.30 PESP Invisible College 2014                                                                                                                                                            

10.30 – 15.30 Social Justice Meeting – Respecting Children Project

14.00 – 16.00 Race, Ethnicity and Education Meeting – Respecting Children Project

17.00 – 18.00 BERA Annual General Meeting

Tuesday 23rd September

08.30 – 19.30 Conference Registration

Logan Hall Entrance

09.15 – 10.30 Early Career Researcher Parallel Session 1

Various

10.30 – 10.50 Early Career Researcher Tea/Coffee Break

Crush Hall and Jeffery Hall, Level 1

 10.50 – 11.00  Early Career Researcher Welcome

Logan Hall, Level 1

Professor David James, Chair of the Postgraduate Forum, BERA

11.00 – 11.55

 Early Career Researcher Keynote Lecture: The experience of BME academics in higher education: aspirations in the face of inequality

Logan Hall, Level 1

Dr Kalwant Bhopal, University of Southampton

12.00 – 13.15 Spotlight Session

Logan Hall

A beginners guide to getting published in BERA’s journals

12.00 – 13.15 Early Career Researcher Parallel Session 2

Various

13.15 – 13.40 Early Career Researcher Lunch

Crush Hall and Jeffery Hall, Level 1

13.40 – 14.15 Main Conference Opening Remarks

Logan Hall, Level 1

Professor Ian Menter, President of BERA

Felicity Wikeley, Chair of the Conference Committee, BERA

Professor Chris Husbands, Director, IOE

Announcement of Awards: •BCF-BERA Routledge Curriculum Journal Prize

• Brian Simon Award
• BERA John Nisbet Fellowship
• Public Impact awards (in partnership with SAGE)

14.15 – 15.45 Keynote Symposia 1 – Curriculum, Assessment and Pedagogy

Elvin Hall, Level 1

Keynote Symposia 2 – Post-Compulsory and Lifelong Learning

Drama Studio, Level 1

Keynote Symposia 3 – Teacher Education and Development

Nunn Hall, Level 3

15.45 – 16.15 Tea/Coffee/Exhibition/Poster Viewing

Foyer/Marquee, Level 4 and Crush Hall/Jeffrey Hall, Level 1

16.15 – 17.00 SIG Forum Meetings

Various

17.00 – 18.30 Education Question Time Panel Discussion            

Logan Hall, Level 1

Alison Peacock, Peter Mortimore, Sam Freedman, Warwick Mansell and Pamela Munn

18.30 – 19.30 Welcome Reception

Foyer/Marquee, Level 4 and Crush Hall/Jeffrey Hall, Level 1

20.00 – Late

 Conference Dinner

Browns Restaurant

Tickets must be pre-booked. Limited tickets available on the day.

Wednesday 24th September

08.00 – 18.00       Conference Registration

Logan Hall Entrance                                                                                                                                                                                          

09.00 – 10.30 Main Conference Parallel Session 1

Various

10.30 – 11.00 Tea/Coffee/Exhibition/Poster Viewing

Foyer/Marquee, Level 4 and Crush Hall/Jeffrey Hall, Level 1

11.00 – 12.00 Keynote Lecture: Education, Inequality and the One Percent

Logan Hall, Level 1

Professor Danny Dorling, University of Oxford

12.00 – 13.00 Lunch/Exhibition/Poster Viewing

Foyer/Marquee, Level 4 and Crush Hall/Jeffrey Hall, Level 1

13.00 – 14.30 Spotlight Session

Logan Hall

Research and Teacher Education – The Teacher Inquiry

BERA and RSA

13.00 – 14.30 Main Conference Parallel Session 2

Various

14.30 – 14.40 Comfort Break

14.40 – 16.10 Spotlight Session

Logan Hall

DfE Research Priorities and Partnerships

Department for Education

14.40 – 16.10 Main Conference Parallel Session 3

Various

16.10 – 16.30 Tea/Coffee/Exhibition/Poster Viewing

Foyer/Marquee, Level 4 and Crush Hall/Jeffrey Hall, Level 1            

16.30 – 18.00 Spotlight Session

Logan Hall

Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) International Symposia

Ethical Leadership: A collaborative investigation of equity-driven evidence-based school reform. An ARC Linkage project (2012-2015)

16.30 – 18.00 Main Conference Parallel Session 4

Various

19.00 – 21.00 Main Social Gathering

Bloomsbury Bowling, The Kingpin Suite, Tavistock Square, London, UK WC1H 9EU

Tickets must be pre-booked. Limited tickets available on the day.

Thursday 25th September

 08.00 – 14.00   Conference Registration                                                                 

Logan Hall Entrance                                                                                                

09.30 – 09.40 Awards Ceremony

Logan Hall, Level 1

Professor Ian Menter, President of BERA

Awards:

• ECR posters
• Main conference posters            
• BERA Masters Dissertation Award
• BERA Doctoral Thesis Award

09.40 – 10.00 BERA 2015 Presentation

Logan Hall, Level 1

Professor Ian Menter, President of BERA

Felicity Wikeley, Chair of the Conference Committee, BERA

10.00 – 11.30 Main Conference Parallel Session 5

Various

11.30 – 11.50 Tea/Coffee/Exhibition/Poster Viewing

Foyer/Marquee, Level 4 and Crush Hall/Jeffrey Hall, Level 1

11.50 – 13.20 Spotlight Session

Logan Hall

Educational Research in Russia

British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET) Symposia

11.50 – 13.20 Main Conference Parallel Session 6          

Various    

13.25 – 14.30

Keynote Lecture: Bringing the School in the Cloud Down to Earth: Skype Grannies Meets the English School System and the Future of Learning 

Logan Hall, Level 1

Professor David Leat, Newcastle University

Professor Sugata Mitra, Newcastle University                          

14.30 Lunch and Departure

Foyer/Marquee, Level 4 and Crush Hall/Jeffrey Hall, Level 1