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BERA Conference 2014

23 September 2014 to 25 September 2014London

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the 2014 Current Programme

BERA Conference 2014 Provisional 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


Wiley

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