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Jane Waters-Davies

Associate Professor

Jane Waters is an associate professor in the Athrofa: Institute of Education at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. She worked as a classroom teacher before joining higher education to...

How can we challenge assumptions about learners with SEND?

Life is determined by the normative. From the moment we are born, our weight, height and growth are tracked on charts that compare our trajectory of development with what is considered...

Teacher language: Help or hindrance to classroom learning

Communication between teacher and pupil is vital to pupil learning in the classroom. Usually, the focus is concentrated on the development of a pupil’s communication skills and not those of the...

What does/should inclusion even mean to the autistic learner?

I feel that the equity versus equality ‘debate’ (Baily & Holmarsdottir, 2015; Bird, 2018) is more than pertinent when any discussion about autistic inclusion takes place. The idea that all...

SEND: Looking through an intersectionality lens

This blog post explores the concepts of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and intersectionality, and highlights the importance of having an awareness of how these are linked. I...

Education for Environmental Sustainability

A forum for academics, practitioners and policy makers to engage critically with the nature and purpose of EfES including curriculum, pedagogies, practice and policy.

Social events

Wednesday 13 September 2023 Gala dinner: 19:00 – 0:00 Price: £70-£80 Venue: The Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Westbourne Rd, Birmingham B15 3TR (all areas of this venue is fully...

Venue/ Travel

Venue BUILDING: Conference Aston, Conference Centre and Hotel Aston University Aston St Birmingham B4 7ET For directions to the exact building on the campus please click here.  0121 204...

Exhibitors

Packages: Exhibition package: The exhibition hall is positioned to capture maximum customer engagement during formal breaks and between sessions. Catering is positioned near exhibitor stands for...

Iryna Kushnir

Dr Kushnir is a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. Prior to this, her mobile academic career let her experience academia in five countries across seven universities, including the...

Martina Smith

Graduate, Doctor of Education programme

Martina Smith is a recent graduate from the Doctor of Education programme at the University of Sheffield. She left primary teaching to meet the full-time care needs of her son who has various...

Abstract Submission

Abstract submission is now closed Deadline for submissions: 31 January 2023