Bristol Conversations in Education research seminar series

Bristol Conversations in Education is a seminar series which showcases world-class, impactful, cross-disciplinary research about education.

Research

Find out more about research in the School of Education.

Recordings and PowerPoint

You can view the powerpoint presentation or recording of Bristol Conversations in Education seminars.

The series aims to promote lively discussion around teaching, learning and leadership in education and is aimed at researchers, practitioners and policy makers. Each seminar is hosted by a leading academic from our research centres and networks. Everyone is welcome to attend. It is free to attend but registration is required.


2024

April

24 April, 13:00-14:00 (BST), Online

Engaging with research – the magic bullet?
Helen Aberdeen (School of Education, University of Bristol)

May

01 May, 13:00-14:00 (BST), In-person

Knowledge Exchange with Students as Co-Researchers: The potential of collaboration

  • Jo Rose (School of Education, University of Bristol)
  • Alex Paterson (Professional Liaison Network, University of Bristol)

07 May, 12:30-13:30 (BST), Online

Educational Research through the Black Radical Tradition
Dr. Jessica Oddy (School of Education, University of Bristol; Director of Design for Social Impact Lab)

09 May, 12:00-13:00 (BST), In-person

Re-thinking the role of abstraction in primary schools
Dr. Santiago Alonso Palmas Pérez (University of Bristol and Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana)

15 May, 13:00-14:00 (BST), In-person

Against Entrepreneurship: Education, Nation, and Inequality
Dr. Kirsty Morrin (Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Liverpool)

16 May, 16:00-18:00 (BST), In-person

Book Launch for 'Schooling Inequality: Aspirations, Opportunities and the Reproduction of Social Class'

  • Jessie Abrahams (School of Education, University of Bristol)
  • David James (School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University)

21 May, 12:30-13:30 (BST), Online

De(colonial) possibilities at University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusopohony: An Experience of anti-racist Education in Brazil 
James Ferreira Moura Junior (School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol)

22 May, 13:00-14:00 (BST), Hybrid

Challenging Approaches to Academic Career-making
Celia Whitchurch (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education)

June

18 June, 12:30-13:30 (BST), Hybrid (Details TBC)

From the myth of racial democracy to Brazilian racism: promises and challenges for anti-racist education in Brazil
Wagner Santana (University of Sao Paolo)


Catch up on past Bristol Conversations seminars on the Bristol Conversations in Education recordings webpages.

Past Events

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