Recordings and powerpoint presentations for Bristol Conversations in Education 2020-2021 series
Click on the links below for a recording or powerpoint slides of previous Bristol Conversations in Education seminars
2021
24 March - Implementing whole-school universal language interventions as a means of recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic
Dr Ioanna Bakopoulou (Lecturer in Psychology in Education, School of Education, University of Bristol)
17 March - Black bodies in white educational spaces
Dr April-Louise Pennant (Changemaker and Scholar-activist, Research Associate at the Nelson Mandela University) and Dr Constantino Dumangane Jr (Lecturer in Education and Social Justice, University of York)
The edited recording will be available soon! If you require this more urgently, please email ed-events@bristol.ac.uk
10 March - Higher education timescapes: temporal understandings of students and learning
Professor Rachel Brooks (Professor of Sociology, University of Surrey)
03 March - Homophily, social capital and cultural capital: what clues do they provide about educational disadvantage
Professor Chris Brown (Professor in Education, Durham University)
24 February - Education’s ‘reparative’ possibilities: responsibilities and reckonings for sustainable futures
Convened by Professor Julia Paulson (Principal Investigator Education Justice and 'memory Network) and Professor Arathi Sriprakash (University of Bristol, School of Education). Joined by fellow panelists: Tarcila Rivera Zea (founder and president of CHIRAPAQ - Centre for Indigenous Cultures of Peru, expert member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues), Dr Keston Perry (political economist with expertise in climate policy and justice, Lecturer in Economics, University of the West of England).
17 February - From theory to practice: decolonising education for sustainable futures (UNESCO Chair series: Decolonising education for sustainable futures)
Convened by Yvette Hutchinson (British Council/ United Kingdom Forum for International Education and Training) and Professor Leon Tikly (UNESCO Chair on Inclusive and Quality Education for All). Panelists: Yvette Hutchinson (British Council, Dr Tania Saeed (Lahore University of Management Sciences and author of Reimagining education: student movements and the possibility of a critical pedagogy and feminist praxis), Professor Alvin Birdi (Associate PVC for Education Innovation, and convenor of Decolonising Community of Practice, University of Bristol) and Ben Spence (Headteacher, Maypark Primary School, Bristol, Representative of Global Majority Teachers' Network)
10 February - Connecting decolonial and sustainable futures in education (UNESCO Chair series: Decolonising education for sustainable futures)
Convened by Professor Leon Tikly (UNESCO Chair on Inclusive and Quality Education for All) and Dr Keith Holmes (UNESCO, Future of Learning and Innovation team). Panelists: Professor Noah Sobe (UNESCO, Future of Learning and Innovation team), Professor Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw (Faculty of Education, Western University, Canada and Common Worlds Research Collective), Professor Leon Tikly (UNESCO Chair in Inclusive and Quality Education for All, University of Bristol), Professor Catherine Odora Hoppers (Professor Extraordinarius, University of South Africa; Professor of Education, Gulu University, Uganda)
03 February - Does a Sociology of Assessment matter? An event to launch: The Sociology of Assessment: comparative and policy perspectives. The selected works of Patricia Broadfoot
Professor Patricia Broadfoot CBE (Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Bristol) with a panel of discussants including: Professor Stephen Ball FBA (formerly Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education, University of London), Professor Tansy Jessop (Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Bristol) and Professor Jo-Anne Baird (Professor of Educational Assessment and Director of Department of Education, University of Oxford)
27 January - Re-imagining curriculum in India: Charting a path beyond the pandemic
Professor Poonam Batra (Professor of Education at the Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi)
2020
16 December - Skills for sustainable futures
Professor Simon McGrath (UNESCO Chair in International Education and Development, University of Nottingham and Extraordinary Professor, Faculty of Education, University of the Western Cape)
9 December - Communication preferences of autistic adults
Dr Felicity Sedgewick and Dr Philippa Howard (School of Education, University of Bristol)
25 November - Unintended Methodologies: arts-based research practices as forms of listening
Dr Terra Sprague (University of Bristol) and Injairu Kulundu-Bolus (Rhodes University)
18 November - Re-imagining UK education research partnerships in the South: prospects for mutual and equitable relationships Dr Rafael Mitchell (School of Education, University of Bristol), Dr Tigist Grieve (School of Education, University of Bristol), Dr Kelsey Shanks (GCRF Challenge Leader for Education Research, Ulster University), Ms Maria Teresa Pinto Ocampo (National University of Colombia), Professor Isabella Aboderin (Perivoli Africa Research Centre, University of Bristol), Dr Ashley Jay Brockwell (London Interdisciplinary School)
11 November - CARGO Classroom - radical new resources for KS3 History
Lawrence Hoo (Poet and founder of CARGO Movement), Tracy O’Brien (History teacher and collaborator of CARGO Movement) and Professor Olivette Otele (CARGO Board Member, and Professor of History of Slavery and Memory of enslavement at the University of Bristol)
4 November - Why the Co-op is involved in the academy programme
Frank Norris, MBE (former CEO of the Co-op Academies Trust)
28 October - The other side of excellence: Failure, research culture and the role of academic governance systems
Dr Gemma Derrick (Lancaster University)
14 October - School closures, remote teaching and attainment grouping: implications for equity
Professor Jeremy Hodgen and Dr Becky Taylor (UCL Institute of Education)
30 September - An ADHD Teacher Toolkit – what are the needs?
Dr Simon Brownhill, Dr Frances Knight and Jennifer Norris, University of Bristol