Archive - Bristol Conversations in Education 2019-20 series

2020

22 July - Conceptualising Education for Sustainable Futures: Framing the work of the TESF Network Plus
16 July - Book launch: “Education for Sustainable Development in the Postcolonial World: Towards a Transformative Agenda for Africa” by Professor Leon Tikly (School of Education, University of Bristol)
2 July - POSTPONED Alone together or alone apart? Digital inequalities and emerging pedagogies in higher education in pandemic times, Dr Sue Timmis (School of Education, University of Bristol)
17 June - POSTPONED Why the Co-op is involved in the academy programme, Frank Norris (MBE)
10 June, POSTPONED Decoding the digital university in post-apartheid South Africa, Dr Sue Timmis (School of Education, University of Bristol)
4 June - POSTPONED Learning and educating hope in strugges for ecological and social change, Dr Ana Cecilia Dinerstein (Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath) and Dr Sarah Amsler (Associate Professor in Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham)
27 May - POSTPONED Dr Sally Palmer (Psychology, University of Exeter)
20 May - POSTPONED ‘All islands have a boundary’: Experiences of higher education on small islands in and around the UK, Holly Henderson (Assistant Professor of Education, School of Education, University of Nottingham)
13 May - POSTPONED Science and Social Justice: a Critical Realist approach, Dr Ralph Levinson (Institute of Education, UCL)
6 May - POSTPONED Carey Jewitt (Professor of Learning and Technology, Director of UCL Knowledge Lab) - co-hosted with Bristol Digital Societies
29 April - POSTPONED The development of Education for All in the Isle of Man, a small island nation, Angela Little (Professor Emerita, Institute of Education, UCL)
22 April - POSTPONED The Right to Education and the Failings of Humanitarianism: Reflections from research in the Middle East, Dr Jason Hart (Department of Social & Policy Sciences, University of Bath) - co-hosted with Migration Mobilities Bristol
8 April - POSTPONED Re-thinking professionalism for 21st century working life: a radically different conceptualisation, Linda Evans (Professor of Education, and Associate Dean for Academic and Research Staff Development, University of Manchester)
1 April - POSTPONED Evidence-based inspection: research and evaluation at Ofsted, Daniel Muijs (Ofsted)
25 March - POSTPONED Communication preferences of autistic adults, Dr Felicity Sedgewick and Dr Philippa Howard (School of Education, University of Bristol)
18 March - POSTPONED Children’s social and moral judgements within intergroup contexts, Adam Rutland (Professor of Psychology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter)
4 March - CANCELLED What’s wrong with universal literacy? Thinking in the pluriverse for sustainable and equitable futures in vulnerable times, Dr Mia Perry (University of Glasgow)
26 February - CANCELLED Doing data differently: the creative use of data visualisation in opening spaces for professional dialogue, Cathy Burnett (Professor of Literacy and Education, Sheffield Hallam University)
12 February - Identifying enablers and obstacles in language education, Professor Tess Fitzpatrick (Swansea University)
29 January - New directions for wellbeing in Education, Sian Ephgrave, Trang Mai Tran & Zibah Nwako, University of Bristol
22 January - Responding to the Climate Emergency – Psychology and (dis)obedience, Professor Colin Davis (School of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol)
21 January - A small-island-developing-state lens on teacher professional development and learning, Aminath Shiyama (School of Education, University of Bristol)
20 January - Measuring leadership and management and their linkages with literacy in rural and township primary schools in South Africa, Prof. Robin Shields (University of Bristol)

2019

11 December - Designing Inclusive Education Technologies With and For Visually Impaired and Sighted Children, Dr Oussama Metatla (Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol)
29 November - What can we learn about global education from historical and global policy studies of the OECD?, Professor Christian Ydesen (Department of Culture and Learning, Aalborg University)
28 November- CANCELLED Learning & Educating Hope in Struggles for Ecological and Social Change, Dr Sarah Amsler (University of Nottingham) & Dr Ana Cecilia Dinerstein (University of Bath)
27 November - CANCELLED Counting to Learn? Accountability, Privatization and Learning Outcomes in Mumbai and Kathmandu, Dr Robin Shields (University of Bristol)
20 November - Abolishing Public Schools: Lessons From Research and History, Professor Roger Bullock (University of Bristol)
13 November - An interactive pre-inspection tool for Further Education and Skills inspectors, Dr Andreas Soteriades (Data Scientist, Data & Insight, Ofsted)
6 November - Multi-competence, translanguaging and mobile self-directed learning, Professor Li Wei (UCL Institute of Education, University College London)
30 October - Vocabulary Size as a Proxy for the Socio-Economic Status in Partner Selection, Dr Michael Daller (University of Reading)
23 October - Poetry in research: authentic or sentimental representation?, Professor Tansy Jessop (Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education, University of Bristol)
16 October - Pioneering Parents: Promoting Intergroup Relations through Shared Education in Northern Ireland, Laura Taylor (University College Dublin)
9 October - Computer-based Diagnostic Assessment of Young Learners with Automated Feedback – an International Trial, Tony Clark (Cambridge Assessment English)
3 October - Teachers, perspectives and practice of assessment for learning in Tanzania: challenges of a development context, Professor Anjum Halai, Vice Provost (South/Central Asia and UK), Chair University Research Council, Aga Khan University
2 October - Extrapolating the widening participation agenda to the recruitment of underserved groups in medical research: Assessment, ethnicity, and language, Dr Talia Isaacs (UCL)