Past event
This event will mark the culmination of Â鶹ÒùÔº’s 50th anniversary celebrations alongside our more formal AGM. We will finish with a drinks reception, canapés and the ceremonial cutting of a birthday cake.
Beginning the day will be a presentation of emerging findings from our ongoing expert panel on educational research funding.
During the afternoon, we will hear from the Â鶹ÒùÔº Committee Chairs who will update on the year of Â鶹ÒùÔº activities and finances. The AGM agenda, full committee reports, and papers can be downloaded from the bottom of this page. Any queries are to be sent to [email protected]
The minutes from the event can also be found below.Â
This event will feature our awards ceremony highlighting some of those winners and their work, as well as the achievements and successes of the academic research community. Â鶹ÒùÔº offers over £80,000 of awards and opportunities annually and this occasion presents an opportunity to celebrate the recipients.Â
This will be followed by our ‘In Conversation with…’ lecture. This year we are delighted that Professor Lani Florian, Bell Chair of Education Emerita at the University of Edinburgh, will be joining us.
Finally, we will host a panel of those who have contributed to Â鶹ÒùÔº’s success over the years to reflect on their memories of and reflections on Â鶹ÒùÔº over its first 50 years.
This event is freeÌý´Ú´Ç°ùÌýÂ鶹ÒùÔº Members to attend.
Draft programme
| 13:00 | Registration, tea and coffee |
| 13:30 | Welcome and Introductions Nick Johnson |
| 13:35 |
Expert Panel on Educational Research Funding Members of the expert panel established by Â鶹ÒùÔº to investigate the situation regarding funding for educational research in the UK will present the emerging findings from their work |
| 14:20 | AGM and year in review Marlon Moncrieffe, Diana Burton, Nick Johnson, Ros McLellan, Mhairi Beaton |
| 15:00 | Tea and coffee |
| 15:30 |
Awards ceremony Â鶹ÒùÔº Conference 2024 Awards |
| 16:30 | John Nisbet Award and In Conversation with… Professor Lani Florian Mhairi Beaton |
| 17:15 | Â鶹ÒùÔº at 50 – memories across the decades Marlon Moncrieffe, Sara Delamont, Ian Menter, Pat Sikes, Dominic Wyse |
| 18:00 | Drinks and canapes reception (and birthday cake!) |
| 19:00 | Close of event |
Bell Chair of Education Emerita at University of Edinburgh
Professor Lani Florian is Bell Chair of Education Emerita at the University of Edinburgh. She is best known for her research on inclusive pedagogy and teacher education for inclusive education. Over the years, she has worked with UNICEF, the...
Emeritus Professor of Sociology of Education at Cardiff University
David James is Professor of Sociology of Education in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. He is editor of the British Journal of Sociology of Education and chair the UK REF 2021 (Research Excellence Framework) subpanel for...
Professor of Literacy at UCL Institute of Education
Gemma Moss is Professor of Literacy at UCL Institute of Education. She is Director of the ESRC Education Research Programme (2021–26). The programme is exploring new ways of working in partnership across the boundaries between education...
Anthony Tomei was CEO of the Nuffield Foundation from 1995 to 2012. With a background in physics teaching he led the Foundation’s work in science and mathematics education, which included large-scale curriculum projects as well as many...
Professor of Educational Assessment at Oxford University
Jo-Anne Baird is Director of the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment. She has been Head of the Department of Education at Oxford, Standing Adviser to the House of Commons Education Select Committee, a member of Ofqual’s Standing...
Emeritus Professor at University of Oxford
Ian is former President of Â鶹ÒùÔº, 2013-2015. At OUDE he was Director of Professional Programmes and led the development of the Oxford Education Deanery. Before moving to Oxford, Ian was Professor of Teacher Education at the University of Glasgow....
Reader at Cardiff University
Sara Delamont was born near Southampton in 1947. She read Social Anthropology at Girton Colleges Cambridge, and did a PhD in Education at Edinburgh. The thesis was an ethnography of ‘St Luke’s’, an elite girls’ school. She lectured in...
Professor of Qualitative Inquiry in the School of Education at University of Sheffield
Pat Sikes is Professor of Qualitative Inquiry in the School of Education at the University of Sheffield. Pat began her research career in 1978 at the University of East Anglia as a research assistant on Lawrence Stenhouse’s Nuffield/Gulbenkian...
Professor of Early Childhood & Primary Education at University College London (UCL) Institute of Education (IOE)
Dominic has made a leading contribution to study of curriculum and pedagogy, including national curricula, for more than 25 years. Dominic’s main research is on effective teaching of reading and writing. His influential theory The 'Double Helix...
Â鶹ÒùÔº President 2024-2026 at British Educational Research Association
Marlon Lee Moncrieffe (Â鶹ÒùÔº President 2024-2026) is a former primary school leader and university research and knowledge exchange leader. As an educational researcher, he has worked extensively across the globe on multiple large-scale UKRI AHRC...
Associate Professor at University of Cambridge
Ros McLellan taught psychology and mathematics in the secondary schooling sector for a number of years before joining the Faculty. Her background is in psychology and she is a graduate member of the British Psychology Society. She has always been...
Professor at Leeds Beckett University
Originally from the north-west Highlands of Scotland, Mhairi is Professor at the Carnegie School of Education at Leeds Beckett University. Prior to taking up her appointment at the Carnegie School of Education, Mhairi worked at the University of...
Chief Executive at British Educational Research Association
Nick has been the Chief Executive Officer at Â鶹ÒùÔº since April 2012, leading the organisation through a decade of growth, renewal and increasing influence. He has overseen a substantial increase in membership and the growth of Â鶹ÒùԺ’s networks,...
Professor Emerita at University of Exeter
Vivienne Baumfield is Professor of Professional Learning in the Graduate School of Education and co-leader of the Centre for Research in Professional Learning. She is interested in the interaction of research, policy and practice when...
Since 2014 Â鶹ÒùÔº has awarded the John Nisbet Fellowship to one or more people who are deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to educational research over their career. Named in honour of...
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