Past event
Â鶹ÒùÔº offers over £80,000 of awards and opportunities annually. This event will feature our first awards ceremony highlighting some of those winners and their work, as well as the achievements and successes of the academic research community.
We will also hear from the Â鶹ÒùÔº Committee Chairs who will update on the year of Â鶹ÒùÔº activities and finances.
This will be followed by our ‘In Conversation with…’ lecture. This year we are delighted that Professor Anna Vignoles, Director of the Leverhulme Trust, will be joining us.
This event is free for Â鶹ÒùÔº Members to attend.
The AGM agenda and papers can be found at the bottom of this page. Should you have any queries about these, please contact [email protected]
| 13:30 | Registration, tea and coffee |
| 14:00 |
AGM and year in review Vivienne Baumfield, Nick Johnson, Gerry Czerniawski, Sean Hayes, Diana Burton, Ros McLellan, Mhairi Beaton |
| 14:45 | Tea and coffee |
| 15:00 |
Awards ceremony Presented by Gerry Czerniawski (chair of Â鶹ÒùÔº Engagement Committee) and Vivienne Baumfield (Â鶹ÒùÔº President) A celebration of all the award winners 2022/2023. The following below will be formally announced on the day
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| 15:50 |
Â鶹ÒùÔº John Nisbet Fellowship Named in honour of our first President, this award recognises individuals who exemplify Â鶹ÒùÔº’s commitment to encouraging educational research and its application for the improvement of practice and public benefit. Presented by Vivienne Baumfield |
| 16:00 |
In Conversation with… Anna Vignoles: Improving the educational outcomes of poor students: a tale of contradictions Over the long term, the U.K. has markedly increased the education participation rate of students from poorer households. Lower income students are staying in education longer and achieving better outcomes. Yet there is more work still to be done to narrow the gap in outcomes between richer and poorer students, which remains stark. Many of the barriers to doing this, and indeed the solutions, are not obvious. Schools make far less difference to pupil outcomes than one might think, yet successive governments have focused very heavily on school reform as the potential solution. Accountability systems can very easily hurt the very students they are designed to protect. Additional resources don’t always produce better outcomes for all students. High tuition fees are not the biggest barrier facing poor students in terms of getting into university. Even when lower income students do get a university degree, it is not enough to level the playing field with their richer peers when it comes to labour market outcomes. The literature is full of such contrary findings but we do now understand far better how we might both improve achievement and narrow the socio economic gap in education outcomes. |
| 17:00 | Drinks reception |
| 18:00 | Close of event |
Director at The Leverhulme Trust
Anna was appointed Director of the Leverhulme Trust in 2021. She previously held professorships at the University of Cambridge and UCL Institute of Education and was a Research Fellow at the London School of Economics. Anna’s research has...
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...
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ÒùÔº’s networks,...
Professor of Education/Programme Leader Professional Doctorate in Education at University of East London
Gerry Czerniawski is Professor of Education at the University of East London, runs the Professional Doctorate in Education at UEL and is the founding editor of the university's journal 'Research in Teacher Education' (RiTE). In addition to his...
Education Consultant and Educational Researcher (Retired) at University of Durham
Sean Hayes is a retired local government manager who led Performance and Data teams in education departments in several London councils. He remains active as an educational researcher, is a school governor, a member of Reconnect London, a member...
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...
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...
Rachel C. Boyle is the Dean of Education at the Carnegie School of Education, Leeds Beckett University. She is the first woman of colour to be appointed as a Dean in the university’s history....
Every year Â鶹ÒùÔº recognises excellence by awarding our annual fellowships and awards to Â鶹ÒùÔº members who exemplify the very best in educational research. In addition we offer bursaries and grants...
The role of the Â鶹ÒùÔº Leadership Committee (formally General Purposes Committee (GPC)) is to: Ensure that in all of its activities Â鶹ÒùÔº works towards its three strategic objectives: to advance...
On November 8, 2023 Professor Anna Vignoles, the recipient of this year's John Nisbet Award, took part in a lively and stimulating conversation with Â鶹ÒùÔº President, Vivienne Baumfield. The full...
In Conversation with… Anna Vignoles: Improving the educational outcomes of poor students: a tale of contradictions Over the long term, the U.K. has markedly increased the education...
Â鶹ÒùÔº offers over £80,000 of awards and opportunities annually. This event will feature our first awards ceremony highlighting some of those winners and their work, as well as the achievements and...
The Â鶹ÒùÔº Educational Research Book of the Year award celebrates the publication of educational research and is awarded to a scholarly book on education deemed to be high quality, engaging and...
The Â鶹ÒùÔº Equality in Education Award recognizes an individual whose work has sought to address wider issues of inequality and discrimination in education. The nominee’s work will not only...
