If you are active or interested in educational research and would like to participate in our research seminar sessions, as a speaker or as an attendee, please contact the Research Office for further information (0191 334 8403).

PAST SEMINARS

To get a sense of the events we hold in the School of Education, please find below a list of seminars we have previously hosted.

Wednesday 22 January 2020

Research Seminar: Reponsive Leadership 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Dr Livia Rossler, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 11 December 2019

Research Seminar: From ‘Dangerous Education’ to the LGBT Action Plan: LGBTQI+ Lives in Social and Educational Landscapes 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED130, Professor Yvette Taylor, University of Strathclyde , Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 4 December 2019

Research Seminar: Achieving research-informed practice at scale: the vital role of school leader 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Professor Chris Brown, Director of Research, School of Education, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Thursday 28 November 2019

Research Seminar: Higher education contributing to local, national, and global development: Going global or going local? 5:20pm to 5:20pm, ED134

Wednesday 27 November 2019

Research Seminar: The distribution and mobility of teachers in Sweden's marketised school system 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Dr Emil Bertilsson, , Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 20 November 2019

Research Seminar: Choice, voice and process: how writing should be taught in the 21st century 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Professor Dominic Wyse, Prof of Early Childhood & Primary Education, University College London (UCL), Institute of Education, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 6 November 2019

Research Seminar: Surfacing ‘Southern’ perspectives on international higher education: doctoral theses as alternative forms of knowledge 1:00pm to 2:00pm, NB. venue changed to ED130, Prof Catherine Montgomery, School of Education

Wednesday 30 October 2019

Research Seminar: Taking education to account? The limits of law in institutional practice 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Dr Mark Murphy, University of Glasgow , Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 23 October 2019

Research Seminar: Better to Light a Candle Than Curse The Darkness 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Dr Pauline Moger from the School of Education, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 16 October 2019

Research Seminar: Space for change: using the physical environment to support pedagogical innovation 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Dr Pamela Woolner, Newcastle University, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Friday 13 September 2019

Research Seminar: Asia as method and network governance in education 12:00pm to 1:30pm, ED130, Dr Philip Wing Keung Chan , Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 26 June 2019

Research Seminar: Enrichment courses for gifted primary school children 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Professor Jessika Golle, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Thursday 20 June 2019

Research Seminar: On the shaping of social norms (not only) related to education: Two case studies of mono-ethnic Roma communities in Eastern Europe 7:00pm to 9:00pm, Collingwood College, Penthouse A/B, Dr Tomas Zelinsky, Durham CONFOUND Senior Research Fellow , Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 19 June 2019

Research Seminar: Parental aspirations for children’s educational outcomes: The case of Eastern-European Roma 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Dr Tomas Zelinsky, Durham COFUND Senior Research Fellow, Durham University with Dr Nadia Siddiqui and Prof Stephen Gorard, School of Education, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 12 June 2019

Research Seminar: Monitoring Practical Science in Schools and Colleges: Key findings from a three-year study in England and Scotland 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Drs Helen Cramman, Vanessa Kind and Helen Gray, School of Education, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 5 June 2019

Research Seminar: Core Maths: Perceptions of its use and exchange value 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Dr Rachel Mathieson, School of Education, University of Leeds

Wednesday 29 May 2019

Research Seminar: Why developing better teacher selection methods is a ‘quick win’ to improve educational outcomes 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Professor Robert Klassen, Chair of the Psychology in education Research Centre, University of York, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 22 May 2019

Research Seminar: Dialogue in learning 1:00pm to 3:00pm, ED101, Speakers from the Universities of Exeter and Cambridge, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 15 May 2019

Research Seminar: Multi-stakeholder partnerships for education and development: a space between fields? 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Dr Moira Faul, Head of Research, Public-Private Partnerships Research Centre at Université de Genève, Contact edl.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 8 May 2019

Research Seminar: What does a comparative international perspective tell us about 'best practice' pedagogy? 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Professor Michele Schweisfurth, University of Glasgow, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 1 May 2019

Research Seminar: Should arts and music be taught in schools? Evaluation of the First Thing Music intervention for young children 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Lindsay Ibbotson, First Thing Music, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 20 March 2019

Research Seminar: Tackling Educational Inequality: Challenges and strategies for closing the gap 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Dr Feyisa Demie, Honorary Fellow at the School of Education, Durham University and Head of Research at Lambeth Local Authority, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 13 March 2019

Research Seminar: Ethnic disproportionality in the identification of Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Needs: A national longitudinal cohort age 5-11 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Professor Steve Strand, Fellow at St Cross College, University of Oxford, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 6 March 2019

Research Seminar: Studies of discourse in undergraduate biology 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Dr Andy Cavegnetto, Visiting Scholar in the School of Education, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Monday 4 March 2019

Research Seminar: Self-Policing or Self-Improving?: Analysing Peer Reviews Between Schools in England Through the Lens of Isomorphism 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Professor Toby Greany, Nottingham University, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 20 February 2019

Research Seminar: The London Effect - A Local Authority Reflection on its Origins and Sustainability 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Sean Hayes, London Borough of Hounslow, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 13 February 2019

Research Seminar: Transforming the Pedagogy of STEM Subjects (TPSS) in Ethiopia 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Dr Taha Rajab and Dr Vanessa Kind, School of Education, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 6 February 2019

Research Seminar: Achieving Your Research Ambitions: support from your dedicated team 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Rachel Pears from the School of Education Research & Innovation Services and Emma Bowen, Research Development Manager for Social Sciences Faculty, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 30 January 2019

Research Seminar: Learner Analytics 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Ed134, Professor Alexandra Cristea, , Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Thursday 13 December 2018

Research Seminar: Ethnic disproportionality in the identification of Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) Needs: A national longitudinal cohort age 4-11 until 2:00pm, ED134, Professor Steve Strand, fellow at St Cross College, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 12 December 2018

Research Seminar: No government policy in any affluent country has had an impact on basic skills in the last decade 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Professor Peter Tymms, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 28 November 2018

Research Seminar: Transforming Higher Education in the Post-Communist World 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Prof Josef Jarab, Palacký University, ‎Czech Republic , Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 21 November 2018

Research Seminar: British government policy engagement with the teaching and learning of Chinese language 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Dr Tinghe jin, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 7 November 2018

Research Seminar: Collaboration and Argumentation 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Dr Freydis Vogel, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 31 October 2018

Research Seminar: Transcultural Learning: Re-Visioning Relationships in Teaching and Learning in Adult and Higher Education 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Dr Karen Magro, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 17 October 2018

Research Seminar: No capital, but a good temper: Long-term impacts of poverty on rural Chinese Academics and their coping strategies 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Dr Cora Xu, Keele University, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 5 September 2018

CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS: Reseach Seminar: The impact of educational research on education in two different countries: the UK and Chile 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED215, Prof David Preiss, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile and Prof Peter Tymms, School of Education, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 13 June 2018

Research Seminar: REF Open Access Requirements Refresher 1:00pm to 2:00pm, CA117, Heather Ewington & Elena Carlaw, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 6 June 2018

Research Seminar: The Dyslexia Debate and why it matters 1:00pm to 2:00pm, CA 117, Professor Joe Elliott, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 23 May 2018

Research Seminar: Citizenship and Migration 1:00pm to 2:05pm, ED 134, Dr Halleli Pinson, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 9 May 2018

Research Seminar: The jigsaw of two linked data sets: Who is missing from the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (Next Steps) and National Pupil Database (NPD)? And implications for longitudinal studies 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Professor Stephen Gorard and Dr Nadia Siddiqui, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Sunday 6 May 2018

Research Seminar:Studies of discourse in undergraduate biology until 2:00pm, ED134, Dr Andy Cavagnetto, Visiting Fellow in the School of Education, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 2 May 2018

Research Seminar: From digital participation to digital rights: a new political agenda in the age of platforms, privacy and surveillance 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Prof. Ariadne Vromen, Professor of Political Sociology, University of Sydney, Australia, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 25 April 2018

Research Seminar: Is the so-called 'Simple View of Reading' (SVR) too simple? 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Dr Andrew Davis, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Education, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 21 March 2018

Research Seminar: Combining a developing dialogic pedagogy and digital tool use: investigating the potential of micro-blogging in creating a ‘dialogic space for learning’ 1:00pm to 2:00pm, School of Education ED 101, Dr Paul Warwick, Faculty of Education, Cambridge Univeristy, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 14 March 2018

Research Seminar: Educational Outcome of the Tribal Children in Odisha, India 1:00pm to 2:00pm, School of Education ED 134, Susama Hansdah, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 7 March 2018

Research Seminar: Monitoring Practical work in Science in Schools and Colleges: Emerging outcomes from a national survey 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Dr Vanessa Kind, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 28 February 2018

POSTPONED : Research Seminar: The Limits of Psychological Treatments for ADHD 5:00pm to 6:00pm, Department of Psychoogy, Room L50, Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke, Kings College London, Contact cdd@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 21 February 2018

Research Seminar: In the name of mastery: interpretation of the meaning of 'mastery' in Mathematics 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Dr Linda Y Wang, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 14 February 2018

Research Seminar: Evidence in Education: challenges, lessons learnt and opportunities 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Mr Thomas Martell, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 7 February 2018

Research Seminar: The First Year at School in Brazil: Data Quality, Pupil Progress and Segregation 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Dr Tiago Bartholo and Dr Mariane Koslinski, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 31 January 2018

Research Seminar: Subgroup Analysis of Free School Meal Pupils in Educational Trials 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Dr ZhiMin Xiao and Prof Steve Higgins, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 24 January 2018

Research Seminar: Alternative explanations for the teacher supply ‘crisis’. What can be done? 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Dr Beng Huat See, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 17 January 2018

Research Seminar: The long-term impact of effective teaching 1:00pm to 2:00pm, School of Education, ED 134, Professor Peter Tymms, Katharine Bailey, Director of Applied Research, CEM, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 13 December 2017

Research Seminar: Interdisciplinary challenges to knowing and understanding the limits of cognitive malleability 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Dr Damian P. Birney, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 6 December 2017

Research Seminar: Who counts as a widening participation student? 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Prof. Stephen Gorard and Dr. Nadia Siddiqui, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 29 November 2017

Research Seminar: Participatory Methods and Disability 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Professor Jon Prosser, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 22 November 2017

Research Seminar: Introduction to the Reseach and Evaluation Team and out work 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Dr Helen Cramman and members of the team, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 15 November 2017

Research Seminar: Teaching undergraduate students as researchers and the relationship to powerful knowledge 1:00pm to 2:00pm, School of Education ED 134, Professor Tony Harland, Otago University, New Zealand, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 8 November 2017

Research Seminar: What can we learn from RCTs in education? A meta-analysis of the RCTs commissioned by the EEF and the IES 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Professor Hughes Lortes-Forgues, York University, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 1 November 2017

Research Seminar: Emotion, Music and Personality 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ESD 134, Professor Marcel Zentner, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 25 October 2017

Research Seminar: Positive Psychology in the Educational context: A focus on emotions 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Dr Stephanie Lichtenfeld, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 18 October 2017

Research Seminar: Out of Our Minds: Hacker, Heidegger and Wittgenstein contra Neuroscience 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED 134, Dr Emma Williams, Centre for Education Studies, University of Warwick, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Monday 25 September 2017

2:50pm to 2:50pm

Wednesday 21 June 2017

Research Seminar: Experiences of migrant young people in Scotland - lessons for education practitioners and managers 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Dr Marta Moskal, Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 14 June 2017

Research Seminar: Feedforward: Higher Education Teachers’ Practices and Conceptualisations of An Emerging Concept 1:00pm, ED134, Dr Nicola Reimann (School of Education), Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 7 June 2017

Research Seminar: Evidence-based analysis as a stepping stone to evidence-based policy 1:00pm, ED134, Dr ZhiMin Xiao (University of Durham), Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 31 May 2017

Research Seminar: International Mindedness 1:00pm, ED134, Karen Taylor (Director for Learning and Teaching at the International School of Geneva), Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 17 May 2017

Research Seminar: More than Just a Teaching Fellow: The Effect of the Research Excellence Framework on Teaching-Focused Academics 1:00pm, ED134, Anne Tierney (Edinburgh Napier University), Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 10 May 2017

Research Seminar: Practice, Sensibility and Moral Education 1:00pm, ED134, Professor David Bakhurst (Queen's University, Ontario), Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 3 May 2017

Research Seminar: Education, Conversation and New Learning Technologies 1:00pm, ED134, Professor David Bakhurst (Queen's University, Ontario), Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 26 April 2017

Research Seminar: Free Schools in England: choice, admissions and social segregation 1:00pm, ED134, Dr Rebecca Morris (School of Education), Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 15 March 2017

Distinguished Speaker Series: DfE Evidence Priorities 12:00pm, ED134, Vicky Petrie (Department for Education), Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 1 March 2017

Research Seminar: Uncovering Policy Legacy: An Ethnographic Account of a Secondary School’s Commitment to Creativity 1:00pm, ED134, Pauline Moger and Professor Carl Bagley (School of Education), Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 22 February 2017

Research Seminar: The Effect Size Fallacy 1:00pm, ED134, Professor Adrian Simpson (School of Education), Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 15 February 2017

Research Seminar: Child well-being and schools 1:00pm, ED134, Professor Jonathan Bradshaw (University of York), Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 8 February 2017

Research Seminar: The Virtues and Vices of Virtue Epistemology 1:00pm, ED134, Dr Richard Smith (School of Education), Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 25 January 2017

Research Seminar: The Gilded Thistle: Imagined Capitalised National Identities in Scotland’s ‘Curriculum for Excellence’ 1:00pm, ED134, Dr Karen Lowing (School of Education), Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 18 January 2017

Research Seminar: Machiavelli, Macbeth and the School Leader 1:00pm, ED134, Dr Sophie Ward (School of Education), Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk

Wednesday 7 December 2016

Research Seminar: The Future of Learning 1:00pm, ED134, Professor Sugata Mitra (Newcastle University), Contact ed.finres@durham.ac.uk