Research Seminars
Wednesday 20 January 2021
Research Seminar: Ethical Freshers: some unexpected consequences of Covid-19 and the 2020 A-Level fiasco
This will be a virtual seminar using Zoom. Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk for details about how to take part.
Hosted by the Higher and Further Education Thematic Research & Scholarship cluster
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Wednesday 27 January 2021
Research Seminar: Teachers' Emotional Experiences, Power, and Interpretation in the Context of Education Reform
This will be a virtual seminar usng Zoom. Contact ed.resarch@durham.ac.uk for details about how to take part.
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Wednesday 10 February 2021
Research Seminar: Using Personal Networks to Understand Teacher and School Capacity to Use Research: Findings from a National Study of U.S. Schools
This will be a virtual seminar usng Zoom. Contact ed.resarch@durham.ac.uk for details about how to take part.
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Wednesday 24 February 2021
Research Seminar: Gendered catchment areas for higher education choice in Haryana, India
This will be a Zoom seminar. Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk for details about how to attend.
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Wednesday 3 March 2021
Research Seminar: Facilitating collaborative reflective inquiry amongst teachers: what do we currently know paper?
This will be a Zoom Seminar presented by Professor Chris Brown, Director of Research at the School of Education, Durham University.
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Wednesday 10 March 2021
Research Seminar: Understanding teacher mobility in context of rationalisation policy in Pakistan
This will be a virtual seminar using Zoom. Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk for details about how to take part.
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Wednesday 17 March 2021
Research Seminar: Mobile lives 'in-between: Rethinking Privilege and Social Mobility in Middle-Class Migration
This will be a virtual seminar using Zoom. Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk for details about how to take part.
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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 13 January 2021
- Research Seminar: The impact of providing mental health support for pupils in school: evidence from Place2Be's school-based service 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Zoom seminar, Sarah Golden, Head of Research and Evaluation, Place2Be, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Wednesday 9 December 2020
- Research Seminar: Assessment Paradigms 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Teams seminar, Professor Jo-Anne Baird, Director of the Department of Education, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Wednesday 2 December 2020
- Research Seminar: No Place for Ambition 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Zoom meeting, Dr J Rose, University of Bristol , Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Thursday 19 November 2020
- Research Seminar: Student Learning and Wellbeing during the Pandemic: Evidence from the SERU COVID-19 Survey in the United States 5:00pm to 6:00pm, Zoom meeting, Dr Igor Chirikov, Dr Krista M. Soria, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Wednesday 18 November 2020
- Research Seminar: Using social network analysis to inform research utilization in education 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Zoom seminar, Stephen MacGregor, Doctoral candidate, Queens University, Ontario, Canada, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Wednesday 11 November 2020
- Research Seminar: The Making of Doctoral Supervisors: An International Comparative Study 3:00pm to 4:00pm, Zoom seminar, Stan Taylor, Honorary Professor of the School of Education, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Wednesday 4 November 2020
- Research Seminar: Cognitive and attitudinal constituents of educational research literacy 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Zoom seminar, Dr. Jana Groß Ophoff, Tübingen University, Germany , Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Wednesday 28 October 2020
- Research Seminar: The doctorate as experience in Europe and beyond 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Zoom seminar, Professors Prue Holmes and Mike Byram, School of Education, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Wednesday 14 October 2020
- Research Seminar: School-to-school collaboration that promotes sustainable, equitable and inclusive practices 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Zoom seminar, Dr Paul Armstrong, Lecturer in Education and Programme Director - MA Leadership and Management, Manchester University, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Tuesday 13 October 2020
- Towards achieving inclusive, equitable quality education and accountability in developing environments: Lessons from international and regional large-scale assessment studies in Africa 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Zoom seminar, Dr Sarah Howie, Stellenbosch University in South Africa, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Tuesday 23 June 2020
- Research Seminar: Covid-19 and the undermining of the freedom to teach at university 2:00pm to 3:00pm, Zoom virtual seminar, Professor Bruce Macfarlane, Bristol University, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
- Teacher Professionalism in the Time of the Pandemic 4:00pm to 5:00pm, Zoom meeting, Andreas Schleicher, Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills at the OECD, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Wednesday 17 June 2020
- Research Seminar: Critical Thinking and the Ends of Education 3:00pm to 4:00pm, Professor David Bakhurst from Queens University, Ontario, Canada, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Wednesday 10 June 2020
- Research Seminar: Understanding Headteacher’s Instructional Leadership: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis in China 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Dr Qian Zhao,School of Education Visitng Scholar, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Wednesday 27 May 2020
- Research Seminar: Trust and Relationship - Essential Elements to Enabling School Leaders to Cope in Complexity 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Robyn Whittaker from Symphonia for South Africa, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Tuesday 19 May 2020
- Research Seminar: Are teachers’ relational skills a key leverage for their effectiveness? Results from a large scale RCT 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Dr Gianluca Argenin, University of Milan Bicocca, Milan, Italy, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Wednesday 13 May 2020
- Research Seminar: From lesson study to self sustaining system improvement 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Dr Peter Dudley, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, Contact ed.research@duhram.ac.uk
Wednesday 6 May 2020
- Research Seminar: Professional Learning Network processes and the link to student outcomes: a conceptual model of impact and research opportunities 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Dr Cindy Poortman, University of Twente, Netherlands, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Wednesday 18 March 2020
- CANCELLED RESEARCH SEMINAR: Ethnography is not qualitative 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Prof Geoffrey Walford, Oxford University, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Tuesday 17 March 2020
- CANCELLED RESEARCH SEMINAR: From lesson study to self sustaining system improvement 12:30pm to 1:30pm, ED134, Dr Peter Dudley, lecture at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Wednesday 4 March 2020
- 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, Toby Greany, Professor of Education and Convener of the Centre for Research in Education Leadership and Management (CRELM) at Nottingham University, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Wednesday 26 February 2020
- Research Seminar: Educational Values, Narratives and Outcomes: Alignments and Disjunctures in Bhutan 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Dr Matthew Schuekla, University of Birmingham, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Monday 24 February 2020
- Research Seminar: Gendered catchment areas for higher education choice in Haryana, India 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Virtual seminar (tbc), Drs Emily Henderson and Nidhi S. Sabharwal, Warwick University and Anjali Thomas, Doctoral candidate, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
- Research Seminar: Gendered catchment areas for higher education choice in Haryana, India 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Dr Emily Henderson and Anjali Thomas from Warwick University and Dr Nidhi S. Sabharwal from the Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education, National Institute for Educational Administration and Planning, India, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Monday 17 February 2020
- Research Seminar: From lessons study to self sustaining system improvement 12:00pm to 1:00pm, ED134, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Wednesday 12 February 2020
- Research Seminar: Reflections on education and research over five decades: The good, the bad and the ugly 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, David Galloway, Emeritus Professor at the School of Education, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Wednesday 5 February 2020
- Research Seminar: Misconceptions in Primary Science 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Dr Michael Allen, Kingston University, London, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Wednesday 29 January 2020
- Research Seminar: Exam Standards: Myths, Challenges, Confusions and Conundrums 1:00pm to 2:00pm, ED134, Professor Paul Newton, Ofqual, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
Monday 27 January 2020
- Research Seminar: Teachers' Emotional Experiences, Power, and Interpretation in the Context of Education Reform 1:00pm to 2:00pm, Zoom seminar, Dr Kwok Kuen Tsang, Contact ed.research@durham.ac.uk
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
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