This years Annual research conference, hosted by the Institute of Education, invites you to explore how education can create a sense of hope in how it can support the development of agency, resilience, wellbeing and collective action.
The conference will feature a series of talks which discuss education primarily in relation to the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, Quality Education, alongside other SDGs.
Agenda
| Time | Talk | Speaker | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 am | Arrival and registration | The Dukes Building (DB)- DB1005 | |
| 9:15 am | Keynote presentation | Dr Sue Roffey | DB1005 |
| 10:00 am | Workshop | Dr Sue Roffey | DB1005 |
| 11:15 am | Break | DB1005 | |
| 11:30 am | Parallel sessions 1 | See below | Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (EGA) building - see below |
| 12:25 pm | Introduction to photo exhibition | EGA G012 | |
| 1:00 pm | Lunch - Poster presentation, Photo exhibition and research activity, book rescue | EGA Atrium | |
| 1:50 pm | Parallel sessions 2 | See below | See below |
| 3:15 pm | Reflective plenary | Elena Lengthorn | DB1002 |
| 4:15 pm | Close and thanks | DB1002 |
Parallel sessions 1
| EGA 1007 Chair: Carla Solvason | EGA 1008 Chair: Dan Whittaker | EGA 1009 Chair: Angela Hodgkins |
|---|---|---|
| Relational Recovery Leadership: Rethinking Community Responses to Collective Trauma Speaker: Rich Holmes | Social Contracts in Schools: Power, Peers, and Pathways to Quality Education Speakers: Isobel Dawes, Alison Kington, Ben Looker | Present, Compliant, and Struggling: Rethinking Student Wellbeing in High-Stakes Educational Contexts Speaker: Nicola Sears |
| The Power of Positive Regard Speaker: Carla Solvason | Exploring in-place Tourettic expression and experience: a pilot study Speaker: Dan Whittaker | Education as a Pathway for Hope: A provocation on the Challenges of Cultivating Hope in Secondary Education (Ages 11-18) in England Speaker: Nancy Abuchi Ajikere |
| Masters of Uncertainty: Coaching safeguarding leaders ambiguity and complexity Speaker: Stuart Gallagher | Teaching Art and Crafts and its Impact on Cognitive Skills in Preschool Children Speaker: Syeda Kainat Jillani | Education as an act of hope: compassion, sanctuary, and the power of human connection Speakers: Angela Hodgkins & Alison Prowle |
Parallel sessions 2
| EGA 1007 Chair: Jo Smith | EGA 1008 Chair: Maddy Findon | EGA 1010 Chair: Elly Lengthorn |
|---|---|---|
| University Readiness: A creative, rhizomatic, narrative inquiry exploring multiple perceptions of transitions to Higher Education Speaker: Jo Smith | Understanding how teachers be more effectively prepared to support neurodiverse children with sensory processing differences in mainstream settings Speaker: Alison Double | What Lies Beneath Academic Judgement: Uncovering the Mechanisms Shaping Expectations in Post‑92 Universities Speaker: Raquel Labella Jara |
| Contested and Neglected Stories of Art: An appreciative study of teachers’ perceptions of culturally responsive primary art Speaker: Kaytie Holdstock | Safeguarding in Education: Micro-Processes of Sharing Responsibility Speakers: Nicola Webster & Stuart Gallagher | What is a Primary Geographer? Hopeful messages from a Master's dissertation Speaker: Jacqueline Hine |
| An exploration of teachers’ knowledge, confidence and readiness for teaching foundational digital accessibility awareness in schools Speaker: Helen Wilson | Playful Communities: Universally Co-Designed Playful Spaces. reimagining Public Spaces and places with Children and Communities Speaker: Michelle Malomo | Teaching Hope in Contexts of Difference: A Comparative Study of Secondary Education in Nigeria and the United Kingdom Speaker: Abdulrahman Ibrahim |
