CSAT Seminar

Activity, discourse and identity in widening participation

Speaker: Professor Julian Williams from the School of Education, Manchester University

5.30pm, Room 524, School of Education, Edgbaston

For further information, contact Joan Lloyd: j.v.lloyd@bham.ac.uk

Thursday 4th May

CRMDE and the West Midlands Deanery

The Birmingham Conference
(Postgraduate medical and dental education)

Speaker: Professors Jane Dacre, Ruth Chambers and Peter Spurgeon

There will also be parallel workshops and short communications.

8.30am - 4.30pm, at the Professional Development Centre, Birmingham Medical School, University of Birmingham

To register, contact Lorraine Hunt in the Deanery on 0121 414 6958 or email: lorraine.hunt@wndeanery.org

Informal information may also be obtained from CRMDE.

Monday 15th May

DOMUS Seminar Programme

Connecting Histories

Speaker: Siân Roberts and Project Team (City of Birmingham) and Ian Grosvenor (University of Birmingham)

5.30pm, Room 524, School of Education, Edgbaston

For further information, contact Ruth Watts: r.e.watts@bham.ac.uk or Ian Grosvenor: i.d.grosvenor@bham.ac.uk

Wednesday 17th May

DISN Reserach Seminar

Disability, Art and Identity: empowering self expression

Speaker: Dr Margaret Taylor, Hereward College, Coventry

5.30pm, Room 224, School of Education, Edgbaston

For further information, contact Lin Walsh: l.j.walsh@bham.ac.uk

Wednesday 24th May

Celebrating 60 years of excellence in education

The R Priestly Lecture: Beyond Turnaround Leadership

Speaker: Michael Fullan

4pm, School of Education, Edgbaston

There will be refreshments, exhibition and displays in the Foyer and marquee followed by Roundtables for discussions about developments in Research and Teaching. This will be followed by the Michael Fullan lecture, 'Beyond Turnaround Leadership', which will be in the Vaughn Jeffrey lecture theatre

Entry is by ticket only.

For Registration form, please contact:

Caroline Baxter
Tel: 0121 414 4831
Fax: 0121 414 7444
Email: c.a.p.baxter@bham.ac.uk

Monday 12th May

DOMUS Seminar Programme

DOMUS Research Students' Roundtable

5.30pm, Room M35, School of Education, Edgbaston

For further information, contact Ruth Watts: r.e.watts@bham.ac.uk or Ian Grosvenor: i.d.grosvenor@bham.ac.uk

Saturday 1st July

Research Student Conference 2006
By Students for Students

Researching Education: Different ways of Knowing and Doing

Keynote Speaker: Professor Richard Pring, Lead Director of the Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and training for England and Wales (Oxford University)

10am - 4pm, (Registration at 9.30am)

A small fee of £10.00 is requested

For further information, contact Denise Lees: d.p.lees@bham.ac.uk

Thursday 28th September

DOMUS Seminar Programme

Education, Medicine and the Health Care in Birmingham since 1850

Joint half day seminar with the Centre for the History of Medicine

2pm - 6pm, Room 423 B, School of Education, Edgbaston

Wednesday 11th October

Educational Review Guest Lecture

Reclaiming Philosophy for Educational Research

Speaker: Professor Richard Pring, Lead Director of the Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and training for England and Wales

5pm, Conference Room, School of Education, Edgbaston

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For further information, contact Saira Bejai: s.v.bejai@bham.ac.uk

Monday 16th October

DOMUS Seminar Programme

Connecting Histories, Cultural Diversity and On-Line Learning

Connecting Histories Project Team, Birmingham

5pm - 6.30pm, Room 423 B, School of Education, Edgbaston

For further information, please contact Ruth Watts: r.e.watts@bham.ac.uk

Monday 17th October

CSAT Seminar Programme

Introducing activity theory  - Jane Leadbetter and Paul Warmington

Conceptual tools, language tools and subject identity in activity - Gill Boag-Monroe

5.30pm - 7pm, Room TBC, School of Education, Edgbaston

For further information, please contact Paul Warmington: p.c.warmington@bham.ac.uk

Wednesday 18th October

Research in Progress Seminar (RIPS) for DISN 2006-07

The experiences of disabled pupils and their families (DRC funded projects)

Presenters: Ann Lewis, Christopher Robertson and Sarah Parsons

12.30pm - 1.30pm, Room 224, School of Education, Edgbaston

Please note- this is an informal seminar - no Powerpoint or OHPs! Do bring lunch, coffee and ideas.

For further information, please contact Ann Lewis: a.lewis@bham.ac.uk

Thursday 19th October

The Dean of Arts and Social Sciences requests the pleasure of your Company at an Inaugural Lecture:

Whose Knowledge? Gender, Education, Science and History

Presenter: Professor Ruth Watts

5.15pm, Lecture Theatre G33, Education and afterwards for a Reception in the Conference Room G39

Or email: s.a.jenkins@bham.ac.uk
Or telephone: 0121 414 7452

Or by post to:
Sarah Jenkins
Deans’ Office WG7
Aston Webb Building
The University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT

Thursday 26th October

Disability, Art and Identity: empowering self expression

Dr Margaret Taylor, Hereward College, Coventry

5.30pm, Room 422, School of Education, Edgbaston

For further information, please contact Ann Lewis: a.lewis@bham.ac.uk

Tuesday 7th November

Languages, Discourses & Society Research Group Seminars

Language testing, Critical Discourse Analysis and governmentality

Tommaso Milano (Centre for Research on Bilingualism, Stockholm University)

4pm - 5.30pm, Room 524, School of Education, Edgbaston

Monday 13th November

Languages, Discourses & Society Research Group Seminars

Multilingual language practices and discourses on identity in a bilingual German/Italian school project

Gabriele Budach (University of Frankfurt)

4pm - 5.30pm, Room 524, School of Education, Edgbaston

Monday 20th November

DOMUS Seminar Programme

Archives at the Institute of Education

Natalie Zara (Archivist, Institute of Education)

5pm - 6.30pm, Room 423 B, School of Education, Edgbaston

Wednesday 22nd November

Research in Progress Seminar (RIPS) for DISN 2006-07

Devising an inclusive ethical research strategy

Presenter: Chris Corcoran

12.30pm - 1.30pm, Room 224, School of Education, Edgbaston

Please note- this is an informal seminar - no Powerpoint or OHPs! Do bring lunch, coffee and ideas.

For further information, please contact Ann Lewis: a.lewis@bham.ac.uk

Monday 4th December

DOMUS Seminar Programme

Anna Seward's education

Marion Roberts

5pm - 6.30pm, Room 423 B, School of Education, Edgbaston

Wednesday 6th December

Open Seminar

Language & Communication in the Cultural Historical Tradition

Dr Peter Jones, Communication Studies Sheffield Hallam University

5.30pm, Room G3, School of Education, Edgbaston

For further information, please contact Joan Lloyd: j.v.lloyd@bham.ac.uk

Thursday 7th December

Languages, Discourses & Society Research Group Seminars

Proofs of identity: some social and political functions of language tests

Tim McNamara (Department of Linguistics & Applied Linguistics, University of Melbourne)

4pm - 5.30pm, Room 524, School of Education, Edgbaston

Wednesday 13th December

Research in Progress Seminar (RIPS) for DISN 2006-07

Sharing books with yourng del children

Presenter: Linda Watson

12.30pm - 1.30pm, Room 224, School of Education, Edgbaston

Please note- this is an informal seminar - no Powerpoint or OHPs! Do bring lunch, coffee and ideas.

For further information, please contact Dee Fellows: d.r.fellows@bham.ac.uk