IOE120: From training college to global institution - the new IOE history
This IOE120 Conversation focuses on IOE’s foundation and the expertise of our Department of Education, Practice and Society.
IOE120: From training college to global institution - the new IOE history
09 May 2022, 16:00 – 19:30
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This hybrid event looks at how IOE’s work has been shaped by its foundation disciplines, the significance of the 1902 Education Act on its early development, its contribution to educational studies past and present, and the importance of its students in its development.
This event formally launches the new edition of IOE’s history book, originally produced by the late Richard Aldrich for its centenary in 2002, and now taken to the present day by Professor Tom Woodin. The event begins with a seminar where Professor Woodin introduces the new edition and discusses the changes that IOE has gone through in its long history, leading to its role in the present day. IOE’s contribution to educational studies and the importance of its students to its development is also be examined.
About the Department of Education, Practice and Society
The Department of Education, Practice and Society (EPS) comprises scholars who focus on education in its broadest sense and include those in history; philosophy; sociology; higher education studies; international development; and post-14 education and training. They contribute actively to social, economic and political debates on education through the life course, both nationally and internationally.
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Head of the Department of Education, Practice and Society
UCL Institute of Education
Brad K. Blitz is a Professor of International Politics and Policy. He was previously the Director of the British Academy/DFID Programme, Tackling Slavery, Human Trafficking and Child Labour in Modern Business. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Global Migration Centre in the Graduate Institute.
Dr Georgina Brewis is Co-Programme Leader for the interdisciplinary BA Education Studies at IOE. She is a historian of student culture, higher education, voluntary action and humanitarianism in Britain and the wider world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In 2018 she updated UCL’s institutional history, The World of UCL, and in the lead up to UCL’s bicentenary in 2026 she is directing Generation UCL, a research and engagement project exploring 200 years of student life in London.
Gary McCulloch is the founding director of the International Centre for Historical research in Education at . He is a past president of the British Educational Research Association (2017-2019) and is the Editor of the British Journal of Educational Studies. He is a past president of the UK History of Education Society (2005-2007) and a previous Editor of the international journal History of Education.
Professor Wendy Robinson
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education)
Lancaster University
Professor Wendy Robinson joined Lancaster University from the University of Exeter where she was PVC and Executive Dean of the College of Social Sciences and International Studies. She joined Exeter in 2006 as a Professor of Education and held positions including Head of the Graduate School of Education, Associate Dean (Education) for the College of Social Sciences and International Studies and University Academic Dean for Students.
Li Wei is Director and Dean of IOE, where he also holds the Chair of Applied Linguistics. His research covers many aspects of bilingualism and multilingualism, including language acquisition in childhood, education policy and practice regarding bilingual and multilingual learners of minoritized and transnational backgrounds, and the cognitive benefits of language learning. He is editor of the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism and the Applied Linguistics Review.
Tom Woodin is the co-author of the 'UCL Institute of Education: From Training College to Global Institution' (UCL Press 2021). At IOE, he is a programme leader of the MPhil/PhD. His research interests are on the history of learning and learners, compulsory education, working class culture and co-operation and mutuality.