IOE Professorial Public Lectures
Showcasing cutting-edge research and expertise at IOE.
Senior IOE academics present their world-leading research in education, and share how it is not only shaping their individual research fields, but also public debate, government policy and professional practice.
If you really want to dig into a topic, these lectures are for you.
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Coming upEach lecture is free and open to everyone - staff, students and members of the public.
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Watch previous lectures in the series
Schools, policy and inequality: Why teachers do what they do and what it means for children
With Professor Alice Bradbury.
Exploring the neurocognition of second language speaking and writing
With Professor Andrea Révész.
Things worth knowing: Participatory research with children on media cultures and play
With Professor John Potter.
Places, people and pageants: Writing and performing local histories
With Professor Mark Freeman.
More than a grade: The human side of assessment
With Professor Mary Richardson.
Healthy longevity in the 21st century: A cross-generational life course perspective
With Professor George Ploubidis.
Acquiring language in challenging circumstances
With Professor Chloë Marshall.
Arts, nature and wellbeing: Journeying towards sustainability for children and young people
With Professor Nicola Walshe.
Where external representations meet embodied experiences
With Professor Carol Rivas.
Teamwork in healthcare: A close-up view of the frontline
With Professor Jeff Bezemer.
Teachers and teaching: The politics of respect
With Professor Martin Mills.
Understanding the social and cultural bases of Brexit
With Professor Tak Wing Chan.
The PISA results are coming! But should the findings be trusted?
With Professor John Jerrim.
Inequalities in education and society: the home, the school and the power of reading
With Professor Alice Sullivan.
Identities, inequalities, education: sociology for social justice with youth in (and out) of school
With Professor Louise Archer.
Global learning and skills for global social change
With Professor Douglas Bourn.
Research on inequality: the long roots of childhood, informing policies, and generational change
With Professor Alissa Goodman.
Knowledge in education: Why philosophy matters
With Professor Jan Derry.
Responding to children in the 21st century: education, social pedagogy and belonging
With Professor Claire Cameron.
Defining further education: does it matter?
With Professor Martin Doel.
Higher education as self-formation
With Professor Simon Marginson.
The problem of education and development in sub-Saharan Africa
With Professor Moses Oketch.
