Events

photo (c) John Cairns
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Like chalk boards and cheese? Close-reading and educational research
Dr Sarah Olive
Thursday 5 February 2026
12:50 - 13:55
Seminar Room A or Teams
Public
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Educating the teacher educators – who, what, how and why
Dr Ann Childs (Department of Education, University of Oxford), Stuart Farmer (Institute of Physics), Professor Trevor Mutton (University of Oxford)
Thursday 5 February 2026
16:00 - 17:30
Seminar Room A
Public
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How ‘tertiary’ is English post-secondary education?
Dr Gavin Moodie (SKOPE Honorary Research Fellow)
Thursday 5 February 2026
16:15 - 17:45
Seminar Room G/H or Teams
Public
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Spotlight on LGBTQ+ Research
Friday 6 February 2026
9:30 - 16:30
Seminar Room G/H
Public
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The causal effect of education on political preferences: evidence from the UK’s higher education expansion
Professor Matt Dickson (University of Bath)
Monday 9 February 2026
12:45 - 14:00
Seminar Room C (note change from usual room) and online
Public
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Public Seminar: What do research funders actually do? And how could they do it better?
Stian Westlake
Monday 9 February 2026
17:00 - 18:30
Seminar Room A and MS Teams
Public
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Academia Without Purpose: Or, why the right is angry at universities and why fifty years of changes have made it hard for universities to respond effectively
Craig Calhoun (Arizona State University)
Tuesday 10 February 2026
14:00 - 15:00
Seminar Room A (Department of Education) and MS Teams
Public
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Risk Factors for Poor Reading: Beyond Phonological Deficits
Professor Margaret Snowling (University of Oxford)
Tuesday 10 February 2026
17:00 - 18:30
Seminar Room A
Public
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Event
Title TBC
Shelby Knighten
Thursday 12 February 2026
12:50 - 13:55
Seminar Room A or Teams
Public
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From a patchwork to a panorama? Tertiary education in Wales 1997 to 2026
Professor Huw Morris (Institute of Education)
Thursday 12 February 2026
16:15 - 17:45
Seminar Room G/H or Teams
Public
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Event
Webinar: Understanding and resisting the fossil fuel industry in the science and geography curriculum
Travis Fuchs, Anne Keary, Alexis McGivern, Clarissa Salmon
Thursday 12 February 2026
16:15 - 17:30
Online
Public
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Do Reasons for Outperforming Others Differ in Degree or Kind? A Person-Centred Analysis
Dr Gregory Arief Liem (National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Monday 16 February 2026
12:45 - 14:00
Seminar Room D (and online)
Public
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