Events - Department of Education

We hold lots of events for academics, people who work in the field of education and for members of the public. Our flagship events series is the Public Seminar Series and you can also find a full list of all of our events on this page.

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Building Evidence, Collaboration and Best-Practice in Early Childhood Education and Care: An Australian Perspective

Professor Tricia Eadie (REEaCh Centre, Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne)

Thursday 4 September 2025

14:00 - 15:00

Seminar Room K/L, Bruner Building and MS Teams

Public

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The Global Evolution of Higher Education Accountability: A Social Network Analysis of the Scholarly Literature

Joshua Brown (Johns Hopkins University), Anthony Lising Antonio (Stanford University), Thomas Cowhitt (University of Glasgow), Shinui Kim (Johns Hopkins University)

Tuesday 9 September 2025

14:00 - 15:00

Teams, online

Public

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Webinar Lunchtime Series: Adolescents in care – Needs, pathways and engagement in multiple and interacting systems

Birgit Larsson

Tuesday 28 October 2025

12:30 - 13:30

Seminar Room D and MS Teams

Public

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Cutting through the Complexity: Why Not a Lottery for College Admissions?

Michael Bastedo (University of Michigan)

Tuesday 4 November 2025

14:00 - 15:00

Teams, online

Public

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Public Seminar: Building Skills for Citizen Participation

Dr Joanne Caddy (Senior Analyst, OECD)

Monday 10 November 2025

17:00 - 18:30

Seminar Room A and MS Teams

Public

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The impact of study abroad on Russian young people’s understandings of democracy and aspirations to engage socio-politically in Russia

Tania Mednikova (University of Cagliari, Italy)

Tuesday 25 November 2025

14:00 - 15:00

Teams, online

Public

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Preparing children for excellence in learning literacy in the Early Years

Iram Siraj

Friday 20 March 2026

9:00 - 13:30

Department of Education, University of Oxford (15 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PY)

Public

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Oxfordshire Association for Language Learning (ALL) Conference 2026

Friday 27 March 2026

13:00 - 17:00

Department of Education (15 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PY) / Online

Public

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Oxford Chinese Language Teaching Research Forum 2026

Friday 3 July 2026

13:00 - 17:00

Department of Education (15 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PY) / Online

Public