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Events 2011

Seminars 2011

Seminar by Professor Laura Lundy, School of Education, Queen's University Belfast

Child well-being and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: what difference do rights make?

Date: Tuesday 13 December 2011
Time: 1.00pm - 2.30pm
Location: Room G13, School of Education, 69/71 University Street

For information on this event and details on how to register please click here.

 

 

This seminar is cancelled but will be rearranged - please keep visiting this web page for updates.

   

Dr Kalwant Bhopal - our new visiting professor from University of Southampton

 

'What about us?' Gypsies, Travellers and 'White racism' in secondary schools in England: Is the situation similar in Northern Ireland?

 

Date: Thursday, 1 December 2011
Time: 12.30pm - 2.00pm
Venue: Seminar Room, Postgraduate Research Centre, 18 College Green

 

 

Wednesday 16 November 2011, 12.30pm - 2.30pm

Venue: Room G1, 6 College Green

 

Moderation Practices in Higher Education: A case study from an Australian Faculty of Education
Dr Lenore Adie is a lecturer with the Queensland University of Technology.  Her research focuses on asssessment and moderation processes as these contribute to supporting teachers' pedagogical practices and student learning.  Lenore has worked as a primary school teacher and in administration positions in state and private schools within Queensland, Australia.
 
If you would like to attend the seminar, please contact June Clawson at j.clawson@qub.ac.uk
 
 

 Dr Barry Lyons, University of Manchester
‘Parents Rights, Children’s Rights and Decisions about Medical Care’ 
 

The 'Exploring Children’s Rights' SIG, in conjunction with the Improving Children’s Lives initiative, is holding a seminar on Friday 11 November 2011, 1.30pm-3.00pm. Dr Barry Lyons, University of Manchester, will be presenting on ‘Parents Rights, Children’s Rights and Decisions about Medical Care’.  The seminar will take place in the Lecture Theatre, Elmwood Teaching and Learning Centre.

 

For further information and registration details please click here.

 Professor Beth Blue Swadener, Arizona University
‘Child Participation and Voice: Cross-national Perspectives’    

 

The 'Exploring Children’s Rights' SIG, in conjunction with the Improving Children’s Lives initiative, is holding a seminar on Monday 24 October 2011, 3.30pm-5.00pm.Professor Beth Blue Swadener from Arizona University will be presenting on ‘Child Participation and Voice: Cross-national Perspectives’.

For further information and registration details please click here.

 

Professor Neil Humphrey - Evaluating Social and Emotional Learning in Schools

At this seminar Professor Humphrey will talk about his experiences of conducting national evaluations of the SEAL (Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning) programme in English primary and secondary schools.

24 October 2011, 12.30pm in Canada Room, Lanyon Quad, Queen's University Belfast - More Info

 

Professor Audrey Osler, a leading international expert in Human Rights Education will be giving a seminar on the theme of children’s views on their schooling on October 23rd at 1.00 in the School of Education.

 

“Catholic Schools and Sectarianism in Scotland: Educational Places and the Production and Negotiation of Urban Space”

27 May 2011, 13.00 – 14.00, Room G6, School of Education, 69/71 University St

Professor John Flint
Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research,
Sheffield Hallam University

This seminar presentation explores the role of state-funded Catholic schools in debates about the causes and manifestations of sectarianism in Scotland. The presentation suggests that debates between proponents and opponents of state-funded Catholic schools (and indeed faith schools more generally) have been largely aspatial; focusing on the teaching ethos within schools, empirically weak conceptions of the impacts of segregated schooling on social networks and abstract national-level accounts of religion, ethnicity, identity and belonging. The presentation argues for a focus upon the productive power of schools as place nodes within a network of urban spaces and the agency of pupils in identity and friendship construction. It suggests the need to recognise the specifics of the social, spatial and political national and local contexts within which faith schools are situated. The presentation concludes with an examination of educational policy responses to sectarianism in Scotland, arguing that they have focused on disrupting the spatial ordering of faith schools in an attempt to realign the physical boundaries of segregation and the visibility of difference in urban space.

John Flint is Professor of Housing and Urban Governance in the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research at Sheffield Hallam University. His research interests include urban governance, education, religion, community cohesion and sectarianism.

For further information email s.mckibbin@qub.ac.uk

Research Forum for the Child Seminar
"Intersectionality and the use of narrative to explore children’s identity"

Qualitative and Creative Inquiry Methods with Children

27th May 2011, 12.45 pm – 2.15 pm Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Postgraduate Research Centre, 18 College Green

Dr Victoria Showunmi
Institute of Education, University of London

While identity development is a complex task for all youths, it is particularly complicated for children and adolescents belonging to ethnic and racial minority groups in England.  Definitions of identify are difficult to describe, however, most definitions refer to one or more of these features:  ethnic/racial background: tradition; occupation/class and other aspects of social identity as defined by others and ourselves.

‘We and children are constructed by the labels we associate with particular identity forming categories – such as gender or class’ Iram Siraj-Blatchford (1996).

I intend to use various statements along with group activity to provide a stimulating discussion on the notion of children’s identity.

Dr Victoria Showuni, Faculty of Policy and Society, University of London is  an educationalist, with extensive knowledge within the school, FE and HE sectors and someone  whose research shows has  an acute understanding of equality and diversity. She has been a member of a range of government Task Groups including New Deal for Lone Parents, New Deal for The Community, New Opportunities Funding Panel.

Please contact Ruth Leitch, SIG co-ordinator, if you are interested in attending.

Improving Children's Lives Seminar: ‘Writing a successful grant proposal'

Thursday 26 May 2011, 2pm – 3pm, Seminar Room 2, Health Sciences Building, 97 Lisburn Road, Queen’s University Belfast

Dr Jonathan Pearce
Medical Research Council

Dr. Jonathan Pearce is a Programme Manager in Translational research at the Medical Research Council and visiting Queen’s University Belfast.

Dr. Pearce is involved with the new, rigorously-assessed Developmental Pathway Funding Scheme, set up by the MRC to help strengthen the translation of fundamental research towards patient benefit. He will present a seminar giving advice on how to be successful in the competitive area of grant applications.  The seminar will be targeted to those working with children to advance their healthcare and well-being.

View the seminar presentation here.

 ICL Grant Proposal flyer

Places are limited so early registration is essential.  To register, please contact David Piekaar (d.piekaar@qub.ac.uk).

Education in Divided Societies Cluster Seminar
 

Thursday 9 June, 13.00 - 14.15, Room G6, 69/71 University St

 

“Education in the post-conflict environment: The case of Nepal adopting a political economy analysis”

 

Tejendra Pherali, 
Faculty of Education, Community and Leisure,  
Liverpool John Moores University

 

The presentation will provide an introduction to the ‘People’s War’ in Nepal and discuss historical antecedents in the development and ‘success’ of the Maoist insurgency. It will draw on a study examining the political economy of Nepal’s education particularly considering post-accord political dynamics and the process of educational development. It will be argued that unintended outcomes of decentralisation in education have been manifested in the form of excessivepoliticisation, corruption and tensions in the school system, which has detrimental effects on children’s learning.

 

Tejendra Pherali is a Senior Lecturer in Education Studies in the Faculty of Education, Community and Leisure in Liverpool John Moores University, UK. His research interests lie in the area of education, conflict and peacebuilding. Tejendra is completing his doctoral study investigating the impact of armed conflict on school education in Nepal and also coordinates the British Council-funded Education for Peacebuilding Project aiming to design peacebuilding education course for teacher education programmesin Nepal and Cambodia. He is a visiting academic at the UNESCO Centre in the University of Ulster and currently involved in the DFID-EU funded political economy analysis of education in Nepal and UNICEF’s global project on education and peacebuilding.

Seminar by Gerison Lansdown 

Applying a child rights lens to health practice: Building and sustaining capacity among professionals

Date: Thursday, 8 December 2011
Time:10.00am - 12.00pm
Venue:The Great Hall, Queen's University Belfast

For further information and registration details please click here.

  

Dr Karola Dillenburger talks about the "Facing Autism" conference being held at the Europa Hotel in Belfast on the 26th and 27th June 2009. The conference and supporting workshops will address the need for evidence based intervention and support for children and adults with Autism.

Podcast - right click and "Save as" to download mp3 podcast. (File size 2.1mb - duration 6 minutes).

Karola talks about ABA - Applied Behavioural Analysis and its enabling role in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). She also discusses the experts coming to Belfast who include:

  • Professor Gina Green from San Diego who was awarded an honorary doctorate from Queen's in 2005
  • Professor Bobby Newman from New York, who helped set up the first ABA programmes in Northern Ireland
  • Dr Bill Ahearn, Director of Research at the New England Centre in Boston
  • Dr Karen Wagner from Florida
  • Dr Neil Martin from TreeHouse Trust in London

Parents and carers of those diagnosed with autism, teachers, health professionals, social workers, speech and language therapists and anyone who works with children or adults diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder will benefit from this event.

The conference is a collaborative initiative between Parents' Education as Autism Therapists, the Queen's University Belfast and the University of Ulster. Further information can be found on the PEAT NI website.

European Universities Network on Multilingualism (EUNoM) Conference

Dates: Monday 14 November 2011, 9.30am–6.00pm - Tuesday 15 November, 9.30am-1.30pm
Venue: The Canada Room, Lanyon Building
Organiser: Dr Eugene McKendry, NICILT, School of Education

The School of Education and NICILT are pleased to host the EUNoM conference on Multilingualism in the Knowledge Economy - Labour Markets Revisited, and Corporate Social Responisbility.

The EUNoM project is supported by the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union.  It looks at multilingualism, not in isolation, but in the context of globalisation, the information society, and the knowledge economy.

Dr Stephen Farry, the Minister for Employment and Learning, has agreed to open the conference, Assembly business permitting.
The Belfast symposium will discuss the relationship between linguistic diversity and the demands of a knowledge economy in which language is a central feature - click here.

All staff, students and members of the public are welcome.  There is no registration fee, and lunch, tea/coffee will be provided free of charge on both days.  We need to know who is interested in attending for catering and general organisation purposed and will require responses by Wednesday 9 November 2011. 

RSVP to Dr Eugene McKendry, School of Education by clicking here or Jackie Neill by clicking here.

Assessment and Opportunity to Learn 

10 - 12 November 2011

Belfast, Northern Ireland

The 12th Annual AEA-Europe Conference will be held in Belfast,
with pre-conference workshops the day before the conference, on November 9th.

AEA-Europe conferences are always special events.  They bring together people with many difference backgrounds: from different areas of the assessment field; from the worlds of research, policy and practice; from schools, universities, test development agencies, national curriculum agencies as well as government departments and regulators.  They certainly bring people together from different parts of Europe and the world more widely.  This year we are delighted that we have over 200 delegates coming to the conference from around 20 different European and nations world-wide.  These conferences provide rich opportunities for spreading good ideas - and for taking time out to talk, discuss, listen and learn.

This conference is being supported by the School of Education and is a major event on the calendar for the Assessment and Learning Cluster. The conference itself is the main assessment research and development meeting in Europe this year and the interest in it is very much reflected in the number of delegates we have attending.

Click here for more information about the conference and how to register.

Click here to see the conference programme.

 

  

Ambitious for all: current research in Autism Spectrum Disorder and related disorders

Date: 18 November 2011

Time: 9.30 am to 4.30 pm

Venue: Peter Froggatt Centre, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland

The conference focuses on recent and current research regarding individuals and families affected by Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Local, national, and international researchers, practitioners, parent/caregivers, and individuals affected by ASD will have an opportunity to share their research findings and communicate and network.

The conference is organised in collaboration with local charities ‘STARS Autism Project’ and ‘Parents Education as Autism Therapists’, and student-led activities at QUB. It will be of interest to professionals from a wide variety of disciplines, including Education, Social Work, Medicine and Allied Health Professions as well as families and individuals affected by ASD.

Keynote speakers are:

Dr Angelika Anderson and Prof Dennis Moore, Faculty of Education and Krongold Centre, Monash University, Australia

Dr Neil Martin, Applied representative of the European Association for Behaviour Analysis, has many years of experience in working directly with individuals and families affected by ASD and consulting with Education and HSC agencies.

Smita Awasthi, Director of Behavior Momentum, Bangalore, India, is an internationally recognised autism expert, therapist and staff trainer.

In addition there will be a large number of research paper presentations and posters from local, national and international practitioners, researchers, parents, and individuals affected by ASD.

Over 180 delegates are expected (Coffee/Tea and light lunch will be provided). Download programme from www.qub.ac.uk/quart.

The conference is generously support by Public Health Agency HSC Research & Development Division, Stars Autism Project, Kilrea, PEAT Charity, and QUB student-led activities.

Contact Dr Karola Dillenburger, Conference Chair (quartcentre@qub.ac.uk or k.dillenburger@qub.ac.uk) or Lynsay Mulcahy (lynsay@peatni.org) for further information.