British Education Studies Association
Annual Conference
Culture and Education
27-28 June 2008
Liverpool Hope University City Centre Campus
(in conjunction with Liverpool John Moores University)
BESA provides an academic community for all those working in Education Studies. See the website at www.besa.ac.uk. Three successful conferences have provided opportunities for the sharing of ideas and experiences across the sector. The fourth conference ties the aspirations of the Association with the celebrations of Liverpool as City of Culture.
Location
The conference facilities are centred on Hope’s campus at Hope Park, with ease of access to accommodation and parking. Location map:
http://www.hope.ac.uk/gettingtohope/campus_maps/index.htm
Conference Theme: Culture and Education
The theme is interpreted liberally to cover all developments connected with Education Studies as a flourishing discipline. These may include:
- visions of educational futures
- international and global perspectives
- comparative studies
- alternative curricula
- new learning and teaching methods
- alternatives to schooling
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Keynote speakers
Professor Patrick Ainley (Professor of Training and Education at The University of Greenwich) has kindly agreed to deliver the keynote for the opening day of the conference. |
Call for papers
Papers are invited on any topic related to the themes of Education Studies.
The conference is also an opportunity for colleagues to share their research or scholarly work and papers are invited on any topic which or theme related to Education Studies.
- An abstract of no more than 300 words should be submitted with the application form.
- If you wish to apply for the conference and submit your abstract later, please indicate that on the form.
- Abstracts should be submitted by May 21 2008 at the latest.
- Bring 20 copies of your paper, or draft paper to the conference.
- Paper presentations will be in pairs of 30 minutes each.
Contributions from students are welcome and there will be a special student research section.
Accommodation and application
Accommodation is available on the University site in en-suite accommodation. The conference begins on Friday 27 June at 10.30 and ends after Lunch on the Saturday.
You can stay on the Thursday night beforehand. If you wish to make a weekend of it and have Saturday afternoon and Sunday in Liverpool, then you can stay on Saturday night too.
See the booking form to select the right accommodation for you.
PDF FILE: BOOKING FORM AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION
BESA Journal: Educational Futures
BESA has a refereed electronic journal: Educational Futures http://www.besajournal.org.uk
The third edition is due out in 2008 and will include papers from the last conferences. You will be able to submit your conference paper for inclusion in a later edition.
BESA Executive Committee
The following is the list of the BESA Executive Committee. Feel free to contact any of them about BESA or the BESA Conference.
Sue Lewis (Chair) Manchester Metropolitan University s.e.lewis@mmu.ac.uk
(Vice Chair?)
Jane Bates (Secretary) Manchester Metropolitan University j.e.bates@mmu.ac.uk
Steve Bartlett (Founding Chair) University of Wolverhampton s.bartlett@wlv.ac.uk
David Smith (Treasurer) Liverpool Hope University smithd2@hope.ac.uk
Emmanuel Mufti (Journal) Liverpool John Moores University e.mufti@ljmu.ac.uk
Daphne Evans (Newsletter) Trinity College Carmarthen d.evans@trinity-cm.ac.uk
Gwenan Williams (Membership Secretary) University of Bangor eds02f@bangor.ac.uk
Les Hankin Liverpool Hope University hankinl@hope.ac.uk
Yvonne Hill - University of Keele y.hill@educ.keele.ac.uk
Alan Hodkinson – John Moores University a.hodkinson@ljmu.ac.uk
John Sharp - Bishop Grosseteste College j.sharp@bgc.ac.uk
Hugh Somervell – University of Worcester hugh.somervell@worc.ac.uk
Chris Wakeman - University of Staffordshire c.wakeman@staffs.ac.uk
Stephen Ward (Ex-Chair) Bath Spa University s.ward@bathspa.ac.uk
Bob Waugh – Oxford Brookes University rdwaugh@brookes.ac.uk
