Next week’s BERA conference looks great - I’ve bookmarked anything with “lunch” or “tea & coffee” in the title, but I note there are lots of amazing presentations too. I’m on at 3.30 Mon with Lisa Murtagh & Karen Ann Beswick, and 11.30 Tue with @markinnes100. Photo from last year!

Dr Liz asking some really insightful questions about the policy shift around NPQs - what do the choices over what continues to be funded tell us about government priorities? #berawera2024

Some gremlins in the works this morning! Thanks to Aimee for capturing a moment where I look vaguely professional and to the audience for some great questions and observations. #BERAWERA2024

Closing a really interesting set of papers on Exploring Trends and Innovations in Teacher Education, Dr Aimee talks us through her annual surveys of academics working in ITE - fascinating stuff, particularly on the impact of the recent market review. #BERAWERA2024

As I’m currently working on an edited volume about educational transitions across the life course, it’s exciting to see so many presentations at #BERAWERA2024 about transitions, including under-researched areas such as the move from KS1 to KS2.

When you’ve already had the best time at #BERAWERA2024 and then you win a book you were going to buy anyway from the lovely Emerald Quality Education 🙌Dr Aimee Prof Jonathan Glazzard 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦

Lovely to welcome new and returning students to The University of Manchester - and the sun is even threatening to come out! It’s been a great morning with our new BSc Education students, introducing them to the programme and welcoming them to Manchester Institute of Education (MIE) 😎

Bleurgh - that’ll teach me to accept free teabags during Freshers’ Week. This is just plain WRONG.

Interesting and important discussion at this afternoon’s SEED Annual Social Responsibility Lecture, co-hosted by GDI and marking the 30th anniversary of Fairtrade. Lots of challenges ahead but some honest and positive responses from the panel. The University of Manchester

Awesome day yesterday with Education Society’s first Speedfriending Event! 📚🖍️ Couldn’t be more proud of everyone who made this happen; my heart is so grateful ♥️ #EduSoc202425 #SupportStudentSocieties Manchester Institute of Education (MIE)

I have just successfully connected an elderly printer to a new router, AND successfully printed the documents I needed from an iPad, with no (NO) swearing. This may well be the peak achievement of my life to date and why yes, I *am* inordinately pleased with myself 💅

Not a bad view from this morning’s lecture room 🍂🍁😍

Campus is looking pretty nice today. And as my office is approximately 30° warmer than my house, unless it warms up sharpish I’ll be moving in.

This has been a fantastic couple of days - looking forward to continuing to work with Professor Murray over the coming months! Manchester Institute of Education (MIE)

Louisa Dawes Dr Liz Rosa Archer Andrew Howes one for sharing with おかか great opportunity!

This blog has sparked a couple of really interesting projects - can highly recommend writing one for BERA!

🚨FULLY FUNDED PHD🚨focusing on ethnicity and wellbeing of young people supervised by Dharmi Kapadia (CoDE @ethnicityuk.bsky.social) and myself. Closing date 24th January. Please share! findaphd.com/phds/project/h…

Really interesting and topical session from Yin Chan as part of Manchester Institute of Education (MIE) ITE/ECT Inclusion & Inspiration Conference - important questions for all educators to think about.

Great keynote lecture by Prof Mark Priestley at today’s LJMU Teacher Agency conference, problematising conceptualisations of teacher agency. One of those talks that makes you want to do some reading and thinking on the train home (I’ll probably nap when it comes to it, but still)

Looking forward to the inaugural International Conference on Education and Life Transition - it’s been a pleasure to work with such a brilliant team to put together a programme which is truly international, featuring presentations from a range of disciplines 🙌 #ICELT2025