Education and Childhood Research Group (ECRG)

On Monday, 14 October 2024, the Secondary PGCE Programme launched a week of university-school partnership activities focused on oracy: how to promote oracy skills among teachers and young people, and how to use pedagogy which generates rich classroom talk. This week of lectures, reading, discussions, observations and cooperative learning tasks coincides with the release of … Continue reading "Montpelier High student group, Tackling Diversity in Teaching, give PGCE Secondary students a masterclass on diversity and oracy in the classroom"

Once in a while, an opportunity presents itself to spend a few hours in the company of someone inspiring. For many in education and academia, Gert Biesta is one such individual. I’m pretty sure he would fit Malcolm Gladwell’s criteria for an ‘Outlier’, having definitely clocked up more than ‘ten thousand hours’ of practice in … Continue reading "ECRG Pedagogy Strand: Showcase ‘In conversation with Professor Gert Biesta’, 13 November 2024"

By Stephen Beresford and Anna Burchfiel, PhD candidates and members of ECRG In July 2024, we were lucky enough, alongside the ECRG Lead and our PhD supervisor, Alpesh Maisuria, to have the opportunity to attend the International Conference of Critical Education (ICCE)at Ankara University in Türkiye. In its 13th year, the conference is an opportunity … Continue reading "The 2024 International Conference on Critical Education (ICCE): connecting with global struggles for education"

On 28 June 2024, UWE Bristol hosted the third annual South West Anti-Racist Education Forum (SWAREF), an event organised in partnership between UWE Bristol and the University of Bristol. The 2024 SWAREF aimed to build on the previous two events in 2023 and 2022 and provide informative participatory sessions on issues which local practitioners have … Continue reading "South West Anti-Racist Education Forum"

Doctorate in Education (EdD) student Ronnie Houselander reflects on her experience of presenting at the recent Education and Childhood Postgraduate Researcher (PGR) Conference, which was supported by the Education and Childhood Research Group (ECRG) On Friday 12th and Saturday 13th of July, the School of Education and Childhood hosted its first PGR Conference. EdD and … Continue reading "Reflecting on a Successful First Postgraduate Research Conference"

Tuesday 4th June 2024 – 4:30pm-5:30pm // free and online // Eventbrite registration required for non-UWE colleagues By Malcolm Richards – Senior Lecturer in Education, School of Education and Childhood The fourth in an exciting series of collaborations by Network for Black Studies in Education, in collaboration with UWE ECRG, Bristol Caribbean Kitchen, Bookbag (Exeter), … Continue reading "Culture Club: Words, Sight and Sounds Vol. 4 with Dr. Ryan Hanley (University of Exeter)"

By Dr Verity Jones (verity6.jones@uwe.ac.uk) On the afternoon of 25 April 2024, just as children piled out of school, the RESPECT project team were putting their final touches to a billboard in Bristol that in invited people to think about what life would be like without racism. The new billboard aims to amplify children’s voice … Continue reading "Dr Verity Jones reflects on how children’s experiences of racism and their desire to have their voices heard is being realised in Bristol."

Tuesday 19th March 2024 – 4:15pm-5:30pm // free and online // Eventbrite registration required for non-UWE colleagues By Malcolm Richards – Senior Lecturer in Education, School of Education and Childhood The third in an exciting series of collaborations by Network for Black Studies in Education, in collaboration with UWE ECRG, Bristol Caribbean Kitchen, Bookbag (Exeter), … Continue reading "Culture Club: Words, Sight and Sounds Vol. 3 with Dr. Rita Gayle (University of Birmingham)"