Department: Department of Education
Talks:

Monday 26 January 2025

Browne, Brexit and Brain Drain: exploring the impact of higher tuition fees and Brexit on EU undergraduate and postgraduate research enrolments in UK higher education using administrative data
Date: 26 January 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Paul Wakeling (Professor and Head of Department, Department of Education, University of York)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room D (and online)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Inaugural Lecture: Unravelling Early Self-Regulation – Professor Steven Howard
Date: 26 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Steven Howard (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organiser: Dr Sonali Nag (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 27 January 2025

Dialects And Accents: A Counterexample to Classical Models of Child to Adult Spelling Progression
Date: 27 January 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Tonia Williams (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room E or online
Organiser: Professor Sonali Nag (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

The role of gesture in the acquisition of a sign language as a second language
Date: 27 January 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Gerado Ortega
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room G/H or Teams
Organiser: Dr Cate Hamilton (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Who is an (im)mobile academic? Thinking within and beyond the nation-state in times of geopolitical turmoil
Date: 27 January 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Lautaro Vilches
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and MS Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 29 January 2025

Design as Data: Qualitative Methods for Researching Learning Technologies
Date: 29 January 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Sara Ratner (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and MS Teams
Organiser: Professor Velda Elliott (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thinking with Bourdieu to consider the potential and pitfalls of a tertiary education system in England
Date: 29 January 2026, 16:15 - 17:45
Speaker : Professor Ann-Marie Bathmaker (University of Birmingham)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room G/H or Teams
Organiser: Gonzalo Hidalgo Bazan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 2 February 2025

The intersections of measurement, practice, and research on teaching quality: Tradeoffs to consider
Date: 2 February 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Courtney Bell (University of Wisconsin)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room D (and online)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 February 2025

Linguistic and cognitive correlates of Arabic literacy: concurrent and longitudinal evidence
Date: 3 February 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Sana Tibi (Florida State University)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room E
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Here or there? Educational ‘in-betweenness’ for prospective international students in China
Date: 3 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker s: Yun Yu (Shanghai Normal University), Rui He (University of Manchester)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 5 February 2025

How ‘tertiary’ is English post-secondary education?
Date: 5 February 2026, 16:15 - 17:45
Speaker : Dr Gavin Moodie (SKOPE Honorary Research Fellow)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room G/H or Teams
Organiser: Gonzalo Hidalgo Bazan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 February 2025

Spotlight on LGBTQ+ Research
Date: 6 February 2026, 9:30 - 16:30
Speaker
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room G/H
Organiser: Jonny Tridgell (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 February 2025

The causal effect of education on political preferences: evidence from the UK's higher education expansion
Date: 9 February 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Matt Dickson (University of Bath)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room C (note change from usual room) and online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Public Seminar: What do research funders actually do? And how could they do it better?
Date: 9 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Stian Westlake
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and MS Teams
Organiser: Dr Alis Oancea (Oxford University Department of Education)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 February 2025

Academia Without Purpose: Or, why the right is angry at universities and why fifty years of changes have made it hard for universities to respond effectively
Date: 10 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Craig Calhoun (Arizona State University)
Venue Details: Seminar Room A (Department of Education) and MS Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Risk Factors for Poor Reading: Beyond Phonological Deficits
Date: 10 February 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Margaret Snowling (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organiser: Professor Sonali Nag (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 12 February 2025

From a patchwork to a panorama? Tertiary education in Wales 1997 to 2026
Date: 12 February 2026, 16:15 - 17:45
Speaker : Professor Huw Morris (Institute of Education)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room G/H or Teams
Organiser: Gonzalo Hidalgo Bazan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 16 February 2025

Do Reasons for Outperforming Others Differ in Degree or Kind? A Person-Centred Analysis
Date: 16 February 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Gregory Arief Liem (National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room D (and online)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 February 2025

The influence of activity context on the quality of support for children’s oral language development in English nurseries
Date: 17 February 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Keeley Dobinson (Department of Education, University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room E
Organiser: Professor Sonali Nag (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 19 February 2025

Tertiary education in England: possibilities, potential & challenges for dual-sector integration
Date: 19 February 2026, 16:15 - 17:45
Speaker s: Professor Leesa Wheelahan (SKOPE Honorary Research Fellow), Professor Chris Millward (University of Birmingham)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room G/H or Teams
Organiser: Gonzalo Hidalgo Bazan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 23 February 2025

Examining Preservice Teachers’ Dialogic Teaching in AI-Driven Virtual Reality Classrooms
Date: 23 February 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Yizhen (Eejain) Huang (Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room D (and online)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 24 February 2025

The Role of Self-Regulation in Young Children’s Digital Choices, Behaviours, and Reactions
Date: 24 February 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Steven Howard (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room E
Organiser: Professor Sonali Nag (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

How did COVID-19 affect young children’s language environment and language development? A scoping review.
Date: 24 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Cecilia Zuniga-Montanez
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room G/H or Teams
Organiser: Dr Cate Hamilton (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 26 February 2025

What are the purposes of tertiary education? Unpacking diverse perspectives and politics in England
Date: 26 February 2026, 16:15 - 17:45
Speaker s: Gonzalo Hidalgo (University of Oxford), Xin Xu (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room G/H or Teams
Organiser: Gonzalo Hidalgo Bazan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 2 March 2025

Progression in Primary Languages: A longitudinal study tracking language learning in primary school in England
Date: 2 March 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Rowena Kasprowicz (University of Reading)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room D (and online)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 March 2025

Assessing Executive Functions in Primary School Classrooms: Reliability and Validity of an Ecological Momentary Cognitive Assessment
Date: 3 March 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Henry Tsz Fung Lo (Department of Education, University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room E
Organiser: Professor Sonali Nag (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

English Medium Instruction in Japan
Date: 3 March 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Ikuya Aisawa (University of Nottingham)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room G/H or Teams
Organiser: Dr Cate Hamilton (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 5 March 2025

How systematic is Scotland’s system of tertiary education?
Date: 5 March 2026, 16:15 - 17:45
Speaker : Professor Ellen Boeren (University of Glasgow)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room G/H or Teams
Organiser: Gonzalo Hidalgo Bazan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 March 2025

Temporal Dynamic Networks for Investigating Teacher Emotion Regulation and Student Engagement
Date: 9 March 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Hui Wang (Education University of Hong Kong)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room D (and online)
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Recognition of Distinction Professorial Lectures
Date: 9 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:40
Speaker s: Professor Maia Chankseliani (University of Oxford), Professor Velda Elliott (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organiser: Professor Heath Rose (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 March 2025

TBC
Date: 10 March 2026, 12:45 - 14:00
Speaker
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room E
Organiser: Professor Sonali Nag (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

A Call for Radical Reform: Higher Education for a Sustainable Economy
Date: 10 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Professor Tim Blackman (Open University)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 12 March 2025

Tertiary Education in the Republic of Ireland
Date: 12 March 2026, 16:15 - 17:45
Speaker : Professor Ellen Hazelkorn (University of Dublin)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room G/H or Teams
Organiser: Gonzalo Hidalgo Bazan (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 16 March 2025

Inaugural Lecture: Professor Leon Feinstein
Date: 16 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Leon Feinstein (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 14 April 2025

Surprising Patterns of Changing Productivity Classes. A Longitudinal Study of 320,000 Scientists
Date: 14 April 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Marek Kwiek (University of Poznan, Poland)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A (Department of Education) and MS Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 11 May 2025

Rethinking Teacher Education Through Signature Pedagogies
Date: 11 May 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker : Professor Clare Brooks (Professor of Education, University of Cambridge)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and online
Organiser: Dr Ian Thompson (Department of Education, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA