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Educating the next generation of teacher educators in Pakistan: innovation through collaboration
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Speaker bio:
Dr Aliya Khalid is the Course Director for the MSc in Comparative and International Education. Her research examines how intersecting forms of marginalisation, such as gender, class, ethnicity, migration, and displacement, inform educational aspirations, experiences of exclusion, and expressions of agency. Her work spans post-crisis education in Pakistan, and educational recovery following COVID-19 in the UK. She works closely with young people, families, teacher-educators, and community members in Pakistan and the UK, with the aim of contributing to more inclusive and responsive educational practices by learning from their experiences.
Dr Ian Thompson’s primary research interests are in understanding all aspects of school inclusion and exclusion and the unintended outcomes of policy and practice for marginalised young people and children in need. Ian is the lead editor of the journal Teaching Education and a member of the editorial board of Emotional Behavioural Difficulties.
Salma Ahmed Alam is a prominent Pakistani educationist who has been working in the public education sector of Sindh since 2008, first at the school level and then the government level, while consulting with the World Bank. She is the CEO of Durbeen, a non-profit organization dedicated to reforming public education in Sindh by focusing on high-quality teacher training, licensing, and professional development. She holds a Masters in Education Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and qualified as a primary school teacher from the National Institute of Education in Singapore in 2016.
Professor Fauzia Shamim is a former Professor and founder Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan. She has previously worked as a teacher/researcher, and in leadership positions at various universities in the public and private sector in Pakistan and abroad. These include: The Aga Khan University’s Institute of Educational Development, University of Karachi, Institute of Business Management, and Taibah University, KSA. She is a founder member and Vice President of the Society of Pakistan English Language Teachers (SPELT) and was Chair of TESOL International’s Research Professional Council, USA (2018-19).
Date:
5 March 2026, 16:00
Venue:
15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details:
Seminar Room A
Speakers:
Dr Aliya Khalid (University of Oxford),
Dr Ian Thompson (Department of Education, University of Oxford),
Salma Ahmed Alam (CEO of Durbeen),
Professor Fauzia Shamim (Chief Academic Officer, Durbeen)
Organising department:
Department of Education
Part of:
Oxford University Teacher Education Research Seminars
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editors:
Hannah Freeman,
Kristina Khoo,
Shaena Sinclair
