Department of Education Collection
Talks:

Tuesday 10 February 2026

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 2026

Scalable, Unified Practices for Presenting Ongoing Researcher Trauma (SUPPORT)
Date: 12 February 2026, 12:50 - 13:55
Speaker : Dr Danica Sims (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A or Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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 2026

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 2026

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

Dangerous Destinations: How Gendered Safety Concerns shape South Asian Expatriate Parents’ University Destination Decisions
Date: 17 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Anju Mary Paul (New York University Abu Dhabi)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: MS Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 19 February 2026

Exploring Identity and Space Through Portraiture
Date: 19 February 2026, 12:50 - 13:55
Speaker : Sara Collins
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A or Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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 2026

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 2026

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

Adrift or Engaged? A Data Driven Multi-Engagement Model Shows Diverse Pathways to Student Success at US Research Universities
Date: 24 February 2026, 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker : John Aubrey Douglass (University of California – Berkeley)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Library Meeting Room and MS Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 26 February 2026

Solicited Diary Method in Qualitative Research: Methodological Reflections from Academic Lives in Displacement
Date: 26 February 2026, 12:50 - 13:55
Speaker : Ahmad Akkad (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A or Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Challenges and Opportunities in Innovating for Equity in Curriculum and Teacher Education
Date: 26 February 2026, 13:45 - 15:15
Speaker s: Professor Maria Teresa Tatto (Honorary Norham Fellow, University of Oxford), Professor Trevor Mutton (University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room D
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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 2026

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 2026

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

Organizational and Personal Responses to Anti-DEI Policy and Action
Date: 3 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Jeffrey K. Grim (George Mason University)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 5 March 2026

A Data Session
Date: 5 March 2026, 12:50 - 13:55
Speaker s: Professor Jenni Ingram (University of Oxford), Dr Elizabeth Kimber (Department of Education, University of Oxford)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A or MS Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Educating the next generation of teacher educators in Pakistan: innovation through collaboration
Date: 5 March 2026, 16:00 - 17:30
Speaker s: 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)
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

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 2026

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 2026

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 2026

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 2026

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 17 March 2026

Focus on AI and Teacher Education in Macao: Issues, Challenges and Innovations in Higher Education
Date: 17 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Professor Lianghuo FAN (University of Macau)
Venue Details: Teams, online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 24 March 2026

Reframing Educational Diplomacy in the AI Era: From Cultural Affinity to Organizational Diffusion
Date: 24 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Sheng-Ju Chan (National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan)
Venue Details: MS Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 31 March 2026

Institutional logics of knowledge exchange via social media in the Age of AI: Chinese academics’ perspective
Date: 31 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Professor Gaoming Zheng (Tongji University, Chinese Mainland)
Venue Details: Teams, online
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 14 April 2026

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

Thursday 23 April 2026

CGHE 2026: Navigating the equity crisis in global HE
Date: 23 April 2026, 9:00 - 17:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: 15 Norham Gardens, 15 Norham Gardens OX2 6PY
Venue Details: Department of Education and MS Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Degrees of value: Cultivating privilege at an elite university
Date: 28 April 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Dr Fiona Gogescu (LSE)
Venue Details: Seminar Room A and Teams
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Monday 11 May 2026

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

This list contains talks from the following series:
Advanced Quantitative Methods, TT 2023