Programme

 

This year’s conference theme of ‘Global Challenges for Education: Economics, Environment and Emergency’ has attracted a record number of papers spanning a wide range of perspectives and contexts. Once again, we have invited colleagues to collaborate in putting together a programme of parallel sessions based on sub-themes relating to the overall conference theme. As a result, we are delighted to offer 14 thematic sections convened by individuals with interest and expertise in a particular area of education and development. In addition, we are offering 16 symposia and roundtable discussions on specific topics to which international experts have been invited to contribute.

 

At around 200 presentations in the thematic sections and 70 in the symposia, this is the largest programme ever offered at an UKFIET conference. Fitting all the presentations into the limited time and space available has proved a challenging task!

 

       The programme has been further updated (7.9.11) amendments are highlighted

Download the Programme (pdf) 

Keynote Speakers

The Conference Committee are pleased to announce the following keynote speakers at the conference:
The Minister for International Development, Stephen O'Brien, will also address the conference before the closing plenary on Thursday 15 September.
Birgit Brock-Utne

Professor of Education and Development at the University of Oslo, Norway, and current President of the British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE)

 

Rajani Naidoo

Dr Rajani Naidoo is Director of the Doctorate of Business Administration in Higher Education Management at the University of Bath.

Linda Tuhiwai Smith

Professor of Education and Māori Development, and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Māori) at the University of Waikato, New Zealand