Professional Development

The School welcomes colleagues from a wide range of partner schools to join our staff learning and development programme.

The School is frequently a venue for the sharing of practice between professionals from different educational settings and between teachers and University academics, both in the School of Education at the University of Birmingham, and across the University campus.

We aim to make a significant contribution to high quality teacher development in the region, in partnership with a range of primary and secondary schools, teaching school alliances and multi-academy trusts. Our unique links allow us to work across the school and HEI sectors, linking professionals from different phases in the interests of energising and exciting teachers and inspiring learners.

We are committed to working with both primary and secondary newly qualified teachers (NQTs) across the City and beyond, connecting them to research and scholarship and building extensive subject and phase networks which support early career teachers and sustain them in their careers in the long term.

You’re invited to join the Rush Hour Research series, intended to engage teachers with current research from the University of Birmingham. We extend a warm welcome to colleagues from across the City and look forward to sharing some inspiring intellectual input along with tea, cake and networking.

Upcoming Rush Hour Research events:

· Tuesday 10th October 2017 – Professor Angela Creese – Translanguaging in everyday practice. Book your place here.

· Tuesday 12th December – To be announced.

· Tuesday 6th February 2018 Professor Dave Gillborn – Race and education. Book your place here.

· Tuesday 13th March 2018 Rebecca Wood – Autism, education and inclusion in mainstream schools. Book your place here.

· Tuesday 8th May 2018 Dr Andrea Krott – Interplay of language acquisition and language processing with general cognitive functions. Book your place here.

· Tuesday 10th July 2018 Professor Jane Martin – Carry on Comprehensive: politics, policy and practice at Holland Park School. Book your place here.

Past Rush Hour Research Events:

· Professor Kalwant Bhopal – BME Experiences in Higher Education: Social justice, inclusion and white privilege. Tuesday 4th July 2017.

· Dr Jack Rogers – The Brain and Learning – ‘Emotions, Aggression and Antisocial Behaviour’. Tuesday 21st March 2017.

· Professor Michael Hand – Teaching Controversial Issues. Tuesday 31st January 2017.

· Deborah Youdell – The biology of learning. 2016.

Education Keynotes:

· David Didau – What if everything you knew about education was wrong? Tuesday 4th April 2017.

If you would like to hear first about professional development events for teachers and educators, sign up to our CPD mailing list and we’ll let you know what’s coming up.

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For more information please contact Ann Evans, School University Relationship Officer.