Education Studies News and Events

In late March, members of CES/WRERU (Leslie Francis, Abdullah Sahin, and Elisabeth Arweck) followed an invitation from the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University to meet. The Centre was represented by Kristin Aune, Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Paul Weller, Dilwar Hussein, and Lucie Peacock. The focus of the meeting was religion and education research. Those present provided an outline of their current projects and research interests, then discussed possibilities for working together. The meeting pointed to overlaps in research areas and potential for collaboration. It also suggested that there was a lot of goodwill and appetite to develop links further. Besides beginning conversations about future co-operation, building this kind of bridges will also be helpful for any ‘city of culture’ ventures within CES.

Michael Wyness has successfully bid for funding through the Warwick Creative Exchange. He will work with colleagues in the Centre for applied Linguistics and Coventry University in exploring processes of resettlement and identity formation among young refugees based at Positive Youth Foundation in Coventry. Coventry is at the forefront of helping young Syrian refugees and their families to resettle through the UK government’s Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme. The research will draw on innovative research methods from the creative arts and the social sciences in both examining and helping young Syrian refugees to negotiate the host country and culture in trying to develop a sense of who they are.

CES is very pleased to announce that Dr Emily Henderson has been elected as a Member of the Governing Council of SRHE (Society for Research into Higher Education), from 8^th March 2018 to 31^st December 2020. This is a prestigious role which includes setting the Society’s objectives and steering these through.

https://www.srhe.ac.uk/

CES Graduates enjoyed themselves at graduation last week and we enjoyed seeing them all dressed up in their gowns receiving their degrees. Here is a picture of some of our MA Educational Leadership and Management Students - more photos are on the CES Facebook page.

The date for the CES Summer Graduation has been announced as Tuesday 17th July 2018 at 3pm - more information will follow on the Ceremonies pages https://warwick.ac.uk/services/academicoffice/congregation/ceremonies