Dr Emily Henderson joined the SARChI Chair Higher Education and Human Development Research Programme at University of the Free State, South Africa, on a funded institutional visit for a week in September 2018. Dr Henderson was affiliated with the programme during her doctoral studies at UCL Institute of Education, and was recently invited to attend a week of activities to renew the collaboration. During the visit, Dr Henderson acted as discussant for an international colloquium, delivered a workshop on intersectionality for students and postdoctoral fellows in the programme, and attended meetings to further discuss collaboration with Professor Melanie Walker and Dr Mikateko Höppener.

Dr Abdullah Sahin, expert in Islamic Education in the Centre for Education Studies, comments on the car attack outside an Islamic Centre in north London during a time of spiritual significance in both the Islamic and Hebrew calendars.

Michael’s book Childhood, Culture and Society in a global context has just been published by Sage.

This new text focuses on the most pressing topics in the field, providing a multifaceted and extensive analysis of the study of children and childhood.

As one reviewer has commented ‘A major contribution to childhood studies!’ William A. Corsaro, Professor Emeritus at Indiana University

for more detail: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/childhood-culture-and-society/book243262#description

CES, in association with the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender is pleased to welcome Dr Maria Tsouroufli (University of Wolverhampton) to present:

Doing gendered and classed motherhood: The experiences of academic women in Greece
Wednesday 26th October 2pm - 3.30pm
S2.77 (Cowling Room), Social Sciences Building

For further information please contact Emily Henderson

The CES Bi Weekly Seminar Series, in association with the IAS AMIN Network is pleased to welcome Dr Anne MacLachlan (UC Berkeley) to present:

Inequality and Bias in US Postsecondary Education

Venue: Wolfson Research Exchange, Room 3
Friday 23^rd September 2016, 12:30-14:00

This is an open ended discussion about inequality of access to postsecondary education in the United States. After a short overview of the current situation she will reflect on why it has been so difficult at the undergraduate and postgraduate level to ensure fair admission and degree completion for women and students of colour as well as to increase their numbers on faculty.

Anne has a Ph.D. in European social and economic history and she has worked for 30 years with University of California, most recently as senior researcher at the Center for Studies in Higher Education and Molecular and Cellular Biology at UC Berkeley. She has also served as Ph.D. placement advisor at UCB and as Asst. Dean of the Graduate Division at UC Santa Barbara. Throughout she has conducted extensive research on doctoral success, socialization and career paths among other topics. Women and underrepresented groups, particularly in science and technology, have been a constant in most of her research. She has extensive national and international service and works closely with especially German higher education researchers. She has been funded by the Spencer Foundation, University of California Graduate Division, Packard Foundation, NSF, etc. Fellowships include German Academic Exchange Service, Institute for European History, and Max-Planck-Institut für Geschichte, AAAS, etc

If you have questions or queries, please contact:

Charikleia.Tzanakou@warwick.ac.uk

Please feel free to invite friends and colleagues from across the University community.