Education Studies News and Events

CES has appointed three student champions who will be helping to enhance the student experience in the coming academic year.

The Centre for Education Studies, University of Warwick, with support from the DCD Family Trust, has recently appointed a Reader in Islamic Education, Dr Abdullah Sahin.

The University of Warwick and the DCD Family Trust held a launch event at the Scarman Building in October to celebrate this exciting new initiative.

To read more about the Launch, click here.

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

Centre for Education Studies Emeritus Professor, Robert Jackson, has been mentioned in a recent article 'It's no Longer Just the Bible' in the Church Times. Written by John Hall, this article tracks the changes in Religious Education ove rthe past century. You can read the article here

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.