Upcoming event
This event will focus on two inter-related topics, firstly, the issue of teacher recruitment and retention and secondly, how socioeconomic disadvantage and geographical context shape educational outcomes in England. There will be three papers on the teacher recruitment and retention strand, including a keynote, a paper that will share findings and lessons being learned from the ESRC Education Research Programme (ERP) and a paper that reflects on how London schools improved the diversity, recruitment, and retention of ethnic minority teachers in the capital. There will also be three papers in the second strand that focus on strategies for addressing and closing educational attainment gaps for vulnerable and disadvantaged pupils. These papers will explore the role of the SENCo and the role of pupil premium in closing attainment gaps and a reflection on how the ‘London Effect’ survived the Covid-19 pandemic and lessons from London on closing the disadvantaged attainment gap.
Our target audience is teacher educators, school leaders, teachers, educational researchers and policy makers. This event brings together cutting-edge research to explore the challenges of teacher training, supply and retention and how place, vulnerability and socioeconomic status contribute to educational underachievement. It will provide a comprehensive understanding of the issues related to teacher recruitment and retention and the challenges faced by vulnerable and disadvantaged pupils, offering actionable insights to teacher educators, school leaders, teachers and policy makers into strategies to improve teacher supply and to close attainment gaps.
Draft Programme
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10:00 |
Registration, tea and coffee |
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 10:20  |
Welcome and Introduction |
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10:30 |
Teacher Recruitment and Retention in the UK, its links to place and how it might address disadvantage Tanya Ovenden-Hope, Plymouth Marjon University |
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11:10 |
Teacher recruitment, retention and development Gemma Moss, University College London |
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11:40 |
Improving the diversity, recruitment, and retention of ethnic minority teachers in London schools |
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12:10 |
Panel discussion and questions |
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12:40 |
Lunch and networking |
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13:40 |
The role of the SENCo in addressing attainment gaps in schools Victoria Bamsey, University of Plymouth |
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14:10 |
Did the ‘London Effect’ survive the Covid-19 pandemic and what are the lessons for closing the disadvantaged attainment gap? |
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14:40 |
The role of Pupil Premium in improving pupil attainment, with a focus on closing the disadvantaged attainment gap Beng Huat See, University of Birmingham |
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15:10 |
Panel Discussion and questions |
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15:45 |
Closing remarks |
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16:00 |
Close of event |
Lecturer at University of Plymouth
As a lecturer in Early Childhood Studies and Education and Programme Lead for the National Award for SEN Coordination at the University of Plymouth I am interested in questioning education, what education means, what it looks like and where it...
Professor of Education & Dean at Plymouth Marjon University
Professor Tanya Ovenden-Hope is Provost and Professor of Education at Plymouth Marjon University. In 2018 she developed and opened Marjon University Cornwall based in Truro, which she leads. Tanya is a committed and enthusiastic educationalist...
Education Consultant and Educational Researcher (Retired) at University of Durham
Sean Hayes is a retired local government manager who led Performance and Data teams in education departments in several London councils. He remains active as an educational researcher, is a school governor, a member of Reconnect London, a member...
Professor of Literacy at University College London
Gemma Moss is Professor of Literacy at UCL Institute of Education. She is Director of the ESRC Education Research Programme (2021–26). The programme is exploring new ways of working in partnership across the boundaries between education...
Honorary Professor at Durham University
Feyisa Demie is an honorary professor at Durham University, UK, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Science (FAcSS). He has worked extensively for more than 30 years with local authorities, government departments and schools on using research...
Prof of Education Research at Durham University
Beng Huat See is a professor in the Department of Teacher Education, University of Birmingham, UK. Her work largely involves reviews and synthesis of evidence in education, evaluation of large-scale intervention programmes, and re-analysis of...
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