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This Sexualities & Gender SIG provides a space to critically engage with how gender and sexuality research matters in the inter-disciplinary field of education and how this research can inform policy, practice and pedagogy. In this forum we aim to co-produce a SIG event with members exploring the current state of sexualities and gender in education. 

Gender and sexualities continue to be a contested and politicised terrain in educational policy and practice, with profound impacts on children and young people’s wellbeing. In 2025/26, the Sexualities & Gender SIG will facilitate a series of events that offer critical perspectives on policy and public responses to gender inclusive education in the UK and internationally. We hope these events will foster a productive dialogue on how educational researchers and practitioners can respond to contemporary anti-gender discourses, as well as inform Sexualities & Gender SIG position statements on recent UK policy developments in the field of sexualities and gender in education (e.g RSE guidance, Guidance for Gender Questioning Children). We also invite ½¿É«µ¼º½ members from other SIGs who would like to engage with those urgent debates

Draft Programme

17:00pm           Introduction

17:10pm           Proposals for SIG events 2025/26

17:20pm           Knowledge building Feedback on proposals for SIG events 2025/26

17:35pm           Where ½¿É«µ¼º½ Sexualities and Gender SIG position statement on UK policy
                            developments 

17:50±è³¾ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Any other business

18:00pm           Close