Conference Programme

Tuesday 11th
10am – 4pm  Compare Writer’s Workshop (pre sign up only)
Research Centre for Social Sciences YH/001b
4pm – 5pm  UKFIET AGM (all welcome)
Derwent College Seminar Room D/L/ 047
The Education and Development Forum, UKFIET, Annual General Meeting will be held on the eve of the BAICE Conference in York. Do join us, especially if you are a Member of UKFIET for the AGM, however all are welcome. This is an opportunity to find out more about us and our forthcoming year of events.  
5pm – 6pm  UKFIET Networking Event (all welcome)
Derwent College Senior Common Room D/N/ 013
The AGM will be followed by a Networking event which will include the announcement of the 2019 UKFIET Conference theme. There will be talks and the opportunity to meet other members of the community over a few drinks.  
6pm – 7pm  Delegate Registration
Vanburgh College Foyer
All guests on the full package have dinner and accommodation on Tuesday night included. There will an opportunity to register for the conference in Vanburgh College. Guests are invited to check into their rooms any time on Tuesday evening. Check-in information will be sent to guests via York Conferences.  
6pm – 8pm  Dinner in Vanburgh College (full package)
Vanburgh College Dining Room  
8pm – 11pm  Drinks in Vanburgh College (all welcome)
Vanburgh College Bar

The bar will be open from 8pm and we encourage all guests to come along for a pre-conference drink and an opportunity to meet other delegates.
8.30am – 9.30am  Delegate Registration
Spring Lane Building Atrium  
9.30am – 10.00am  Conference Welcome and Opening
Spring Lane Building Lecture Theatre 118

Professor Matthew Festenstein – Director of the Research Centre for Social Sciences and Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of York
Professor Qing Gu – BAICE Chair (outgoing)  
10am-11am Keynote Address – Manish Jain
Spring Lane Building Lecture Theatre 118

Manish Jain is deeply committed to regenerating our diverse knowledge systems and cultural imaginations. He has served for the past 17 years as Coordinator and Co-Founder of Shikshantar: The Peoples’ Institute for Rethinking Education and Development based in Udaipur, India and is co-founder of the Swaraj University, Creativity Adda, Learning Societies Unconference, Walkouts-Walkon network, and Udaipur as a Learning City in India. He is a featured speaker/advisory member of the Economics of Happiness network for localization. He recently helped to launch the Ecoversities Network. He has edited several books on Vimukt Shiksha (liberating learning) on themes such as learning societies, unlearning, gift culture, community media, and tools for deep dialogue. Prior to that, Manish worked as one of the principal team members of the UNESCO Learning Without Frontiers global initiative. He worked as a consultant in several countries in the areas of educational planning, policy analysis, research, program design, and media/technology with UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank, USAID, the Academy for Educational Development, Education Development Center, and the Harvard Institute for International Development. Manish also spent two years as an investment banker in the belly of the beast with Morgan Stanley working in the telecom and high technology sectors. He has spent several years trying to unlearn his Master’s degree in Education from Harvard University, and a B.A. in Economics, International Relations and Political Philosophy from Brown University.  
11.00am -11.30amCoffee Break
Spring Lane Building Atrium  
11.30am – 1.00pm  Parallel Sessions 1
Spring Lane Building  
SLB/001  Education in conflict, crisis and times of uncertainty
Education in Refugee Contexts  

Chair: Tejendra Pherali  
SLB/002  Global policy agendas and the Sustainable Development Goals
Teachers, teaching and educational improvement  

Chair: Faith Mkwananzi  
SLB/003  Approaches to education for social justice, citizenship and sustainability
Panel Symposium   The challenge of global citizenship education: conceptualisations, practices and innovation in different country contexts.

Chair: Clare Bentall  
SLB/004  Intersectional inequalities and social exclusion
Structural and systemic inequality: educational discourses  
SLB/005  Social movements, indigenous knowledges and collective learning
Transforming policy and curricula in African HE

Chair: Simone Datzberger  
SLB/006            Global policy agendas and the Sustainable Development Goals
Inclusion and participation in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals

Chair: Angeline Mbogo Barrett
1.00pm – 2.00pmLunch and Poster Presentations
Spring Lane Building Atrium  
 Compare Board Meeting
Spring Lane Building SLB/001
Editorial Board only  
2.00pm – 3.30pm  Parallel Sessions 2
Spring Lane Building  
SLB/001  Education in conflict, crisis and times of uncertainty
Educational Governance, extremism and conflict sensitivity

Chair: Emma Jackson  
SLB/002  Global policy agendas and the Sustainable Development Goals
Global policy and international cooperation

Chair: Juan de Dios Oyarzun  
SLB/003  Approaches to education for social justice, citizenship and sustainability
Agency and activism

Chair: Adesuwa Vanessa Agbedahin  
SLB/004  Intersectional inequalities and social exclusion
Structural and systemic inequality: educational systems

Chair: Venny Karolina  
SLB/005  Social movements, indigenous knowledges and collective learning
Learning through social movements and resistance

Chair: Alba Castellsagué  
SLB/006  General Pool
Panel Symposium  
3.30pm – 3.50pm  Coffee Break
Spring Lane Building Atrium  
3.50pm – 4.50pm  BAICE 20th Anniversary Panel
Spring Lane Building Lecture Theatre 118

Celebration, Reflection and Challenge: The BAICE 20th Anniversary Compare Forum Panel Members will be drawn from the following list of authors of the 20th Anniversary Forum:
Michael Crossley, Qing Gu, Angeline M. Barrett, Lalage Bown, Alison Buckler, Carly Christensen, Germ Janmaat, Tristan McCowan, Rosemary Preston, Nidhi Singal and Sheila Trahar  
4pm – 6pm  BAICE AGM (all welcome)
Spring Lane Building Lecture Theatre 118  
6pm – 7pm  BAICE 20th Anniversary Drinks Reception
Spring Lane Building Atrium  
7pm – 8pm  Dinner in Vanburgh College (full package)
Vanburgh College Dining Room  
8pm – 11pm  Drinks and Ceilidh Dancing in Derwent College
Derwent College Bar and Dining Room
All Welcome  

8.30am – 9.00am Delegate Registration
Spring Lane Building Atrium
9.00am – 10.30amParallel Sessions 3
Spring Lane Building
SLB/001Education in conflict, crisis and times of uncertainty
Teachers, Learning and Teaching in Contexts of Conflict
SLB/002Global policy agendas and the Sustainable Development Goals
Reconceptualising higher education policy and practice
SLB/003Approaches to education for social justice, citizenship and sustainability
Panel Symposium
SLB/004Intersectional inequalities and social exclusion
Inclusion and Exclusion in Education
SLB/005Social movements, indigenous knowledges and collective learning
Considering local relevance and grassroots perspectives in development
SLB/006Global policy agendas and the Sustainable Development Goals
Panel Symposium
10.30am – 11.00amCoffee Break
Spring Lane Building Atrium
11.00am – 12.30pmParallel Sessions 4
Spring Lane Building
SLB/002  Education in conflict, crisis and times of uncertainty
Teaching in Refugee Contexts
SLB/003  Approaches to education for social justice, citizenship and sustainability
Migration and mobility in education
SLB/004  Intersectional inequalities and social exclusion
Panel Symposium
SLB/005  Social movements, indigenous knowledges and collective learning
Exploring and valuing indigenous knowledges
SLB/006  Global policy agendas and the Sustainable Development Goals
Panel Symposium
12.30pm – 1.30pmBAICE Presidential Address – Professor Michael Crossley
Spring Lane Building Lecture Theatre 118

Policy Transfer, Sustainable Development and the Contexts of Education

Michael Crossley is Emeritus Professor of Comparative and International Education at the University of Bristol, School of Education, UK. He was the Foundation Director of the Centre for Comparative and International Research in Education (CIRE) in Bristol and is currently Director of the specialist Education in Small States Research Group in the School of Education, and Adjunct Professor of Education at The University of the South Pacific. His research focuses upon theoretical and methodological advances in comparative research;international policy transfer in education;research capacity building and international development cooperation;and education and development in small states. He has carried out research in around 30 countries worldwide, has published over 200 books and articles in the field, supervised 50 doctoral students, is a former Editor of Comparative Education, continues as a member of the Editorial Board for that journal and for the International Journal of Educational Development, and supports a number of other peer reviewed journals including the International Review of Education. Michael is the current President of BAICE (2017-2018), has served previously as BAICE Vice-Chair (2000-2002) and Chair (2002-2004), is a former Trustee of UKFIET, and is a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS).
1.30pm – 2.30pmLunch and Poster Presentations
Spring Lane Building Atrium
2.30pm – 3.45pmParallel Sessions 5
Spring Lane Building
SLB/001  Using technologies and breaking boundaries in education
Using mobile technologies to promote a sustainable social impact for change
SLB/002  Global policy agendas and the Sustainable Development Goals
International trends in curriculum and skills development
SLB/003Approaches to education for social justice, citizenship and sustainability Peace/violence: school systems and practices
SLB/004  Intersectional inequalities and social exclusion
Race, ethnicity and multiculturalism
SLB/005  Social movements, indigenous knowledges and collective learning
Critiquing dominant discourses of development
SLB/006  Intersectional inequalities and social exclusion
Panel Symposium
3.45pm – 4.45pm  Coffee Served
Networking Sessions and Book Launches
Spring Lane Building Atrium

Networking Sessions: Delegates are encouraged to suggest topics for discussion over coffee on sheets at the conference registration desk. Other delegates can then sign up for networking sessions providing an opportunity to meet others with similar research interests.
4.45pm – 6.00pm  Parallel Sessions 6
Spring Lane Building
SLB/001  Intersectional inequalities and social exclusion
Teaching, learning and inequality
SLB/002  Global policy agendas and the Sustainable Development Goals
Cross-cultural perspectives on educational systems and governance
SLB/003  Approaches to education for social justice, citizenship and sustainability
Capabilities approach and education for social justice and the public good
SLB/004  Intersectional inequalities and social exclusion
Intersecting Inequalities
SLB/006  Intersectional inequalities and social exclusion –
Panel Symposium
7.00pm – 7.15pm 7.30pm – 8.00pm  Buses leave for gala dinner
Central Car Park (next to Spring Lane Building)

Drinks Reception Undercroft – Merchant Adventurers Hall, York
8.00pm – 9.30pm  Gala Dinner
Great Hall – Merchant Adventurers Hall, York  
 9.30pm – 11.00pm BAICE Disco!
Great Hall – Merchant Adventurers Hall, York  
11 – 11.15pm  Buses leave for University Campus
Merchantgate (Outside Merchant Adventurers Hall)  
8.30am – 9.00amDelegate Registration
Spring Lane Building Atrium
9.00am – 10.15amParallel Sessions 7
Spring Lane Building
SLB/001Using technologies and breaking boundaries in education
Experiences of mobile technology users: What are their perceptions so far?
SLB/002  Global policy agendas and the Sustainable Development Goals
Mathematics education in diverse settings
SLB/003  Global policy agendas and the Sustainable Development Goals
STEM education, assessment and social justice
SLB/004  Intersectional inequalities and social exclusion
Panel Symposium
10.15am – 10.45am  Coffee Break
Spring Lane Building Atrium
10.45am – 11.45amRound Table Discussions  
SLB/001  Global policy agendas and the Sustainable Development Goals
SLB/002  Social movements, indigenous knowledges and collective learning
SLB/003  Research ethics in international and comparative education
11.45 – 1.15pm  Parallel Sessions 8
Spring Lane Building
SLB/001  Intersectional inequalities and social exclusion
Learning and Gender
SLB/002  Global policy agendas and the Sustainable Development Goals
Exploring equalities internationally: issues of gender, migration and social class
SLB/003Approaches to education for social justice, citizenship and sustainability
Global citizenship: concepts and strategies
SLB/004Intersectional inequalities and social exclusion
Panel Symposium
1.15pm – 2.15pmLunch
Spring Lane Building Atrium
2.15pm – 3.30pm  BAICE Question Time – Chaired by Kenneth King
Spring Lane Building Lecture Theatre 118

Questions will be collected throughout the conference to put to our expert panel.
Professor Kate Pickett
Professor Angela Little
Professor Simon McGrath
Dr Arathi Sriprakash
3.30pm – 4.00pm  Conference Close and Final Remarks
Spring Lane Building Lecture Theatre 118  

Dr Nidhi Singal – BAICE Chair (incoming)  
4.00pm – 5.00pm  Networking and farewell reception
Spring Lane Building Atrium  

BAICE Conference 2018 Organising Committee:
BAICE Conference Chair: Eleanor Brown
BAICE Conference Co-Chair: Emma Jackson

Subtheme Leaders:
Approaches to education for social justice, citizenship and sustainability – Lynda Dunlop
Global policy agendas and the Sustainable Development Goals – Tristan McCowan and Alison Buckler
Social movements, indigenous knowledges and collective learning – Eleanor Brown
Intersectional inequalities and social exclusion – Vanita Sundaram
Education in conflict, crisis and times of uncertainty – Tejendra Pherali
Using technologies and breaking boundaries in education – Angel Urbina Garcia

Volunteers:
Laura Nicklin, Caroline Casey, Obinnaya Lucian Chukwu, Sihem Salem, Lucy Atkinson, Erin Shannon, Patricia Bartley, Estelia Borquez, Julio Rivadeneira Barreiro, Charley Nussey, Victoria Hirst, Alaa Alnajashi, Ying Zou, Lorena Sanchez, Louise Wetheridge

10am – 4pm

4pm – 5pm

5pm – 6pm

6pm – 7pm

7pm – 8pm

8pm – 11pm

Compare Writer’s Workshop (pre sign up only)

Research Centre for Social Sciences YH/001b

This activity is fully booked.

UKFIET AGM (all welcome)

Derwent College Seminar Room D/L/ 047

The Education and Development Forum, UKFIET, Annual General Meeting will be held on the eve of the BAICE Conference in York. Do join us, especially if you are a Member of UKFIET for the AGM, however all are welcome. This is an opportunity to find out more about us and our forthcoming year of events.

UKFIET Networking Event (all welcome)

Derwent College Senior Common Room D/N/ 013

The AGM will be followed by a Networking event which will include the announcement of the 2019 UKFIET Conference theme. There will be talks and the opportunity to meet other members of the community over a few drinks.

Delegate Registration

Vanburgh College Foyer

All guests on the full package have dinner and accommodation on Tuesday night included. There will an opportunity to register for the conference in Vanburgh College. Guests are invited to check into their rooms any time on Tuesday evening. Check-in information will be sent to guests via York Conferences.

Dinner in Vanburgh College (full package)

Vanburgh College Dining Room

Drinks in Vanburgh College (all welcome)

Vanburgh College Bar

The bar will be open from 8pm and we encourage all guests to come along for a pre-conference drink and an opportunity to meet other delegates.