Academic Activities

20-21 September 2023 - Online seminar to reflect on the role of education studies in the professional development of teachers

The Department of Educational Foundations is organising an online seminar to reflect on the role of education studies in the professional development of teachers.

Date: 20 and 21 September 2023
Format : A (Two) 2-day online seminar comprising of invited speakers and selected papers.
Adequate time will be allocated to discussions and debate.

Background
The theoretical study of education has been in decline in the South African context and elsewhere. Lawn and Furlong (2009), for example, write about the crisis of the ‘disciplines of education in the UK’. This is the case in both the Anglo – and the Continental academic traditions related to this field.

For more information : Invitation to participate

The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation runs an annual essay writing competition aimed at young people between the ages of 13-21. ( Closing date : 31 August 2023 )

January 2023 - The International Research Foundation for English Language Education - seeking applications from doctoral candidates who have been advanced to candidacy at their universities

Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to you in my role as a Trustee of TIRF – The International Research Foundation for English Language Education.

We are seeking applications from doctoral candidates who have been advanced to candidacy at their universities. Applicants do not need to be citizens of a particular country or members of any specific organization.

The DDG call for proposals and information about previous grantees and their studies can be found on TIRF’s website by clicking here or by pasting this URL into your browser: https://www.tirfonline.org/doctoral-dissertation-grants/.

I will add that an applicant’s research must relate to one or more TIRF Research Topics, which you can read about by clicking here or following this link: https://www.tirfonline.org/tirfs-research-topics/.

The TIRF Trustees are particularly interested in receiving proposals from doctoral candidates from regions of the word where we have not previously awarded any funding. These areas include many countries in Africa.

If you have any questions about the Foundation’s Research Topics or the proposal review process, please email info@tirfonline.org – we hope to hear from you!

Best wishes,

(Dr.) Kathi Bailey (kbailey@miis.edu)

January 2023 - Now Open: Call for WERA Visiting Researcher Award

In collaboration with the World Education Research Association (WERA), the International Association for the Evaluation of the Educational Achievement (IEA), and the Research Center “Literacy in Diversity Settings” (LiDS) at the University of Hamburg, we warmly invite early stage researchers and experienced researchers engaged in educational research from all nationalities to apply for the WERA Visiting Researcher Award.

This award enables visiting researchers to develop their own research project while benefiting from the individual support of experts from the partner institutes working in different fields related to international large-scale assessments, especially with a focus on diversity in education. The awardee will be privileged with direct access to data and resources of the partner institutes in carrying out their research projects.

Applicants are requested to send all documents via email to wera@aera.net and insert ‘WERA- Academic Researcher Programme’ into the subject of their email when submitting the application. The deadline for the application is April 1st, 2023.

More info : WERA_Visiting_Researcher_Award_Call_2023