This workshop focuses on critical interventions in geographies of education. It will consider both the spatial flows and discontinuities involved in education spaces and (re)thinking the ‘voice’ through which such issues are articulated. As part of this process, the workshop aims both to rethink traditional spaces in which education has been located and to think outside those spaces - in alternative educational settings, in leisure or play spaces, in order to trace the multiple intersections between learning and everyday life.

Venue: F75a, Bennett Building, University of Leicester

Time: 10am-4pm

Keynote speakers:

Dr Wendy Russell, University of Gloucestershire
Title: ‘Playwork, paradox and power: navigating spaces of hope, anger, fear and refuge’

Dr Heike Jöns, Loughborough University
Title: ‘Decentering higher education: Debates and decisions about British university expansion in the 1960s’

Registration: to book a place, or for further information, please contact: Sarah Smith ([log in to unmask]); lunch included

Attendance is free but places are limited to 30. A number of small travel bursaries are available for postgraduates and unwaged participants.