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Conference News Newsletter 1: Friday 20th January
2012
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Welcome to the BERA Conference
2012 January Newsletter
Key Dates
Friday 20th January
2012 – Please note this has now been
extended to 9.00am on Monday 23rd
January
Abstract Submission Deadline - Early Careers
Research AND Main Conference
Friday 6th
April 2012
Corresponding Author advised of Outcome of Peer Review Process
Monday 7th
May 2012
Corresponding Author notified of the time and date of their
Presentation at the Conference
Friday 25th
May 2012
Early bird registration deadline - all presenting authors must be
registered by this date otherwise the paper will be withdrawn
Conference
News
We are delighted that
once again AERA will hold a symposium at this year’s BERA Conference
which we hope you will attend. Please find the full details of this below:
AERA Symposium – Wednesday 5th
September
‘Privatization and Tertiary Education: The Good, the Bad and
the Ugly’
Guilbert
Hentschke – Cooper Chair of
Education, University of Southern California
Kevin
Kinser – Professor of Education,
State University
of New York at
Albany
Simon
Marginson – Professor of Education,
Melbourne
University
William
G. Tierney – University Professor,
University of
Southern California
The fastest growing sector in tertiary education
throughout most of the world is the private for-profit sector.
In 1967, for example, for-profit higher education
accounted for less than one-third of one percent of all students in the
United States .
By 2012 more than 12% of all students in the
USA attend
for-profit institutions. This growth has not come without
controversy. Some will argue that the profit motive should not be part of
an ostensible public good – education. Others argue that for-profit
institutions utilize unethical admissions practices, admit students who are
under-prepared, graduate students who are not prepared for the labor market,
and saddle students (and the government) with huge amounts of debt.
Proponents of the for-profit sector point out that the problems are not
systemic and that the sector offers a needed resource. Another critique
pertains to the capacity problems confronting countries trying to increase
participation in the tertiary sector. This session will discuss these
issues from these multiple perspectives. Rather than a singular viewpoint
on the for-profit sector the intent of this symposium is to delineate the
various viewpoints on these issues and generate thoughtful discussion about the
future of the sector.
For up to date programme information and further details
regarding the symposium please see the BERA Website http://beraconference.co.uk/programme-at-a-glance/
Plenary
Speakers
The conference has attracted a number of high profile
speakers who will be delivering keynote lectures.
• Professor Jean Clandinin, Director of the
Centre for Research for Teacher Education and Development (CRTED)
• Professor Zeus Leonardo,
University of California ,
Berkeley
• Professor Stephen Heppell,
Bournemouth
University
• Jon Coles, Former Director General for
Education Standards at the Department for Education
For further details on the above speakers please visit: http://beraconference.co.uk/speakers/
Registration
Registration is now open;
please visit http://beraconference.co.uk/
to register and take advantage of the Early Registration Deadline - 25th
May.
Bursary
Awards
BERA awards various bursaries to UK Students,
UK based
Teachers and International Delegates towards the cost of attending the Annual
Conference. For further information and to apply for these awards please visit http://beraconference.co.uk/register1/
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