GEOGRAPHIES OF EDUCATION
8th-9th September 2009, LoughboroughUniversity
First Call for Participation
Keynote speakers:
Professor Tim Butler, Professor Susan Robertson
Responding to the growing interest in spaces of education within geography and cognate disciplines,
this conference will provide a unique opportunity for debating key themes and concepts concerning
the production, consumption and governance of education at different scales and in different cultural
contexts. The two-day conference has over 40 papers relating to the following themes:
* Access and attainment
* Internationalisation and mobility
* The state, schooling and parenting
* Identity, difference and the spaces of schooling
* Knowledge economies and institutional contexts
The conference is supported by the Centre for Research in Identity, Community, Society (CRICS),
based in the Department of Geography, LoughboroughUniversity, the Social and Cultural Geography
Research Group (SCGRG), the Children, Youth and Family Working Group (CYFWG) and the History and
Philosophy of Geography Research Group (HPGRG) of the Royal Geographical Society.
Two-day registration: £79 (full rate) £49 (postgraduate and unwaged) (includes meals and
refreshments). Optional overnight B&B ensuite accommodation £45. There will be 10+
bursaries to support the attendance of new career, postgraduate and unwaged delegates.
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LIST OF ACCEPTED PAPERS TO DATE:
A regional leadership model to enhance educational outcomes in disadvantaged regions Hilary P.M. Winchester, University of South Australia
An Analysis of the Transnational Migration Strategies of International Students in Australia G. Tan, PhD Candidate, Department of Geographical & Environmental Studies The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Brain circulation, diaspora networks and the internationalization of higher education Heike Jöns, LoughboroughUniversity
"... but you can feel like a citizen!" Perceptions, experiences and practices of 'doing' citizenship of young people in the Netherlands Bettina van Hoven and Jessica Vogelzang University of Groningen, Department of Cultural Geography
Charter schools and the geographies of US urban education policy: strategic philanthropies, education entrepreneurs, and the pragmatic grassroots Claudia Hanson Thiem, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Children's embodied social capital and (dis)ability: connecting micro- and macro- scales of exclusion/inclusion Louise Holt, University of Reading
Critical Pedagogy, Conscientization, and the Institution of Deaf Education in Ireland. Elizabeth S. Mathews, NIRSA, NUI Maynooth, Co. Kildare.
Discursive spaces of the Academies programme Kirsten Purcell, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge,
Dumped here or escaping there: classed discourses on childhood and community in headteacher interpretations of the Extended Schools initiative in Britain, Holloway, S.L. & Pimlott-Wilson, H., Centre for Research in Identity, Community, Society, Department of Geography, Loughborough Univeristy, UK
Educating Emotions: Imagining Young People's FutureSelvesLizGagenUniversity of Hull
Education in a Global Space: the framing of 'Education for Citizenship' Dr Greg Mannion, Gert Biesta, Mark Priestley (Stirling) and Hamish Ross (Edinburgh)
Food and Power beyond the School Gates Joanne Pike, Food, Health and Education Research Group, University of Hull
Geographic Influences over Student Self-Confidence Nick Gill, Lancaster
Geographies of education: Coping with and responding to change in the modern university Andrew Kent, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester
Geographies of Studentification. Moira Munro and Mark Livingston, Department of GlasgowUniversity
Globalization and Privatization of Higher Education in Qatar Torsten Brandenburg, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Geography, University of Mainz, Germany
Globalization of Higher Education in the Arab World - Factors and Modes of Internationalization Dr. Ala Al-Hamarneh, Center for Research on the Arab World, Institute of Geography, University of Mainz
Language, education, and assimilation: reflections on the Manitoba schools question Damian Collins, University Of Alberta, Canada
NeisseUniversity as a regional partnership for academic mobility Maik Hoemke, University of Zurich
Off 'the model': resistant places, unforgetting and school disaffection in some former Derbyshire coal-mining communities Geoff Bright, Sheffield Hallam
'Pupil participation in school (re)design: a British case study' Michelle Newman, , Coventry University; Olga den Besten University of Northampton;; Peter Kraftl, University of Leicester; John Horton, University of Northampton; Peter Adey, Keele University
Reproducing inequality in a provincial urban space: the University of East Anglia in its social and cultural context Ben Rogaly and Becky Taylor, University of Sussex
School spaces of belonging: educating children for religious citizenship Peter Hemming, Geography/Sociology & Social Policy, University of Leeds
Sociocultural Standpoints and Reactions to Representations of African Identity in a Globalization Curriculum Judith Stevenson, PhD, Director, Peace Studies Program, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development, California State University, Long Beach
Student identities in new spaces of higher education and urban regeneration Mandy Curtis, University of Brighton
Studentification and the rise of Purpose Built Development Phil Hubbard, LoughboroughUniversity.
Studying geography abroad: perspectives of international exchange students Peter Kraftl, Department of Geography, University of Leicester, UK
The African university as a master of knowledge for regional development: The case of three peripheral universities in Cameroon Eike W. Schamp and Yvonne Zajontz, Frankfurt/Main
The complexities of studentification Joanna Sage, University of Brighton
The factors determining private higher education location and its development in Central and Eastern Europe: the case of Poland Artur Bajerski, University of Poznan, Poland
The future of studentification: 'sanitising' the student experience Darren Smith, BrightonUniversity
The migration plans and decision-making processes of (post)students: 'Staying put' or 'moving on' after graduation? Amy Tucker, University of Brighton
The place of aspiration: spatial aspects of widening participation policy and practice Gavin Brown, University of Leicester
The Rich Get Richer: An analysis of equity in high school graduation rates Melvin, E., Friedman, D., and VanEron, J. General Douglas MacArthur High School, Levittown, NY, City University of New York Graduate Center, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New York, New York
The Role of School in Constructing a Rhythm for Everyday Life Kathy Reilly, National University of Ireland, Galway
'The Status Quo is Not an Option': Community impacts of School Closure in South Taranaki, New Zealand Robin A. Kearns, Nicholas Lewis, Tim McCreanor, Karen Witten, School of Geography, Geology & Environmental Science, The University of Auckland
The University as paradoxical space? A case study of HE Student Volunteering Clare Holdsworth (Department of Geography, University of Liverpool); Jocey Quinn (IPSE, London Metropolitan University)
UK students and overseas education: spatial circuits and the salience of class Rachel Brooks (University of Surrey) and Johanna Waters (University of Liverpool)
'Wales is my home, I don't want to leave': Higher education choice and youth mobility in Wales Denise Hinton, University of Liverpool
What is the ideal size for a primary school? Alan Pagden, UEA
World university rankings and the geographies of higher education Michael Hoyler and Heike Jöns, LoughboroughUniversity
Young peoples' perspectives on sustainable schools and the new schools building programme. Andrea Wheeler and Brigitte Nerlich, The University of Nottingham, UK
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