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NEW! BESA Institutional Membership

Institutional membership benefits

Membership for up to 10 members of staff from your university
£20 discount for up to five teaching staff to attend the BESA annual conference
BESA student membership for all students on your course
Students will be able to attend conference at a substantially reduced day rate which will cover only the cost of hospitality
Full access to BESA website for all staff and students – including access to BESA journal Educational Futures and to the BESA blog
Inclusion on the BESA course map (with link to your institutional website)
Links to publisher discounts on Education Studies text

For more details, please visit the members area of the website

Tuesday 13th July 2010

External Examiner Post....

EXTERNAL EXAMINER WANTED:

CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH STUDIES DEGREE

This is an undergraduate course offering the opportunity to study Childhood and Youth Studies either as a BA Combined Honours degree focusing on the age group 8-19 or as a BA Single Honours degree, in which case students study the whole age range (0-19). The modules taught reflect the interdisciplinary nature of the subject and the expertise of the team. Students study compulsory modules in each year: the Child, Family and Society (first year); Childhood Research (second year) and Contemporary Issues for Children and Young People (third year). They choose additional modules from the following list to reflect their interests and career aspirations in the second and third year: Mentoring Children and Young People; Effective Practice with Children and Youth; Youth: Cultures, Subcultures and Lifestyles; Motivating Disaffected Children and Young People; Child in Society. Graduates from the course go on to pursue employment and further training in a wide range of sectors including: social work, voluntary sector, health settings, family support and education.

If you are interested in this position please contact:

Sue Kay-Flowers on kays1@hope.ac.uk

Tuesday 23rd February 2010

The 2nd Annual ESCalate Student Conference

The 2nd ESCalate Annual Student conference takes place on Friday 16th April 2010 at The University of Glamorgam, Pontypridd, South Wales. Please follow the link below to access further details about this event:

http://www.educationstudies.org.uk/materials/wchriss_stuffbesaescalate_student_conference.pdf

Thursday 11th February 2010

Professor Carmichael inaugural professorial lecture

BESA members may be familiar with the work of Professor Carmichael (LJMU) who has forwarded details of his inaugural professorial lecture which will take place on Monday 22nd February (4:00 - 6:00) in the LJMU Design Academy. For further details please follow this link:

http://www.educationstudies.org.uk/materials/educational_visions_lecture_2_prof_carmichael.pdf

Tuesday 9th February 2010

Educationalfutures Volume 2(1) now available to view

The latest version of the British Education Studies Association online journal, Eduactionalfutures, is now available to view. Please click on the Journal 'book' on this website and follow links to Educationalfutures Volume 2(1) for access.

Monday 28th September 2009