SRE (Sex and Relationships Education) is VITAL in ensuring that we equip students with the confidence and knowledge needed to have healthy, positive and safe sexual relationships. Time and time again, research has shown thatContinue reading
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GENDER AND EDUCATION CONFERENCE – 24TH – 26TH JUNE 2015
The TENTH international biennial conference of the Gender and Education Association is now less than a week away. Hosted by The University of Roehampton, Feminisms, Power and Pedagogy is sure to be an informative, engaging andContinue reading
CALL FOR PAPERS
We are pleased to announce the following calls for papers; all three are fantastic opportunities and promise to be exciting events! 1. Neoliberalism, work and gender education (deadline for abstracts is 6 July) NGEWContinue reading
White Working-Class Boys’ Learner Identities in Neoliberal Times
Garth Stahl, now at the University of South Australia, discusses his research in London, UK, on white working class boys. Garth’s book Identity, Neoliberalism and Aspiration: Educating White Working-class Boys is now available from Routledge.Continue reading
Gender and economic equality in Scotland: mission (im)possible?
Unequal access to life opportunities continues to constitute a chronic impediment to education, participation in civic society and work, and health and well-being in Scotland, especially so of girls and women. It is a strikingContinue reading
Gender and Education in the Asia-Pacific: Possibilities and Provocations: a report from the Melbourne Conference
The Gender and Education Interim Conference hosted by three universities in Melbourne in December was a truly inspiring occasion. hall Three outstanding key notes were followed by three inspirational panels organized around Rebecca Barry’s remarkableContinue reading
Towards a politics of hope? Activism and gendered labour
In this blog post Janet Newman, Emeritus Professor at the Open University introduces her recent book Working the Spaces of Power: activism, neoliberalism and gendered labour. She asks, in these dire times, how might itContinue reading
2015 GEA Conference programme
Programme in day order Abstracts Weds 24 June Abstracts Thurs 25 June Abstracts Fri 26 June Share on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Email toContinue reading
2015 Biennial Conference of the GEA Association: Keynote speakers’ short bios and abstracts
2015 Biennial Conference of the GEA Association: Keynote speakers’ short bios and abstracts Prof. Katarina Eriksson Barajas, Linköping University, Sweden The Power of Fiction as a Pedagogical Tool for Eliciting Gender Discourses My paper examinesContinue reading
We need inclusive, intergenerational feminist debate
By Vesela Harizanova Recent years have seen a revival of feminist thought and activism, often described as ‘the fourth wave of feminism’, which is facilitated by the accessibility of social media and mobile technology, enablingContinue reading
