BERA 2008 Final Programme
To view the BERA 2008 Final Programme, please click below to download and view in PDF format. Please also find a link to the Conference Planner below, this will help you plan which session you wish to attend. Please print this off and complete the session numbers and rooms of the sessions that you would like to go to.
Programme at a Glance
| Wednesday 2 September | |
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Student Conference Registration |
| 09.00 - 09.30 | Tea/Coffee |
| 09.30 - 09.45 | Student Conference Welcome Pamela Munn, BERA President |
| 09.45 - 11.00 | Student Conference Parallel Session 1 |
| 11.15 - 12.30 | Student Conference Parallel Session 2 |
| 12.30 - 13.30 | Student Conference Lunch |
| 13.30 - 14.45 | Student Conference Parallel Session 3 |
| 13.30 - 16.00 | Doctoral Student Workshop |
| 14.00 - 19.00 | Main Conference Registration |
| 15.00 - 16.30 | Main Conference Parallel Session 1 |
| 16.30 - 17.00 | Tea/Coffee |
| 17.00 - 18.00 | Main Conference Keynote Lindsay Paterson (University of Edinburgh) |
| 18.30 - 19.00 | Student and International Delegate Drinks Reception |
| 19.00 - 19.30 | Main Conference Drinks Reception |
| 20.00 | Buffet Dinner (on campus) |
| Thursday 3 September | |
| 08.00 - 18.00 | Main Conference Registration |
| 09.00 - 10.30 | Parallel Session 2 |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Tea/Coffee |
| 11.00 - 11.15 | Opening Ceremony: Pamela Munn (University of Edinburgh and BERA President) Fiona Hyslop MSP (Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Scottish Parliament) |
| 11.15 - 12.30 | Main Conference Keynote: Gloria Ladson-Billings (University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
| 12.30 - 14.30 | Lunch/Poster Session |
| 13.00 - 14.30 | Keynote Symposia 1, 2 & 3 |
| 14.30 - 16.00 | Parallel Session 3 |
| 16.00 - 16.30 | Tea/Coffee |
| 16.30 - 18.00 | Parallel Session 4 |
| 19.30 - 23.00 | Conference Dinner: Dynamic Earth |
| Friday 4 September | |
| 08.00 - 18.00 | Main Conference Registration |
| 09.00 - 10.30 | Parallel Session 5 |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Tea/Coffee |
| 11.00 - 12.00 | Social Justice Panel: Chair: Pamela Munn (BERA President) Panelists: Graham Donaldson (HM Inspectorate of Education in Scotland [HMIE]), John Elliot (Home Office and formerly DCSF), Becky Francis (Roehampton University); and Sally Tomlinson (Goldsmiths, University of London / University of Oxford) |
| 12.00 - 14.00 | Lunch |
| 12.30 - 14.00 | Keynote Symposia 4, 5 & 6 |
| 14.00 - 15.00 | SIG Business Meetings / Poster Session |
| 15.00 - 16.30 | Parallel Session 6 / SIG convenors meeting |
| 16.30 - 17.00 | Tea/Coffee |
| 17.00 - 18.30 | Parallel Session 7 |
| 18.30 - 19.30 | BERA Annual General Meeting |
| 19.30 | Social Programme Option 1. Dinner at Heriot-Watt Option 2. The Scotch Whisky Experience (dram of whisky on arrival and fully guided tour) Option 3. City of the Dead Ghost Tour (walking tour of the Old City and medieval vaults) |
| Saturday 5 September | |
| 08.00 - 12.00 | Registration |
| 09.00 - 10.30 | Parallel Session 8 |
| 10.30 - 11.00 | Tea/Coffee |
| 11.00 - 12.00 | Main Conference Keynote: Ken Zeichner (University of Wiconsin-Madison) |
| 12.00 | Main Conference ends |
| 12.00 - 16.00 | Practitioner Day Conference |