This is a reminder that registration will be closing on May 15th for the International Symposium on Education during the dates of August 4 – August 8, 2013 at Harris Manchester College in the University of Oxford, Oxford, England. Harris Manchester College is one of the thirty-eight colleges that form the University of Oxford and was founded in 1786. We are pleased to invite you to be a member of this Round Table. Membership is limited to approximately thirty-five (35) interdisciplinary scholars who have a particular interest in this subject.
Fifteen years ago, a highly successful Round Table was specifically designed to explore general education and policy. You are invited and encouraged to make a presentation and to provide a paper on a relevant aspect of the topic. Papers presented at the Round Table may be subsequently submitted for publication in the Forum, a journal of the Oxford Round Table. Papers considered for publication in the Forum are evaluated by peer reviewers as to technical and substantive quality and for potential to make a significant contribution to new knowledge in the field.
Should you accept this invitation you will be joined on the programme by Dr Richard Margrave is a senior policy and communications professional with direct experience of journalism, the legislative and political environment and the formulation of national and international policy. He has worked directly for a number of politicians in the UK and European Parliament, including the Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, former Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Justice Secretary under Prime Ministers Rt Hon Tony Blair and Rt Hon Gordon Brown. Dr Margrave received his BSc(Econ) from University College, London and his PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is a Member of the National Union of Journalists, the Chartered Institute of Public Relations in the UK and the Royal Commonwealth Society.
Members of the Oxford Round Table have access to an array of academic, cultural and social resources, including the Oxford Union Debating Society, colleges and halls of Oxford dating back to 1204, museums, theatres, bookstores, college chapels, river boating, literary pubs, political clubs and may, on recommendation, become official readers of the venerable Bodleian Library of the University, founded by Duke Humphrey circa 1440 and refounded by Sir Thomas Bodley 1602. A free afternoon and evening will be available on Tuesday for independent travel to London, Stratford-upon-Avon, Bath, Stonehenge, Salisbury, Cambridge or many of the other cultural sights in England.
Alternatively, we are also hosting a few other sessions in 2013 that may be of interest to you instead:
July 28 – Aug 1, 2013 – Critical Public Issues (including Environment, Climate Change, etc.)
Topics of discussion will include:
Women and Education
· Manifestation of Gender Discrimination Gender and Hierarchy of the University
· Factors Affecting Compensation Tenure and Promotion
· Culture of the Institution and Gender Inequality
· Women’s Career Investments and the Returns
· Equal Pay
· Effects and Limitations of Legislation
· Sexual harassment and Consequences
· Career Traps for Women
· Women’s Career Investments and Returns
· Implicit Discrimination in the Workplace
· Promotion and Pay
· Barriers to Progress in the Cultural Religious Context
· Overcoming the Obstacles on the Professional Ladder
· Women in Power in a Man’s World
Higher Education
· University Leadership and Administration
· For Profit vs Public Universities
· Development
· Student Affairs
· Human Resources
· Buildings and Grounds
· Technology and Ubiquitous Learning
· Education Law
· Fiscal Management
Early Childhood Education
· Early STEM Learning
· Reading First
· Children’s Speech
· At Risk Children
· Preventive Health for Children
· Planning the PreK-3 Programs
· Technology and the Young Child
· Special Education
· School Administration and Leadership
· Elementary Instruction
· Secondary Instruction
· School Governance
· Instruction and Support
Separation of Church and State
· Schools, Madrasses and Religion
· First Amendment Decline
· Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms
· Understanding the Global Scale of Religion and Government
· Traversing Church and State: Faith Based Initiatives
· Re-Examining Separation of Church and State in America
· Rationalizing Universal Education, Sectarian or Secular Schools
· Government Funding of Parochial Schools
· The Religious Influence on the Decline of Public
The conference will run from Sunday night through Thursday morning. We will have reception and dinners in the Olde Dining Hall on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday nights where the Oxford professors and students dine when university is in session. Lunches are provided on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday along with tea/coffee/biscuit breaks during the meeting. You can also reserve a room in the Oxford University dormitory at Harris Manchester College where students stay during term time. More detailed information concerning the schedule of events and the registration fee can be found on our web site.
In order to ensure that you are registered in a timely and accurate manner, we recommend that you register on our website at www.oxfordroundtable.co.uk. Should you be unable to attend, we would welcome your nomination of a colleague to attend in your place. We look forward to hearing from you.
Registration for 2014 is now open!! Early bird discounts available.
Please direct all inquiries to:
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Coordinator
Oxford Round Table
6216 East Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 230
Long Beach, California 90803
Tel: 866-ORT-3411
Fax: 866-244-8833
E-mail: coordinator@oxfordroundtable.com
Web Site: www.oxfordroundtable.co.uk
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