The ANGEL Conference 2019 was the key UK event for those working in, or with an interest in, Global Education research. The second of our bi-annual conferences, it also functioned as a gathering for members of the Academic Network on Global Education & Learning. The event was held on 9 & 10th of May 2019 in Bloomsbury, London. The event built on the success of the Global Learning conference organised by the Development Education Research Centre (DERC) in 2017.
Registration opened on the 31st January 2019.
The Conference was aimed at academics, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners from around the world and papers and presentations covered all sectors of education, evidence from empirical based research as well as discussion on approaches to building more effective connections between researchers and policy-makers - building on the research and policy dialogue that has been led by Global Education Network Europe (GENE), in partnership with DERC. In addition, all plenary sessions included discussions on how to take forward the themes addressed by the keynote speakers in developing and implanting policies, informing research and helping to improve the quality of educational practice.
The Conference included a mixture of keynote presentations, academic papers and presentations from empirical research, debates on key issues and opportunities for meetings of specialist Journal boards, early career researchers, NGO practitioners and policy-makers. There were parallel sessions on both days that covered themes that emerged in our submissions, including conceptualisation, school based education, further and higher education and informal learning - as well as more diverse sessions organised by the conference themes below.
The full version of the programme, navigable with hyperlinked buttons to make it easier to use, is accessible below. Please note that the hyperlink buttons will work when you open the document in Adobe or Chrome, as well as iPhone / IOS, but not on Android.
Opportunities created by the Sustainable Development Goals
Relationship to formal or further and higher education or informal forms of learning
Connecting researchers and policy makers on Global Education
Side events and special sessions
Outside of the plenary speeches and the parallel sessions, arranged by the above themes, we had a number of special symposia and side events, including:
The new Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning programme
Bridge 47: European wide Global Citizenship Education initiative run by civil society organisations
Special session: Migration
Centre for Applied Buddhism (SGI-UK): Buddhist Perspectives on Global Citizenship and Value Creating Education
We have published a report summarising the event statistics, as well as extensively outlaying participant feedback and input. If you want to know more about the future of the network, have a read.
Teachers for a Sustainable Future: Global Education and Teacher Training in Visegrad Countries.
Webinar presenting research results of an international project examining the role of higher education institutions in integrating Global Education, with a particular emphasis on teacher education.