Oxford Education Deanery - Events

Join us for a full-day workshop, on Thursday 10 July, 9am-5:15pm, exploring the evidence around teaching children for whom English is an Additional Language (EAL).

This course is designed for EAL leads, classroom teachers and other educators. It will provide an overview of research evidence on key themes in the field of EAL and will offer practical advice on how to interpret that evidence for policy and practice in mainstream classrooms. The course is led by Oxford’s world-leading educators and researchers, Professor Victoria Murphy, Professor Steve Strand OBE, Dr Hamish Chalmers and Dr Faidra Faitaki. They will bring their considerable experience from working across the field of EAL to help you understand how research informs practice and how you can support and promote inclusive learning environments for all. View the programme.

Coffee, tea and buffet lunch is included in the ticket price.

Oxford Education Deanery Scholarships available to join this event. Click here for more information and to apply.

Venue: Department of Education, University of Oxford (15 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PY) and Online

Workshop Date/Time: Thursday 10 July 2025, 9am-5:15pm (in person attendance only)

Ticket types

• Standard (standard in-person attendee ticket) - £45
• ECT (in-person attendee ticket for teachers that have received QTS within the last 2 years) - £35
• Student (university students of any institution, student educators, and trainees including SCITT and Teach First / Teach for All) - £25
• Group (discount in-person ticket for groups of up to 4 attendees from the same school, trust, or organisation) - £70
• Sch App (colleagues who have made a successful application for a scholarship will receive a password to complete their purchase of a reduced price ticket via this option)

Join us for the launch event of 'Mentoring Languages Teachers in the Secondary School' on Thursday 19 June 2025 from 5:00-6:15pm.

View the programme.

The event will be followed by canapes and drinks (6:15-7:30pm).

Time: Thursday 19 June 2025, 5:00-6:15pm (canapes and drinks ~7:30pm)

Venue: Department of Education, University of Oxford (15 Norham Gardens, OX2 8PY) and Online

Join us either online or in-person for the annual Chinese Language Teaching Research Forum hosted by the Oxford Education Deanery in partnership with the Association for Language Learning. The forum brings together teachers and researchers in the field of Chinese language learning to discuss the findings and classroom implications of recent and ongoing research. This year’s event focuses on the teaching and learning of Chinese pronunciations and characters. View the programme.

Tea, coffee and refreshments included with in-person ticket bookings.

Oxford Education Deanery Scholarships available to join this event. Click here for more information and to apply.

Date/Time: Wednesday 2 July 2025, 1-5pm BST

Venue: Department of Education, University of Oxford (15 Norham Gardens, OX2 8PY) / Online

Speakers:

• Robert Neal, Teacher, Swire Chinese Language Foundation
• Yao Yao Ruan, Researcher and Doctoral Student, University of Oxford
• Seán Timon, Lecturer, University of Oxford
• Sonia Qin, Researcher and Doctoral Student, University of Oxford
• Rose Ren, Researcher and Doctoral Student, University of Oxford

Ticket types:

• Standard (standard in-person attendee ticket) - £35
• ECT (in-person attendee ticket for teachers that have received QTS within the last 2 years) - £25
• Student (university students of any institution, student educators, and trainees including SCITT and Teach First / Teach for All) - £15
• ALL member (in-person ticket for ALL membership holders) - £25
• Group (discount in-person ticket for groups of up to 4 attendees from the same school, trust, or organisation)
• Online (worldwide online ticket with event video, audio, slides, and chat participation) - £10