Oxford Education Deanery - Events

Pre-book your early bird tickets for the 2026 Oxford Chinese Language Teaching Research Forum.

Join us online or in person to meet other practitioners, share research-informed ideas, practical resources and expertise.

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.

For: Chinese language teachers (to students of all ages and levels) and practitioners with an interest in Chinese language teaching

Time/Date: 3 July 2026, 1-5pm BST

Location: Department of Education (15 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PY) / Online

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 (in-person attendee ticket for university students of any institution, student educators, and trainees including SCITT and Teach First) - £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) - £50
• Sch App (colleagues who have made a successful application for a scholarship will receive a password to complete their purchase of a reduced price in-person ticket via this option) - £7
• Online (worldwide online ticket with event video, audio, slides, and chat participation) - £10

The Oxford Deanery Climate & Nature Collaborative is a three-day professional development series for school teachers. It convenes leading experts, dedicated educators, and practitioners to deepen understanding of the interconnected nature of climate change and our relationship with the natural world. Rooted in the latest research on climate and nature education, the Collaborative is about picking up the pace—accelerating resilience, amplifying hope, and sparking meaningful engagement.

This is intended to be transformational for your teaching. The learning, strategies, and connections forged here are designed to carry forward into your classrooms, schools, and communities—long after the conference ends. By foregrounding both scientific knowledge, emotional awareness, and human-nature connections, the series supports teachers in co-creating practical strategies and inspiring approaches that empower students to envision—and build—constructive futures.

Ticket price includes lunch on Friday and Saturday and a speaker/participant dinner (taking place on either the Thursday or Friday).

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

Date: Thursday 11 June – Saturday 13 June 2026

Location: Department of Education, University of Oxford, 15 Norham Gardens, Oxford, OX2 6PY

Format: In person attendance only

For: Primary and secondary teachers, with openings for education practitioners and specialists

Ticket Types:

• Standard (standard in-person attendee ticket) - £249
• ECT (in-person attendee ticket for teachers that have received QTS within the last 2 years) - £219
• Student (in-person attendee ticket for university students of any institution, student educators, and trainees including SCITT and Teach First) - £199
• Group (discount in-person ticket for groups of up to 4 attendees from the same school, trust, or organisation) - £499
• Sch'ship (colleagues who have made a successful application for a scholarship will receive a password to complete their purchase of a reduced price in-person ticket via this option) - £49

Pre-book your early bird tickets for the 2026 Oxfordshire Association for Language Learning (ALL) Conference.

Join us online or in person to meet other practitioners in your professional subject association community, share research-informed ideas, and practical resources and expertise.

For: Teachers of modern languages (to all levels and ages)

Time/Date: 27 March 2026, 1-5pm GMT

Location: Department of Education (15 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PY) / Online

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 (in-person attendee ticket for university students of any institution, student educators, and trainees including SCITT and Teach First) - £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) - £50
• Sch App (colleagues who have made a successful application for a scholarship will receive a password to complete their purchase of a reduced price in-person ticket via this option)
• Online (worldwide online ticket with event video, audio, slides, and chat participation) - £10

Join us on Wednesday 25 March 2026 for a day of exploring how play-based pedagogies can deepen thinking, spark creativity, and help children construct meaning. The event is tailored for primary practitioners working with children between 5 and 12 years old, but colleagues teaching younger or older learners are warmly welcome. If you’ve used playful pedagogies in your classroom or school and would like to share your experience, please contact us to join the roundtable.

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

Speakers:

• Prof Kathy Sylva OBE, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Oxford
• Dr Faidra Faitaki, Departmental Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Course Director, MSc ALLT, University of Oxford
• Dr Cate Hamilton, Departmental Lecturer in Quantitative Research Methods and EAL, University of Oxford
• Dr Sara Ratner, Research Officer & Post-Doctoral Researcher for the Learning in Families through Technology (LiFT) project, University of Oxford
• Jasen Booten, Education Consultant

For: Primary practitioners (Early Years and secondary practitioners also welcome)

Date/Time: Wednesday 25 March 2026, 10:00-16:30 GMT

Location: Department of Education, University of Oxford, 15 Norham Gardens, OX2 6PY (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 (in-person attendee ticket for university students of any institution, student educators, and trainees including SCITT and Teach First) - £25
• Group (discount in-person ticket for groups of up to 4 attendees from the same school, trust, or organisation) - £70
• Sch'ship (colleagues who have made a successful application for a scholarship will receive a password to complete their purchase of a reduced price in-person ticket via this option) - £9

Join us for a workshop, led by Prof Iram Siraj OBE, focused on preparing children for excellence in learning literacy in the Early Years.

Prof Siraj will clarify how emergent literacy - what children learn before they have been taught through direct instruction - how to read and write, and the role of reading and books in developing firm foundations for early reading and writing. Critically, the workshop will address how writing is not just about teaching the skills of writing but is about building on the foundations of oracy, play and understanding of narrative, books, and the creative urge to write. Prof Siraj will highlight the key stages of both reading and writing and how teachers can understand and develop young children's enthusiasm and skills for wanting to write, and create environments that support this. Download the draft programme.

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

Ticket prices include refreshments (pastries, sliced fruit, coffee, tea, juice) and lunch.

Workshop Lead: Prof Iram Siraj OBE

For: Early Years practitioners and senior leaders

Date/Time: 20 March 2026, 9am-1:30pm (half-day workshop)

Location: Department of Education, University of Oxford (15 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PY) - 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 (in-person attendee ticket for university students of any institution, student educators, and trainees including SCITT and Teach First) - £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 in-person ticket via this option) - £9