Unique Opportunities for Teachers
Explore below to discover talks, events, research and other opportunities to get involved with the School of Education. If you would like any more information or have any questions, please get in touch.
Talks and events
Current events are shown below, but please also visit the subject interest group pages too as events specific to those groups will be shown there. We also have a Primary Education Network which runs events.
Other events
There are no current events.
Subject interest groups
The subject interest groups provide a space to discuss your subject, share ideas, research and such as part of a safe, supportive community of inquiry. These are free for all teachers in partnership schools.
Primary Education Network (PEN)
As an important aspect of our wider partnership work, the Primary Initial Teacher Education team hosts the Primary Education Network (PEN). The PEN provides an opportunity for colleagues with an interest in primary education to come together for free events which offer both professional learning and local networking. The current format is a termly online MS Teams session (one hour and 15 minutes) featuring some expert input and then the opportunity to ask questions and discuss implications with colleagues from other schools. Presenters include staff from the School of Education and colleagues from local partnership schools. We aim to address topic issues from an evidence-informed and practice-oriented standpoint.
Example of recent PEN topics include:
- Using technology to support children’s writing
- Reducing the attainment gap for disadvantaged pupils
- Understanding refugee education
- Offering meaningful oracy education
- Developing science capital
Another aspect of the PEN is our primary blog, which has covered a multitude of primary-related themes in well over 80 posts. We are always very interested in ideas for topics, presenters and blog posts. Please get in touch with rupert.knight@nottingham.ac.uk to discuss potential contributions.
Next meetings (topics TBC)
- Thursday 6 March 2025
- Thursday 5 June 2025
Please get in touch with us if you would like to get involved in the Primary Education Network and be kept up to date with events.