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Updates from the upcoming Northern Networks Inclusive Education Event

The inaugural event of the Northern Networks will host an evening dedicated to Inclusive Education at 7:00 PM (BST) on October 21, 2024 online.

The guest speakers at the event are:

Lisa McAuliffe from the Inclusive Education SIG at  Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA)

Liya Kalinnikova Magnusson from the Inclusive Education SIG at the Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA) and

Miriam Colum from our own Inclusive Education SIG here at the Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI).

Please book your place now at Eventbrite as places are filling up fast. Everyone is welcome and attendance at the event is free of charge.

More about the speakers

Lisa McAuliffe

Lisa McAuliffe

I am a Senior Lecturer in Education based in the School of Education and Social Sciences at the University of the West of Scotland. My main teaching and research focus is inclusion. As a member of the Scottish Universities Inclusion Group, I have contributed to the development of the Framework for Inclusion (currently in its third edition), which is a reflective tool for pre- and in-service teachers, aiming to support them in developing inclusive practice. I was one of the founding members of the SERA Inclusive Education Network and have been a convenor since its launch in 2020. A brief overview of the current state of inclusive education in Scotland through the lens of our network can be found here.

 

Liya Kalinnikova Magnusson

Presently, I am a senior lecturer and associate professor (Sw. docent) in education/special education at the department of Education in the Faculty of Education and Business studies, University of Gävle; as well as a guest researcher at the Institute of Russian and Eurasian studies at Uppsala University.
Research interests are focusing on inclusive education through the prism of post-constructional process in conventional special education for further sustainability in the field, including Higher Education and how this post-constructional process is contextualized by political choices in educational reforms internationally; comparative studies in education; curriculum studies in teacher education; dynamics of the change of target groups in special educational needs. Historicization of the studies is going on comparatively among Eastern European countries, contributing to NERA internationally.
Present employment:
Senior lecturer in special education, University of Gävle
Associate professor in education, University of Gävle;
Honorary professor at Caucasus International University, Tbilisi, Georgia;
Member of the special pedagogy group at Uppsala University;
Affiliated/guest researcher at the Institute of Russian and Eurasian studies at Uppsala University;
Affiliated doctoral co-supervisor in Moldovan Universities: Ion Creangã State Pedagogical University and State University of Moldova;
Affiliated doctoral co-supervisor in Tbilisi State University


Miriam Colum

Miriam ColumMiriam Colum, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Head of the Department of Inclusion, Religious Education and Student Life in Marino Institute of Education. She is also Programme Leader for the Professional Master of Education (PME) (primary). Miriam is a former primary school teacher with experience in both mainstream and special school settings. Prior to joining MIE, Miriam was a lecturer in St. Angela’s college, Sligo, on the Postgraduate Diploma in Special Educational Needs (PGSEN). She also co-coordinated the nationwide level 7 course for Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) and was the module leader for the blended course on Autism Spectrum Disorders. Her current research interests are focused on inclusion; special education; national and international special education policies; school leadership; distributed leadership; role of the Special Needs Co-Ordinator in primary schools; Diversity in teaching; Traveller education and Foucauldian theory.  She completed her PhD in 2023 at the University of Galway by conducting qualitative research on the importance of a distributed leadership approach to support the inclusion of children with emotional and behavioural difficulties in primary schools in Ireland.

Miriam sits on the Consultative forum of the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) and is the Editor of the REACH Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland.

More about the Northern Networks

Northern Networks is an exciting new collaboration between the SIGs here at ESAI, the Networks of the Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA) and the Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA). It is designed to foster dialogue and knowledge exchange among the networks within our three organizations – SERA, NERA and ESAI. It involves a series of discussions between the networks on various themes. Each SIG/network will present their work, showcase achievements, discuss challenges, and share future plans.

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