March 30, 2026
This event took place on 28 April 2026. It was a conversational session to explore the potential of postgraduate degrees and research to drive professional development for those practicing within various settings. We will explore how to approach the idea Read more…
October 27, 2025
This event took place on 18 November 2025. In this IPDA Scotland online event we explored how the experience and knowledge of the practice-based researcher can help shape the research within their own study. The discussion was led by Professor Read more…
June 30, 2025
On June 17th 2025, IPDA members from Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales came together for an online symposium to present and discuss research and issues related to teacher workload. This built upon a successful IPDA Scotland online event on teacher workload Read more…
May 14, 2025
On Saturday, 10th May 2025, education professionals from various universities, schools and organisations came together to discuss and reflect on professional learning. In a symposium hosted at Queen Margaret University and the outdoor learning hub, members of the IPDA Scotland Read more…
January 13, 2025
On 5 February 2025 IPDA Scotland held this webinar ‘in conversation with the authors’ of the recently published Teacher Workload Research Report. Professors Moira Hulme and Gary Beauchamp shared their insights from research in this discussion webinar. Event host: Lynn Nisbet, Read more…
January 26, 2024
This first meeting of the year for the International Professional Development Association’s Research Network took place on 25 January 2024. As always, the network meeting was split into two sections. The first 45 minutes handed over to our guest speaker Read more…
October 29, 2023
IPDA Scotland hosted this event on 8 November 2023 with Dr Suzie Dick and Dr Helen Burns discussing their paper ‘Professional learning and an emergent community of practice on the Scottish islands as viewed through Biesta’s educational domains’ The paper Read more…
March 11, 2021
In the second IPDA Scotland podcast, hosted by John Mynott, you can listen to this conversation with Rachel Shanks (University of Aberdeen) and Mark Carver (University of Strathclyde). In this IPDA Scotland podcast, John Mynott speaks with Rachel Shanks (University Read more…