For more detail you can download the abstracts for all 2011 presentations.

• Student attainment: an issue to merge vocational training with academia. Lena Geijer, University of Stockholm, Department of Education.
• Autobiographical reflections for personal and professional development in teacher education, Dr Tat Heung Choi, Department of Education Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
• Developing a shared knowledge base for the pedagogy of initial teacher education, Sue Field and Anja Swennen, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK; VU University Amsterdam.
• Exploring the professional development needs of new teacher educators situated solely in school: pedagogical knowledge and professional identity, Dr Elizabeth White, School of Education, University of Hertfordshire.
• Salting the salt. The function of Mimesis in CPD, André Koffeman, University of Amsterdam, Holland.
• The future role and purpose of university and training industry partnerships to deliver progressive and meaningful accredited professional learning for the 21^st Century workplace, Dr Steven Coombs, School of Education, Bath Spa University, Maureen Lee, Best Practice Network, Bristol, England.
• Life After 14-19 – Reinventing Professional Identities beyond the Consortium, Emma Brown, 14-19 Consultant Buckinghamshire County Council and Institute of Education, University of London.
• CPD Impact and Career Trajectory: chicken or egg? Dr Bob Burstow, Kings College, University of London, England.
• Autonomy and development: How teachers’ professional autonomy has impact on teachers’ continuing professional development, Wieland Wermke, Stockholm University, Dept. of Education, Sweden.
• The ripple effect: reflections on the evolving CPD leadership practice in one UK region, Dr Linda Devlin, CeDare Research Centre, School for Education Futures, University of Wolverhampton, England.
• Budget cuts put the Scottish CPD Framework at risk? Implications for Higher Education and teacher professional learning, Prof Jim O’ Brien, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
• Coaching and MA Dissertation Supervision – A Comparative Exploration, Julia Tanner Independent Education Consultant, England.
• Changing Mindsets: The Benefits of Implementing a Professional Development Model in Early Childhood Settings in Ireland’, Dorothy J McMillan, Glenda Walsh, Colette Gray, Karen Hanna, Sheelagh Carville and Owen McCracken, Stranmillis University College, a College of Queen’s University, Belfast, N Ireland.
• DIY CPD: how to use the outdoors as a learning resource and improve writing outcomes, Isobel Hopwood-Stephens and Dr Steven Coombs, Bath Spa University, England.
• Autonomy and development: How teachers’ autonomy has impact on teachers’ CPD, Wieland Werke and Gabriella Höstfält,  University of Stockholm, Sweden.
• “An Attack on Professionalism”: A study of the effects the sheep dip approach versus the professionals choice of CPD activities, Lynn Senior, University of Derby, England.
• Untying the Gordian knot: unravelling the neo-liberalist educational context, Dr Ewan Ingleby, School of Social Sciences and Law, Teesside University, England.
• Education as a public good, Keshinro, O.Tola, Department of Technical Education, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Oto/Ijankin, Lagos, Nigeria & Tola Olujuwon, Department of Educational Foundations & Administration, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Oto/Ijanikin, Lagos, Nigeria.
• Methodology, research design and ideological constructs, Helen Mitchell, University of East London, England.
• Working as an independent academic / CPD consultant, Dr Tony Rea Freelance academic, England.