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IPDA Scotland Symposium: Professional Learning in a renewing learning community
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…
IPDA Cymru Relaunch
On 2o May 2025 we were delighted to meet with colleagues for the IPDA Cymru Relaunch event. The event was hosted by Professor Gary Beauchamp and Ulrike Vogel. The relaunch was framed as an informal discussion with our members in Read more…
ECR Spotlight Session on De-mystifying the Viva
IPDA hosted our second Spotlight Session for early career researchers, this time focusing on ‘De-mystifying the Viva’. The session took place on 8 May 2025. In this spotlight session, we covered:
IPDA Ireland hosts Emerging and Early Career Researcher Event
IPDA Ireland hosted our Emerging and Early Career Researcher Event on 20 March 2025, hosted by Dr Niamh Hickey. IPDA Ireland’s first Emerging and Early Career Researcher Event offered an opportunity for emerging and early career members of the IPDA Read more…
IPDA England hosts session on Research Impact with Prof Gary Beauchamp
On 5 March 2025 IPDA England held this session with Professor Gary Beauchamp looking at research impact: what it means and how it could be evidenced. The session was delivered in hybrid format in partnership with Canterbury Christ Church University. Read more…
ECR Spotlight Session focuses on Making Theory Work For You
This event took place on Thursday 12th December 2024. IPDA welcomed all doctoral researchers to our very first Spotlight Session. In the session we talked through all things theoretical! Including: IPDA members can watch the recording in the ECR group Read more…
England and India host event on Developing Professional Learning via Mentoring for Teacher Training, an international perspective
This event took place on 7th November 2024. IPDA England and India welcomed colleagues for a stimulating discussion on how mentoring is used within the Indian and English context to facilitate professional learning conversations. The event included presentations from key speakers Read more…
IPDA England hosts event on Developing funding applications
This event took place on 16 October 2024 at Canterbury Christ Church University. This session aimed to provide Early Careers Researchers, Post-Doctoral Researchers, and anyone who is interested in learning how to develop a bid or a grant application in Read more…
IPDA Ireland hosts Journal Club with Melissa Parker
On 26th September 2024, IPDA Ireland hosting the fourth event in our Journal Club Series entitled: ‘Journaling where we have not journaled before’. IPDA Ireland vice-chair, Dr Eimear Holland hosted the event. After journal club delegates explored the themes of Read more…
IPDA Scotland Professional Learning Research Network
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…
IPDA England holds Early Career Researcher Celebration Event
The IPDA England Early Career Researcher Celebration bought together a group of researchers at various stages of their journey at the University of Wolverhampton’s Walsall campus in October 2023. Key presentations were made by Diana Bannister, Director of the University’s Read more…
IPDA Ireland hosts event on Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives on Professional Learning
On 30 November 2023, IPDA Ireland hosted an exciting online event exploring professional learning across different professions from an Irish perspective. In the event we explored how professional learning is structured, supported, and enacted in different professions from an Irish Read more…
IPDA England hosts book discussion – A Guide to Coaching and Mentoring Teachers at Every Stage of their Careers
On 13 December 2023 IPDA England hosted a book discussion continuing on the theme of coaching and mentoring to support professional learning, focusing on: Mentoring and Coaching in Education: A Guide to Coaching and Mentoring Teachers at Every Stage of Read more…
IPDA England hosts mentoring and coaching event with the International Journal for Mentoring and Coaching in Education
On 23 November 2023 IPDA England hosted a vibrant discussion focusing on Coaching and Mentoring in Teacher Education, in collaboration with the International Journal for Mentoring and Coaching, where we discussed the key learning, findings and insights of this special Read more…
IPDA Scotland holds Journal Club focusing on professional learning and an emergent community of practice on the Scottish islands as viewed through Biesta’s educational domains
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…
IPDA Ireland hosts Journal Club with Philippa Cordingley
IPDA Ireland hosted the third Journal Club event on 8th June 2023, hosted by Dr Eimear Holland and with author Philippa Cordingley. Host: Dr Eimear HollandJournal Paper: Cordingley, P. (2015) ‘The contribution of research to teachers’professional learning and development’, Oxford Read more…
IPDA England Workshop: Stories of student-teachers about learning in two contexts: What professional learning is in it for teacher educators?
On 7t November 2023 IPDA England held this workshop with Dr Liz White and Dr Miranda Timmermans. Our international collaborative research project explored the experiences of student-teachers in school-university partnerships in the Netherlands and England, focussing on dilemmas in their Read more…
IPDA England holds first Lightning Conference on Qualitative data collection & generation methods
IPDA England presented the first online ‘lightning conference’, giving researchers and early career researchers the platform for short, 7 minute prensetations on an issue/topic regarding qualitative data collection and generation methods. The lightning conference, just like the main IPDA conference, Read more…
