REAL Centre Upcoming Events
We will share details of our upcoming events here - check back for updates on our planned autumn seminar series.
Seminar series, April-June 2026
This term’s seminars include a series in collaboration with University of the Western Cape (UWC):
‘Education, justice and climate resilience: Global dialogues for sustainable futures’. As well as a seminar with the Data and Research in Education (DARE) Research Consortium.
Teachers and health workers on the front line: A decolonial perspective
Tuesday 28 April, 12-1pm BST, in person and online.
Register here (In collaboration with UWC, note the earlier start time)
• Professor Rajendra Chetty, postcolonial scholar, Faculty of Education, University of the Western Cape
• Dr Karen Daniels, Health Workers 4 Palestine (HW4P), South Africa
• Dr Sumaya Gabriels, Health Workers 4 Palestine (HW4P), South Africa
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Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL): Researching the process of scaling in Sindh Province
Tuesday 5 May, 1-2pm BST, in person and online.
Register here (In collaboration with the Data and Research in Education (DARE) Research Consortium).
Panellists:
• Dr Shenila Rawal, Education Economist and Managing Partner at the Oxford Partnership for Education Research and Analysis (OPERA)
• Dr Camilla Hadi Chaudhary, Research Associate, Faculty of Education
• Professor Ricardo Sabates, REAL Centre
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Humanising the algorithm: AI, teacher agency and educational futures
Tuesday 12 May, 1-2pm BST, in person and online.
Register here (In collaboration with UWC)
• Professor Rajendran Govender, Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of the Western Cape
• Dr Dominique Fagan, Faculty of Education, UWC
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Teacher agency for equity and change
Tuesday 19 May, 1-2pm BST, in person and online.
Register here (In collaboration with UWC)
• Dr Dawit Tibebu Tiruneh, Assistant Research Professor, REAL Centre, University of Cambridge
• Dr Nicholas Wachira, Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED), East Africa
REAL Centre 10 year anniversary conference
On 12 June 2025, the REAL Centre hosted a conference to celebrate a decade of impact, evidence and partnerships:
10 years of the REAL Centre: Tackling injustices in and through education.
See our special conference page for highlights, including blogs, videos, illustrations, memory wall quotes, and more!
