SERA Conference 2017
University of West of Scotland
Friday 24th November

Alastair Wilson from the University of Strathclyde talks with Professor Stephen McKinney from Glasgow University about his #seraconf17 presentation.

Alastair Wilson at #seraconf17

A short taster of what delegates can expect from the SERA Conference 2018 is offered by Professor Stephen McKinney from the University of Glasgow.

Professor Stephen McKinney previews the SERA Conference 2018

Associate Professor Aliya Kuzhabekova from Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education in Astana, Kazakhstan talks about her poster presentation entitled Research Capacityand Re-adjustment of Ph.D Holders from Kazakhstan at #seraconf18 at the University of Glasgow, School of Education.

Aliya Kuzhabekova at #seraconf18

Jill Shimi and Lauren Boath from the School of Education and Social Work at the University of Dundee talk about the Science symposium that they, along with their colleagues Richard Holme, Dr Liz Lakin and Professor Samia Khan, gave at the SERA Conference 2018.

Lauren Boath And Jill Shimi at the SERA Conference 2018

Dr Stephen Day from the University of West of Scotland is the current President of SERA. Here he talks about the first day of #seraconf18 and he looks forward to what the rest of the conference has to offer.

Stephen Day at the SERA Conference 2018

Dr Aileen Kennedy and Dr Nicola Carse from the University of Edinburgh discuss their presentation about the ongoing work of the Measuring Quality in Initial Teacher Education research programme.

Aileen Kennedy and Nicola Carse at the SERA Conference 2018

The Scottish Physical Education and Research Network (ScotPERN)  is a SERA network that provides a forum to support dissemination of research in PE and HWB by connecting all key stakeholders who have an interest in in these fields both within and beyond the Scottish context. It aims provide a forum to discuss and debate current issues and research in PE and health and wellbeing, creating a platform for the development of high quality, interdisciplinary and impactful research. Here we have Dr Nicola Carse talking about the meeting of the network of ScotPERN at #seraconf18 and what is planned for the year ahead.

ScotPERN at the SERA Conference 2018

Professor Stephen McKinney from the SERA Executive talks with Professor Gary McCulloch from BERA about his impressions on his first visit to the SERA Conference.

Gary McCulloch from BERA discusses his first visit to the SERA Conference

The winner of this year's Estelle Brisard Award at the SERA Conference 2018 is Omolabanke Fakunle from the University of Edinburgh. Omolabanke already has history with SERA having won the three-minute thesis award at last year's conference. Here we can listen to Omolabanke talk about her work.

Omolabake Fakunle at the SERA Conference 2018

Omar Alawajee from the University of Strathclyde talks about his presentation at the SERA Conference 2018. His work involves looking at the impact on online games on the social, emotional and behavioural development of learners with autism.

Omar Alawajee at the SERA Conference 2018

Within SERA's strategic plan the overall purpose of SERA is stated as:

'Working for the improvement of education through promoting and sustaining high quality educational research'

This purpose is broken down into five more specific inter-related aims:

Raising the quality of educational research through supporting and encouraging innovation, rigour and relevance
Encouraging the development of a research infrastructure to ensure sustainability of the activity
Improving knowledge transfer/exchange and influencing policy and practice as well as policy on educational research
Providing a forum for all individual researchers, through arranging conferences, seminars, networks and the website
Promoting the use of educational research across the wider community (schools, colleges, community groups, governmental and non-governmental organisations, as well as parents, students and the general public) through effective educational and awareness raising.

Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA)