National Presentations

Seminar presentation, ‘What is the role of narrative in how people learn throughout their lives?’ at the 7th Biennial IABA Conference: 'Life Writing and Intimate Publics', University of Sussex, 28 June–1 July 2010.

Seminar Presentation, ‘Learning Lives and Educational Turning Points’, Centre for Life History and Life Writing, University of Sussex, 24 February 2009.

Keynote entitled ‘Styles of Narrative Learning’ at a the ‘Learning and Leadership for Social Sustainability’ seminar, University of Bristol, 28 April, 2008.

Lecture entitled 'New Perspectives in Educational Research' at St Mary's University College, London, 11 March 2008.


Lecture entitled ‘Understanding Professional Knowledge and Professional Learning’ at Roehampton University, 23 January 2008

Inaugural lecture on ‘All the Lonely People: Education and the Search for Private Meaning and Public Purpose’ at Grand Parade, University of Brighton, 9th November 2004.

Seminar presentation on ‘Studying Educational Change’, at the Education Research Centre, University of Brighton, 10 December 2003.

Invited participant in working seminar, ‘Schooling and the Organisation of Knowledge: What’s National about the National Curriculum?’, at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge, October 2002.

Invited guest speaker, ‘The Personality of Educational Change’, at the annual residential conference of East Sussex secondary and special school head teachers, Poole, January 2002.

Keynote speaker, ‘The Three ‘Ms’ of Educational Change’, inauguration of the Centre for Educational Innovation, University of Sussex, December 2001.

Invited address, ‘The Personality of Change: Personal Missions and Professional Development’, presented at the inter-professional education and practice seminar series, Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, October 2001.

Invited guest speaker, ‘The Personality of Educational Change’, at the staff research seminar, Education Research Centre, University of Brighton, October 2001.

Seminar presentation on ‘The Personality of Social Change’ at the CARE conference Applied Social Research: Method and Practice, School of Education and Professional Development, University of East Anglia, 23-24 July 2001.

Seminar presentation and session (with Pat Sikes) on ‘Doing Life Histories’ at the International Summer School, School of Education and Professional Development, University of East Anglia, July 2001.

Seminar presentation on ‘Life History and Professional Practice’, Education Research Centre, University of Brighton, June 2001.

Plenary session and invited address, ‘Educational Change and Personal Development’ at the Education Policy Research Centre, School of Education, University of Sheffield, February 2001.

Seminar presentation on ‘Re-thinking Educational Change Theories’, University of Exeter, January 2001.