About the 2024 postgraduate conference

Please note, submissions for abstracts have now closed. 

We welcome South-East Queensland postgraduate students in the field of education to submit an abstract for The University of Queensland’s School of Education Postgraduate Research Conference on Saturday, 23rd November. The theme for our 2024 conference is “Voices and Visions”, valuing diverse dialogues and different perspectives in transforming education to meet the needs of an evolving global community.

Conference registration is separate from the invitation for abstract submissions and must be completed by all participants. Further details for registration will be provided in mid-August.

Abstract Guidelines

We invite you to consider how your research connects to this idea of Voices and Visions. This theme provides an opportunity to share, wherever you are in your research journey, whether you are exploring the design of physical and digital learning spaces, the role of community partnerships in education, the use of technology to enhance collaborative learning experiences, interdisciplinary research, leadership, teaching and learning, pedagogy, curriculum, language, student support or voice, diversity and equity, or more.

The abstract should be between 150-200 words. 

Please ensure your abstract links to the theme.

Your abstract could include details on: 

• Background: This provides the context and motivation for the research problem or question.
• Purpose: This states the main aim, objective or research question that the work addresses.
• Method: This describes the approach, design, data collection and analysis methods used in the study.
• Results: This reports the main findings, outcomes or implications of the study.
• Conclusion: This summarises the significance, contribution or recommendations of the study.

Please include a reference list in APA 7 style if you have included references in your abstract. The reference list is not included in the word count.

Register now 

We look forward to welcoming you to the conference! 

Jo Kelly 

Jo Kelly is a PhD Candidate at the School of Education, UQ. Her research interests include the lived experience of secondary students with disability, inclusive education and inclusive settings. Accredited to teach in Queensland, Jo is an experienced Inclusive Education teacher and HOD, an Associate Fellow with the Higher Education Academy, and Causal Academic with UQ, with experience in course coordination, lecturing and tutoring.

Email: jo.kelly@uq.edu.au 

Linh Chu

Linh is a PhD candidate at the School of Education, The University of Queensland. Her research focuses on understanding the link between anxiety, attention, memory, and academic achievement in primary school children. She holds a Master of Educational Studies with a major in Career, Guidance, and Counselling. Before moving to Australia, I was an English teacher in Vietnam, teaching both primary and secondary students. At the School of Education, she also works as a casual academic, coordinating courses, lecturing, and tutoring on topics related to children and adolescent development, global Indigenous education and teaching. 

Email: Linh.chu@uq.edu.au

Beatrice Wang

Beatrice is a PhD candidate with the School of Education, UQ. She has completed her master degree in Applied Linguistics focused on TESOL at The University of Queensland and her current HDR research interest is in language and identity informed by sociological theories. She has accumulated over a decade experience teaching English with universities such as BeiHang University and working with prestigious language institutions such as EF, New Oriental and Global ILETS etc. in China on adult learning course and had experience of delivering EFL business training courses to large corporations such as ICBC, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank and HuaXia Funding etc. Currently she works as a casual academic tutoring on courses relating to TESOL curriculum and Critical Pedagogy. 

Email: haiyan.wang@uq.edu.au

Lisa Hurrell 

Lisa Hurrell is at the thesis submission stage of her PhD Candidature with the School of Education, The University of Queensland. She holds a master’s degree from Macquarie university and has been on the board of the QTU Special Education committee. Career highlights include working extensively in leadership and as an educator in the field of inclusive education in the private and public sector across early childhood, primary and secondary schools in NSW, WA and Qld. Her research interests include strengths-based approaches, narrative inquiry, neurodiversity and student voice. Lisa currently works in inclusion with EQ and as a casual academic at UQ. 

Email: L.hurrell@uq.edu.au

Thi Nhu Hang Mai

Hang Mai is a PhD. candidate at the School of Education, The University of Queensland. She holds her master's degree in applied linguistics from the University of Queensland. Before her PhD., she was a lecturer of English at the faculty of foreign languages at a university in Vietnam for over 10 years. She joined the Global Change Scholars program 2022 during her PhD. program. At the School of Education, she also works as a casual academic, tutoring on topics relating to TESOL curriculum and pedagogy. Her research interest includes critical perspectives on TESOL, TESOL pedagogy, educational philosophy, sustainable education, autoethnography, and arts-based methods.  

t.mai5@uq.edu.au 

Please contact the organising committee with any questions: pg.ed.conference@uq.edu.au