It was announced in the University of Oxford’s ‘Recognition of Distinction’ exercise in September that Dr Therese Hopfenbeck had been conferred the title of Professor of Educational Assessment, and that Dr Niall Winters had been conferred the title of Professor of Education and Technology.

Professor Hopfenbeck and Professor Winters will now deliver their Inaugural Lectures, discussing their research and areas of interest.

Therese N. Hopfenbeck is Professor of Educational Assessment and Director of the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment, where she is leading a team working on international large-scale assessment studies in education, assessment for learning (AfL) and self-regulation. Therese is Lead Editor of the international research journal Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice and Course Director of the new Master in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education. Therese was the Research Manager of PIRLS 2016, current Research leader for PISA 21 funded by The Department of Education, UK.gov, and Principal Investigator of a major ESRC-DFID research study, Assessment for Learning in Africa (ES/N010515/1).

Professor Hopfenbeck will talk on Innovative Assessment and Self-Regulation for a World in Crisis

Niall Winters is Professor of Education and Technology at the Department of Education. He is an Official Fellow of Kellogg College and a member of its Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation. At the Department of Education, he co-directs the Learning and New Technologies Research Group and is Course Director for the MSc Education. He is joint Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Educational Technology and a member of the Oxford Global Health & Care Systems network, a cross-departmental initiative promoting interdisciplinary research to strengthen the health and care systems of LMICs. His main area of research examines the design, development and evaluation of technology enhanced learning (TEL) programmes for healthcare workers in low resource settings. Before coming to Oxford in 2014, Niall was a Reader at the UCL Institute of Education.

Professor Winters will talk on Technology in Global Healthcare Training

Schedule

5.00pm: tea served

5.30pm: Lectures and Q&A

6.45pm: Drinks Reception