IPDA International

International Professional Development Association: supporting professional learners in education.

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Join those already registered for this event in just a few days. Very useful for all early career researchers, masters and doctoral students as you start this academic year. Please share to your students and colleagues.

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New academic year, how do you make it work for you? Join our Emerging Researchers ResTalk session. An informal online discussion for researchers balancing it all. Register: https://t.co/Ldl6GXVkow
#DoctoralResearch

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Open access in Practice: Dowling on the essential skills for detached youth work with marginalised young people.
Practical findings on role modelling, shared learning, and practitioner development with relevance beyond the UK.
https://t.co/8XRMTN5qIs
#YouthWork #PracticeJournal

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In this short piece from IPDA England's last conference, Stuart Mitchell reflects on agency, curiosity, and what it really means to reclaim your own professional learning.
Submit abstract: https://t.co/uCypGXVeHX

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Open access in Practice: An autoethnographic exploration of the hidden forces shaping identity in ELT contexts. A great read by Thomas Stringer for practitioners navigating space between practice and academia.
https://t.co/K1QLmlS4RQ
#TeacherIdentity #PracticeJournal

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We have a rich events programme planned for the coming year: events with our international associations, SIG meetings, sessions for emerging researchers, plus our UK conferences. Whatever your role in professional learning, there is something for you.
https://t.co/5CvLIpmUwq

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With a new academic year underway, now is a great time to join IPDA, especially if professional learning is central to your work. Membership fees unchanged, from just £30 for the year. Explore the benefits and join today: https://t.co/A6G3uaDHs5
#IPDAConnect #ProfessionalLearning

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New academic year, how do you make it work for you? Join our Emerging Researchers ResTalk session. An informal online discussion for researchers balancing it all. Register: https://t.co/Ldl6GXVkow
#DoctoralResearch

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Are you involved in leading CPD in the Midlands? You may wish to join the next WM CPD Partnership meeting on 9 Nov with speaker Philippa Cordingley (CUREE) exploring the Chartered College commissioned report on Didagogy.
https://t.co/YuOWcTNSVF

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We are delighted to announce the call for abstracts for the IPDA England Conference 2027 taking place at Birmingham City University on 22 January 2027.
Theme: The space between… re-imagining professional learning for transformation
https://t.co/uCypGXUGSp
#CallForAbstracts

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Join us on 19 Nov for the first IPDA Adult & FE SIG meeting and help shape the conversation. Navigating the Now: exploring how FES educators are responding to post-pandemic realities, funding pressures, and changing learner needs. 19 Nov 2026
Register: https://t.co/fwcIdL0e1C

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New podcast in the Voices from the Frontline series. Dr James Ingham — from music teacher to Head of Secondary ITE — on professional learning, research-informed practice, and supporting trainee teachers. https://t.co/b5Hxx5krgs
#IPDAConnect #TeacherEducation

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New on the IPDA blog - Finding My Tribe: Reflections of a Pracademic at ECER 2026 — Derek Boyle. On identity, belonging, conferences, and why asking for help is the most important thing an emerging researcher can do.
https://t.co/U2dOTXk19p
#IPDAConnect #ProfessionalLearning

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IPDA has active networks and associations across the globe and we'd love to connect with you. Whether you're a researcher, practitioner, policymaker, or educator, there's a place for you in the IPDA community.
Become a member today: https://t.co/kfvHjAKWF0
#ProfessionalLearning

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Well done to all involved in publishing this special issue. IPDA members can access in full via the Member Portal. https://t.co/RH8qqmd1qa

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Vol 52 Issue 2–3 now available online. Special issue: Understanding middle leaders' relational practices for supporting professional learning in schools. Guest editors: Christine Edwards-Groves, Peter Grootenboer and Kirsten Petrie.
Explore: https://t.co/LmTBy2MlOd

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IPDA Nigeria are co-organising a conference in Lagos this September:
LASUED 2026 is calling for papers on Advancing Wellness and Intersectional Perspectives — in person and virtual attendance available.
📅 13–15 September 2026
⚠️ Paper deadline: 30 August
https://t.co/misgYf1rrR

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Most read articles from Practice journal, both open access:
•Beyond the ghosts: navigating identity, precarity, and haunting in freelance ELT
•The shared palette: how philosophy, art, and phenomenology can help nursing education heal trauma
Read here: https://t.co/vjwY2XoJDN

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Not an IPDA member yet? Online membership is just £30 a year. Gain full access to seven journals, scholarship eligibility, book discount, collaboration opportunities, and a warm global community.
Join here: https://t.co/kfvHjAKWF0
#IPDAConnect #ProfessionalLearning #Membership

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Call for Papers — Practice Journal special issue on Socially Just Refugee Education: Global Challenges and Promising Practices. Empirical articles and think pieces welcome. Abstract deadline 1 Sept 2026.
https://t.co/V4lA4VkPyR
#CallForPapers #RefugeeEducation #PracticeJournal

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IPDA Morocco is a partner on this forthcoming international online conference in September, for which abstracts are now being accepted around Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Teacher Professional Development. Full details: https://t.co/UHNwQr1ei0
#ProfessionalLearning

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IPDA 2026 conference resources now live in the Member Portal. Recordings with Dr Romina Madrid Miranda, international association chairs and the full Emerging Researcher Forum. All in one place for IPDA members
https://t.co/vetSsFMv2P
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