Public Engagement Fellow (1st April – 30th September, 2021)
In 2021, the History of Education Society, UK, is sponsoring and hosting a joint conference on ‘relationships and sex education’ with the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB). It has been decided that a key element of this conference will be enabling and engagement of policymakers and educators with the conference presenters on the issues of the conference.
To this end, the conference convenors, Prof. Stephen Parker and Prof. Michael Hand, current president of HES UK and incoming chair of PESGB respectively, invite the support of a Public Engagement Fellow to lead in organising and facilitating such an event.
Responsibilities of the Public Engagement Fellow would be:
- With the support of the convenors, to take a lead in planning, organising and convening an evening colloquium of invited educationalists, policymakers and academics to discuss the new guidelines for RSE in historical and philosophical perspective;
- To manage the practicalities, including correspondence, publicity, marketing for the event, liaising with the Peter Gosden (social media) fellow as necessary to promote it;
- To co-chair and co-facilitate the colloquium with the conference convenors;
- To write an evaluative report of organising the colloquium for the History ofEducation Society;
- To lead-author a blog for the History of Education website;
- To lead-author an article on the event for the History of Education Researcher;
- To advise on (and potentially assist subject to further funding) the planning of subsequent public engagement colloquia in 2021.
Fellowship schemes are aimed at giving a higher public profile to the History of Education Society as one means by which the aims of the Society can be achieved. Although this is jointly sponsored conference the fellow is to be mostly associated with the fulfilment of the aims of the History of Education Society in particular.
Remuneration
- An honorarium of £300 paid in two instalments of £150 (in April and September);
- Expenses of preparing for and attending the conference paid, e. g. correspondence, subscription to communication software (as necessary)
Application Process
• Applications are welcome from anyone interested in furthering the mission and aims of the History of Education Society as set out above. Previous recipients of a History of Education Society Fellowships are welcome to apply;
- Applicants should ideally be undertaking or have completed a postgraduate degree in the history of education or a cognate discipline (postgraduates working on relationships and sex education especially welcome);
- Personal or professional experience of conference or event organisation is desirable
- Applicants should also be able to name two referees whom we may approach for references.
- Location: the Fellow can be based in any locality, but must have ready access to the relevant information technology, to a reliable internet connection, and must be available for the entire conference on 4-5 June, 2021.
- Applications should consist of a brief letter (2 pages maximum) outlining your background, motivations for making an application, and how you intend to approach the role, should be accompanied by a short Curriculum Vitae (no more than two pages).
Applications should be sent to the President of the History of Education Society, Professor Stephen Parker email: [email protected]
Application closing date: Noon (UK time) on 1st February 2021
Short-listed applicants will be interviewed by Prof. Parker, Prof. Hand and a member of the HES Executive Committee via Skype during the following week.