
The Future of Teaching & Learning
The Oxford Round Table on the Future of Teaching & Learning brings together educators, researchers, school and university leaders, policymakers, and other professionals to explore how education is changing from early childhood through higher education.
New technologies, changing student needs, teacher shortages, evolving workforce expectations, and growing concerns about access, wellbeing, and educational quality are reshaping teaching and learning at every level. This Round Table provides a setting for participants to examine these changes, share research and professional experience, and consider practical approaches that can strengthen education.
The programme explores a broad range of current and emerging issues, including artificial intelligence and educational technology, curriculum and assessment, student engagement, inclusive education, teacher preparation and retention, educational leadership, mental health and wellbeing, and preparation for further study and employment. By bringing together participants from early childhood settings, primary and secondary schools, colleges, and universities, the Round Table encourages collaboration across educational sectors that too often operate separately.
Oxford provides an especially meaningful setting for these conversations. From the education of young children to advanced university study, participants will consider how institutions can respond to change while preserving the relationships, intellectual curiosity, creativity, and sense of purpose that make learning meaningful. The Round Table is open to participants from different disciplines, professions, countries, and educational systems.
Why Attend
Education is being transformed at every level—from early childhood classrooms and secondary schools to colleges and universities. The Oxford Round Table provides an opportunity to step outside your usual educational setting, examine the challenges affecting learners and educators, and discover how colleagues in other countries and sectors are responding.
The Round Table brings together participants from across the educational journey, creating conversations that rarely happen within a single conference. Early childhood specialists can exchange ideas with school leaders, university faculty can learn from classroom practitioners, and policymakers can hear directly from those working with students. Together, participants will consider practical, evidence-informed ways to improve learning and teaching.
Present your Research
Share your research, educational programme, classroom innovation, policy analysis, institutional initiative, or professional experience with an international audience.
Engage in Global Dialogue
Take part in thoughtful conversations with educators, researchers, administrators, and policymakers working across different educational levels and systems.
Build an International Network
Develop valuable academic and professional relationships with participants from early childhood, primary, secondary, and higher education.
Explore Education Across Borders
Learn how educational institutions and systems around the world are addressing shared challenges in teaching, learning, leadership, access, and student success.
Who Should Attend?
Whether you work with young children, school-age learners, university students, or the educators who teach them, this Round Table offers an opportunity to share research, practical experience, innovative approaches, and ideas for the future.
Participants may present research, case studies, policy analysis, innovative programmes, or professional experiences. A paper is not required to attend. Delegates are welcome to listen, ask questions, and participate fully in the discussion.
Participants may include:
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Early childhood educators and directors
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Primary and elementary school educators
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Secondary and high school teachers
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School principals and administrators
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Development leaders
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College and university faculty
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Deans, provosts, and higher education leaders
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Education researchers and scholars
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Curriculum and instructional specialists
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Teacher educators and professionals
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Education policymakers and government officials
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Educational-technology professionals
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Graduate students and emerging researchers
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Superintendents
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School Board Officials
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Psychologists
A paper or presentation is not required to attend. Participants are encouraged to contribute their professional experience and perspectives to the discussions, whether attending as a presenter or as a non-presenting delegate.
How will you Participate?
Present your Research

Share your research, classroom innovation, educational programme, case study, policy analysis, institutional initiative, or professional experience with an international audience.
Presentations may address any stage of education—from early childhood and primary education through secondary school and higher education.
A completed paper is not required to present.
Attend & Join the Discussion

No presentation or paper is required.
Attend the Round Table sessions, ask questions, exchange ideas, and share your professional knowledge and experience with educators and education leaders from around the world.
Non-presenting delegates are welcomed as full participants in the discussion.
Teaching & Learning Suggested Topics

Early Childhood Education & Early Learning
Early childhood development and learning
School readiness and transitions to primary education
Play-based and inquiry-based learning
Early literacy, language and numeracy
Social-emotional development and well-being
Quality and access in early childhood programs
Family engagement and home-school partnerships
Early childhood policy, funding and reform

The Future of Teaching & the Education Workforce
Teacher recruitment and retention
Educator shortages and workforce sustainability
Teacher compensation and professional status
Changing expectations of the teaching profession
Teacher well-being, burnout and resilience
Career pathways and professional advancement
Preparing educators for changing student needs
Building and sustaining a diverse education workforce
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Teacher Preparation & Professional Learning
Rethinking teacher education
University-school partnerships
Clinical practice, internships and residencies
Mentoring and induction for new educators
Professional development and lifelong learning
Preparing early childhood educators
Alternative pathways into teaching
Measuring teacher effectiveness and preparation quality
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Artificial Intelligence & the Changing Classroom
Generative AI in teaching and learning
AI literacy for educators and students
Preparing teachers to work with AI
Academic integrity in the age of AI
Personalized and adaptive learning
Ethical and responsible uses of educational AI
Digital equity and access
The changing role of the teacher in AI-enabled education
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Student Learning, Development & Well-Being
Student engagement and motivation
Mental health and emotional well-being
Belonging, relationships and school connectedness
Trauma-informed educational practice
Developmentally appropriate teaching
Supporting the whole child and whole learner
Attendance, disengagement and re-engagement
Student voice, agency and participation
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Equity, Inclusion & Educational Opportunity
Closing opportunity and achievement gaps
Inclusive education and universal design for learning
Special education and additional learning needs
Socioeconomic inequality and educational access
Culturally responsive teaching and learning
Multilingual learners and language education
Gender and educational opportunity
Rural, remote and underserved communities
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Leadership, Policy & the Future of Education
Educational leadership in changing environments
Policy reform and its impact on teaching and learning
School and university governance
Funding, resources and educational opportunity
Leading organizational and cultural change
Evidence-informed policy and decision-making
Accountability, standards and educational quality
International and comparative education policy
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Higher Education in Transition
The changing purpose and value of higher education
College access, affordability and student success
Teaching innovation in universities
Faculty roles and the changing academic profession
Enrollment, retention and completion
Workforce preparation and employability
Online, hybrid and flexible higher education
The future of colleges, universities and academic programs
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Innovation, Curriculum & the Future of Learning
Rethinking curriculum for a changing world
Innovative approaches to teaching and learning
Assessment beyond traditional testing
Project-, problem- and experiential learning
Creativity, critical thinking and collaboration
Technology-enhanced learning
Interdisciplinary and cross-curricular education
Preparing learners for an uncertain future
Harris Manchester College
Experience Oxford at Harris Manchester College!
For those who want to experience more than the symposium itself, our Immersive Oxford Experience at Harris Manchester College offers an extraordinary opportunity to become part of college life during your time in Oxford.
Located in the heart of the University of Oxford, Harris Manchester College combines centuries of academic tradition with the warmth and intimacy of a close-knit Oxford college. Participants have the opportunity to stay within the college, dine together, walk its historic corridors and courtyards, and experience Oxford in a way that simply cannot be replicated by staying in a hotel.
The immersive experience is designed to extend the conversations and connections of the symposium beyond the meeting room. Breakfasts become opportunities to continue discussions with colleagues from around the world, evenings are shared over college dinners, and there is time to enjoy Oxford as part of an international academic community.
It is one of the most memorable aspects of participating in an Oxford Symposium: not simply visiting Oxford, but experiencing what it feels like to live, dine, learn, and exchange ideas within an Oxford college.
Places within the college are limited, making the Immersive Oxford Experience a distinctive addition to your time at the Symposium.
Symposium Registration

One Experience. Every Registration.




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Lunches in Medieval Dining Hall on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
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Tea/Coffee/Biscuit Breaks during meetings
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Optional Closing Dinner
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Conference Proceedings
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Certificate of Participation
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Printed Program
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Access to Published Papers
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Peer-Reviewed Journal to submit your paper
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Access to all Sessions
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Keynote Address
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Presentation Slot if Abstract is Accepted
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Q&A and Discussions
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Harris Manchester College grounds
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Optional Walking Tour of Oxford
Delegate
Registration
£775
Alumni
Registration
£655
Student
Registration
£595
Unique Add On Experience
The Immersive Oxford Experience
An Optional Residential Experience at Harris Manchester College
£1110
The best way to visit Oxford-living and dining in historic college surroundings with meals and exclusive experiences included.
Three nights' accommodation at Harris Manchester College · Mon | Tue | Wed
Full English breakfasts in the medieval dining hall · Tue | Wed | Thu
Three-course dinners in the medieval dining hall · Mon | Wed
Formal Certificate Ceremony
DOES NOT INCLUDE SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATION







