NOW OPEN – Abstract Submission & Conference Registration for the 2025 Faculty of Education Research Conference!

The Changing World of Education: Opportunities and Challenges

Date: Wednesday 29th October 2025

Location: Arts West

We are pleased to invite you to the 2025 Faculty of Education Research Conference, “The Changing World of Education: Opportunities and Challenges” to be held on Wednesday 29th October in the Arts West Building. This whole faculty research conference will include a wide range of talks from researchers across all career stages and from each of the academic groups and centres. All academics and graduate researchers (GRs) who are confirmed in their candidature are invited to submit an abstract. Everyone is encouraged to come along and hear more about the research that is taking place across the faculty.

Conference Registration

Please register to attend the faculty conference by 5pm, Thursday 16th October here:

https://go.unimelb.edu.au/sr4p

Abstract Submission

Faculty of Education GRs (who are confirmed in their candidature) and academics across all career stages are invited to submit a 200 word (max) abstract for a presentation (15 + 5mins) to be considered for the conference program.

Due to the high number of submissions for the faculty conference each year, the following criteria are used to assist in selecting presentations for the conference.

  • Presentations will be chosen to ensure that there is appropriate representation of GRs and academics from across groups and centres and across all career stages.
  • Priority will be given to Graduate Researchers in their final 12 months prior to submission.
  • Graduate Researchers need to have been successfully confirmed in order to be considered for a presentation.
  • Any individual can only be lead presenter on one paper. Where one person is listed on multiple papers they may be asked to prioritise or consider a group presentation. This is to ensure we have a good representation of people from across the faculty.
  • Presentations from those that have received faculty seed funding or external funding are encouraged.
  • Abstracts will be judged by a panel on:
    • Focus and relevance
    • Context and contribution
    • Design and methods
    • Results and finding
    • Clarity and composition

Abstracts should include a title, author names (and supervisor names in the case of GRs) and relate to the conference theme “The Changing World of Education: Opportunities and Challenges

Abstracts should be submitted by 5pm, Thursday 14th August here:

https://go.unimelb.edu.au/8r4p

The lead author will be notified of the outcome of their submission in early September.

Important dates:

Abstract Submission Closes: 5pm, Thursday 14th August

Conference Registration Closes: 5pm, Thursday 16th October

Conference Date: 8:30am – 6pm, Wednesday 29th October 2025

More information will be coming soon about the Graduate Research Showcase to be held Tuesday 28th October (the day prior to the whole faculty conference). This showcase provides all graduate researchers with the opportunity to give a brief 5-minute presentation on their research and connect with fellow graduate researchers from across the faculty. This event is all about sharing ideas, getting to know each other’s work, and building a supportive graduate research community. Academics are welcome to attend and support the faculty’s GRs.

For enquiries, please contact foe-research@unimelb.edu.au, foe-gradresearch@unimelb.edu.au or Vic Millar vmillar@unimelb.edu.au