5th FED National Education Summit 2026
Conversations with purpose: National Education Futures
Professor Patrick Alexander
Professor of Education and Anthropology, Oxford Brookes University

Patrick Alexander is Professor of Education and Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University, where he is Research Lead for Education and Chair of the Children and Young People’s Research Network. He is also Director of the Centre for Educational Consultancy and Development (CECD).

Patrick’s research focuses on sociology and anthropology of education, specifically schooling, youth transitions, technology, and concepts of the future. Patrick also researches knowledge production, professional learning and research engagement among teachers. His latest book, School’s Out Forever: Provocations for the Futures of Education, is out soon with Bloomsbury.

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