Events
We are currently co-organizing an International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT (2024-25). This event is organized by MenTRnet and supported by British Council, Pilgrims Teacher Training Journal and IATEFL Research SIG.





The International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT (2024–25)
Organized by MenTRnet and supported by British Council, Pilgrims Teacher Training Journal and IATEFL Research SIG, this festival’s aim is to map and draw lessons from these initiatives and to inspire others to engage in mentoring teacher-research and/or to organize teacher-research mentoring support schemes themselves. With this new emphasis on mentoring, the festival builds on two previous international festivals showcasing teacher-researchers’ own experiences, in 2017 and 2021, respectively.
Links to video-recordings and associated materials of past events are all here: https://mentrnet.net/festival/
Upcoming events
15 March 2025, 1.00–2.30pm (UTC): Webinar on “Mentoring Large Groups to Engage in Teacher-Research“, featuring Ravinarayan Chakrakodi, Eric Ekembe, and Vinayadhar Raju Prathikantam. Register here.
29–30 March 2025: Teachers Research! Online 2025 conference. Details to come.
Date and registration details to be confirmed: Panel discussion on ‘Using AI to help mentor teacher inquiry’.
The Festival is chaired by Professor Richard Smith and is being organized with the support of a grant from the University of Warwick and the Economic and Social Research Council (grant reference ES/X004635/1).


Past events
School Improvement through Mentoring Exploratory Action Research (Festival Event)

Saturday 19 October, 2024 – a webinar showcasing work in the British Council’s Partner Schools programme, led by Sirin Soyoz, Ghazala Sajjad and…
Festival

The International Festival of Mentoring Teacher-Research in ELT (2024–25) Organized by MenTRnet and supported by British Council, Pilgrims Teacher Trainer Journal and IATEFL Research…
Mentoring teacher-research in a Teacher Association Community of Practice: Experience from Rwanda (Festival Event)

Saturday 14 September, 2024 – a webinar, showcasing the impressive work within the Association of Teachers of English in Rwanda (ATER),…
Mentoring teachers new to research in the Electronic Village Online (Festival Event)

Saturday 31 August, 2024 – a webinar, showcasing work by mentors, arising from past Teacher-Research for Professional Development Electronic Village Online (EVO) sessions,…
EAR-Thailand #2024 project – Successful practices in a teacher-research mentoring programme (Festival Event)

Saturday 20 July, 2024 – a webinar about work within the EAR-Thailand #2024 project (formerly, MDEAR (Mentor Development for Exploratory Acton Research) (King Mongkut’s University…