Are you the one who’s planning to either present or attend any education conferences in UK in 2026? If yes, then this blog is for you. The UK hosts a wide range of events beneficial for the Ed-Tech Innovators, School Leaders, University Researchers, Policy Makers, Teachers, and Trainers.
Just with the thought you can’t attend until it’s planned accordingly, so we have listed a few crucial step that needs to be followed to verify which education conference to attend in the UK.
1) Start your Listings with the Big and Trusted organisers
Start making notes and a list of the big professional associations and the national organizers, because they publish CEPs and Authoritative Programs early. Bookmark their websites and subscribe to the newsletters for staying up-to-dat, as the Association for Learning Technology runs thematic events and an annual conference that focuses on digital learning technologists. BERA, or the British Education Research Association, focuses on specialist networks and annual conferences. And ResearchED and TES, where ED runs events across the United Kingdom on Teacher-Research events, and
All of these three organizations’ sites provide venues, reliable dates, and submission windows for the events, and these organizations provide a chance for you to have a good CV, Journal outputs, and Networking.
2) Use Event Platforms
You need to use the platforms that aggregate conferences and provide you with genuine outputs. Event platforms like conferenceineurope can serve you the best. Conferenceineurope provides listings for the academic conferences that include UK-based education events and international events too. And Eventbrite provides listings of small and large events across the whole UK.
3) Start Tracking Major Trade shows and Sector conferences
For the audiences of the Ed-tech and Policymakers, these three trade shows are a must-watch for better acknowledgments. The Learning Technologies is a workplace for L&D and Learning conferences, which also provides you with the dates and booking information. Bett is an education technology event that happens in January at ExCel London, and their dates are mentioned in the TES and Bett pages. The European Conference on Education (ECE/IAFOR) is in London and accepts hybrid submissions and attendance, too.
4) Subscribe, RSS, and automate the alerts
Instead of spending time searching and surfing the internet almost every time, act smart and set up the process in such a way that conferences can find you.
You can opt for creating Google alerts like – Teacher Education Conference 2026 UK, EdTech Conference UK 2026, etc, as per your convenience. Subscribe to the ResearchED, ALT TES, and BERA events, Learning Technologies, and University Event lists. Follow Social Media Accounts of the Conferences and hashtags over Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and X (Now Twitter) like #educationconference, #edtech, etc. You can also sign up on sites like conferenceineurope and Eventbrite so that you will be up to date with the regional matches.
5) Start monitoring the University, Department, and Research Centre pages
Most of the Research and Universities host specialized conferences and also post the CFPs on their event pages. If you have opted for your niche, for example, if you have opted for the inclusion, curriculum studies, or the teacher education, then you must visit the departmental landing page to acknowledge the CFPs.
6) Must check Deadlines, Submission rules, and Policies of Visas and Invitations
Whether you have planned to invite the international colleagues or are willing to present at any of the conferences, you need to follow these two initial steps. Step one is where you have to read all the CFPs carefully, along with the deadlines and dates followed by the organizers, for the exact submissions, like BERA. The second step is for your international attendees, where they are required to provide the invitation letters. Then, you need to check the organizer’s policy for the same because several UK conferences provide invitation letters, but timing varies often.
7) Use Mailing Lists and Professional Networks
For the CFP calls and the smaller workshops, academic email lists like University Research Office Bulletins, JISC Lists, and LinkedIn groups for educators like ALT Special Interest Groups are the top-tier ones.
9) Prioritise Quality over Quantity
If you are focused on attending conferences for your Career upgrade and benefits, then you must aim for the mix. The conference mix must include – One Specialist or Research Conference, One Major National Event, and one from the EdTech or CPD Focused on an annual basis. To avoid missing the CFPs and early-bird registrations, please go through all the methods.
For career benefit, aim for a mix: one major national event, one specialist or research conference, and one ed-tech or CPD-focused show per year. Use the alert methods above so you never miss CFPs or early-bird rates.
