SIG Meet & Discuss: Research Methodologies 2027
What dilemmas have you encountered when making methodological decisions in your research? The Research Methodologies SIG invites members to join us for an informal Meet and Discuss session...
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Erin Early, Dr
Lecturer at Ulster University
Erin Early is a Lecturer at the School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences at Ulster University. Previously, she held a Sociology Lectureship at Queen’s University Belfast and a Research Fellowship at the Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities, Institute of Education – UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. Erin's research interests are centred around secondary data analysis and evidence synthesis to examine social inequalities in education. Dr Early is Director of Kids’ Life and Times survey in Northern Ireland and Co-Convenor of the Â鶹ÒùÔº Special Interest Group in Research Methodologies.
Erin Early's contributions
AI in Educational Research: Overcoming Methodological and Reporting Challenges
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) rapidly reshapes educational research and classroom practice, questions of methodological integrity and ethical responsibility have become both urgent and...
SIG Meet & Discuss: Research Methodologies in Education
We invite you to join an informal meeting with the Â鶹ÒùÔº Research Methodologies in Education SIG, where we will come together to share research findings, practical insights, and discuss key aspects...
Educational attainment in Northern Ireland: Understanding inequalities through administrative data
Educational attainment inequalities receive continuous policy attention across the UK with certain social groups consistently underachieving. Our study (Early et al., 2022) used the first record...
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Exploring research methodology to provide ethical, evidence-based research for implementation in educational contexts
