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Envisioning a gold standard: Understanding higher education institutions’ outlook for race equality policies, practices & future initiatives

Race & Education: Â鶹ÒùÔº Small Grants Fund research reports

Supported by Â鶹ÒùÔº's Small Grants Fund, this study considered race, racism and racial equality within UK higher education institutions (HEIs). Although there has been significant progress in...

Being a member of an academic community: A key factor in enhancing doctoral students’ academic writing

Â鶹ÒùÔº Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2022

The challenges of writing a scientific article are widely discussed and acknowledged in research literature, including novice authors’ challenges (see for example Hyland, 2016; Lin & Morrison,...

Â鶹ÒùÔº Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2022

Framing research: Theories, concepts and reflexivity in educational research

Reflexivity in conducting qualitative educational research

Â鶹ÒùÔº Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2022

Introduction In this piece, two early career researchers (ECRs), Muna and Nour, reflect on their experience of conducting qualitative research. The blog post is a continuation of the vibrant...

Â鶹ÒùÔº ECR Network Symposium Series 2022: Framing research: Theories, concepts and reflexivity in educational research – March

Â鶹ÒùÔº Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2022

I am very grateful to Yan Zhu (Â鶹ÒùÔº Early Career Researcher [ECR] Regional Rep for Wales) for inviting me to act as a discussant for the March event in the Â鶹ÒùÔº ECR Network Symposium Series 2022...

2023 Â鶹ÒùÔº Masters Dissertation and Doctoral Thesis Awards Now Open

Every year Â鶹ÒùÔº recognises academic excellence and rigour in research by a doctoral and masters student. This underscores our commitment to foster engagement with educational research, build...

How science capital helps to understand the urban–rural divide in Chinese students’ science aspirations

Â鶹ÒùÔº Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2022

Chinese students were reported to have relatively low science aspirations, which contrasts with their outstanding attainment in international student assessment (OECD, 2019). Meanwhile, a bigger...

Framing research: Critical Discourse Studies and early childhood educational research

Â鶹ÒùÔº Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2022

During the process of undertaking doctoral research, it is important to acknowledge the research journey and emphasise your rationale for conducting that specific research project. This relates to...

Why is it that we can predict every year which types of students will have been excluded from school?

Â鶹ÒùÔº Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2022

While the numbers may change, the trends are largely the same: young people from certain minority ethnic groups, those who receive free school meals, those who are care-experienced or who are...

The future of the university as a network

The idea and purpose of the contemporary university is key for policymakers, university leaders and researchers. For some, widening university access to the ‘masses’ has created a social...

Stephanie King

Stephanie King is an Early Career Academic at the University of Derby. In 2024, she completed her PhD at Nottingham Trent University, supervised by Dr Andrew Clapham and Dr Anne O’Grady....

Ye (Catherine) Cao

Ye (Catherine) Cao received a PhD in Education Research from King’s College London. She is interested in young people’s engagement with science and wider social justice in education. Her PhD...