BERA Doctoral Thesis Award
Every year BERA recognises academic excellence and rigour in research by a Doctoral student. This underscores BERA’s commitment to championing educational research, and celebrating and recognise...
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Kathryn Spicksley, Dr
Research Fellow at University of Birmingham
Dr Kathryn Spicksley is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Birmingham. Her research focuses on teacher professional identity, with a specific interest in its relationship to teacher recruitment and retention. Prior to studying for her PhD, Kathryn worked as an early years teacher in state primary schools across England.
Kathryn Spicksley's contributions
Early Career Researcher Career Development Fellowship
The Fellowship is a flexible package of benefits intended to support ECRs in the first three years following completion of their doctorate, focusing in particular on those who are insecurely and...
Inspired by top trumps and tarot: A playful response to the teacher retention crisis
Teacher retention continues to be a significant policy problem in England, and indeed worldwide, with many countries in the Global North reporting difficulties in sustaining their teaching...
Continue reading blog postInnovative Research Methodologies: Corpus assisted discourse analysis
This podcast is the sixth and final instalment in the series commissioned by the Research Methodology in Education Special Interest Group to showcase the variety of methodologies and methods being...
The potential of mobilising interdisciplinary peer-to-peer mentoring between PhD students: Initial reflections from a pilot study
There is growing interest in using coaching and mentoring strategies to improve the learning and development experiences of postgraduate research students. Previous studies from England and...
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The ECR Journey: From inspiration to impact
This ECR Conference celebrated the journey of “becoming” an educational researcher. It was an opportunity to celebrate and disseminate small and big successes in ECRs’ journey from research...
BERA Blog team welcomes two new editors
We are delighted to announce that the BERA Blog has welcomed two new editors to its editorial team. Denise Mifsud (University of Bath) and Kathryn Spicksley (Oxford Brookes University) have joined...
The BERA ECR Career Development Fellowship: 2021 fellows share their stories
The BERA Career Development Fellowship is a flexible package of benefits intended to support early career researchers (ECRs) in the first three years following the completion of their doctoral...
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