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ECR Lecture: Making it count: Developing effective mentoring relationships as an early career researcher

Dr Yuwei Xu1, Dr Rachel Sandford2 1 University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 2 Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom The BERA Early Career Researcher (ECR) Network...

Reflexivity in conducting qualitative educational research

BERA 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...

2023 BERA Masters Dissertation and Doctoral Thesis Awards Now Open

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

BERA Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2022

Framing research: Theories, concepts and reflexivity in educational research

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

BERA Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2022

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

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

BERA 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...

Framing research: Critical Discourse Studies and early childhood educational research

BERA 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...

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

BERA 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...

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

BERA 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,...

How experiences as a research participant inspired an explicit commitment to parents taking part in a doctoral research inquiry

I cannot remember how many research studies I have been involved in over the past 17 years. This is not because I am an established researcher – on the contrary! Rather, it is because my...

Supporting doctoral students and early career researchers in journal peer review in educational research: Issues and suggestions (Part 2)

In Part 1 of this two-part blog post, I surveyed the landscape of journal peer review in educational research and underscored the importance of involving junior researchers. Am I suggesting that...

Supporting doctoral students and early career researchers in journal peer review in educational research: Issues and suggestions (Part 1)

Journal peer review is a familiar topic for doctoral students and early career researchers in educational research. With the prevalence of the ‘publish-or-perish’ culture in academia,...