April 2012

Equity and Quality in Education

23-24 October 2012

Beijing, China

Organised in partnership between the Institute of Education (IOE), University of London and Beijing Normal University, this biennial event, which in 2010 attracted 250 participants and submissions from 42 countries, provides a dynamic international forum for sharing research and good practice in education.

BELMAS Annual Conference 2012

20 - 22 July 2012

Midland Hotel, Manchester

28th May 2012 - Early Bird registration deadline

To register please go to the event website 

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Grounded Theory Summer School 2012

25 - 28 June

Rovereto, Trento, Italy

For more information please go to the event website.

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SRHE Higher Education Theory Network - Structuring knowledge: new visions of higher education

25th and 26th June 2012

Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

This year the Higher Education Theory Group Symposium focuses on the topic of knowledge, specifically on the structuring of knowledge within contemporary higher education. It will also explore the ways in which different disciplines construct knowledge nowadays and the shift of traditional disciplinary boundaries, particularly within the context of open knowledge and interdisciplinary environments.

Keynote Speakers:

Internationalisation and marketisation of the undergraduate and postgraduate student experience

Date: Friday 15 June 2012

Venue: SRHE, 73 Collier Street, London N1 9BE 

Registration and lunch: 12.30pm - 1.00pm 

Programme: 1.00pm - 4.00pm

BERA/SAGE Book Series: Research Methods in Education invitation for proposals

The British Educational Research Association (BERA) in association with SAGE

is inviting further proposals for books in the new series

RESEARCH METHODS IN EDUCATION

BERA and SAGE are developing a new book series on research methods in education and BERA is now inviting proposals from prospective authors. The series is aimed at the M-level market and will be targeted at diverse constituencies interested in research on education and related areas.

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LSIS research conference 2012

Venue: Church House, London, SW1P 3NZ

Date: Tuesday 19 June 2012

In addition to a series of useful workshops, delegates will also hear about some of the strategic issues for research  from:

1) Professor Lorna Unwin, Chair in Vocational Education, LLAKES Research Centre, Institute of Education, London whose will talk about “Researching Vocational Learning; building the evidence base to enhance practice and theory.”

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Impact Fellow Call

The ESRC are seeking to recruit an Impact Fellow to two of their flagship investments, Understanding Society and the Centre for Longitudinal Studies.  One of the main objectives of these posts will be to strengthen the connections between the academic teams and potential users in the public, private and civil society sectors, to maximise the impact of these rich resources.  The ESRC are actively encouraging applications from within government or the wider user community, including business and civil society, as well as from the academic community. 

Research Studentships

The School of Education, Oxford Brookes University is looking for strong candidates for two, three year, full-time Ph.D. studentships. For successful candidates the home/EU fee will be paid by the University and students will receive an annual stipend of £7000 for three years beginning in 2012/13. The studentships are open to both home/EU and International students, but International applicants should be aware that they would need to fund the difference between the home/EU and International research degree fees each year for the duration of the award.

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International Research Fellowship 2012/13

International Research Fellowship opportunity at the IBB PHZ Zug in Switzerland

This position is for about half a year in late summer 2012, autumn 2012 or winter 2012/2013.

Requirements: