August 2012

Researcher awareness and engagement with research integrity

Friday 5th October, 2012

SRHE, 73 Collier Street, London N1 9BE

12.30: Lunch and Registration

13.00 – 16.30: Programme

Submitted by MarkDonoghue on 29 August 2012 - 10:55am

BERA Office closure

Please note that the BERA Office is closed on Friday 24th August and Monday 27th August.

Submitted by MarkDonoghue on 23 August 2012 - 4:19pm

Three-year Research Associate Job Opportunities (3 posts available) at Cardiff University and WISERD

The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) has commissioned the Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD) to undertake a three-year programme of research and capacity building in Wales. You will be part of an interdisciplinary research team, collectively working on a range of research activities, which will involve working closely with schools, teachers and children to establish and maintain a series of longitudinal studies across Wales. This will involve data collection and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data.

Submitted by MarkDonoghue on 15 August 2012 - 4:54pm

Methodological Innovations 2012

Methods, Methodology and Epistemology: Questions/Answers, Traditions/Innovations, Challenges/Solutions

The seventh annual conference of the Methodological Innovations Research Centre at Plymouth University will take place on the 13th-14th November 2012.

Submitted by MarkDonoghue on 9 August 2012 - 2:42pm

Cambridge Assessment Conference 2012

EXAMINING RISK: deeper analysis of the pressures on assessment in England will be the theme of the 6th Cambridge Assessment Conference, which will take place on Wednesday 10 October at Downing College, Cambridge.

Human error has always been at the forefront of risk in public assessment. But are there other risks associated with the processing of tests and examinations? And who is running what sort of risk? Are the risks for learners different to the risks for governments? Can we, should we and how do we reduce risk?

Submitted by MarkDonoghue on 9 August 2012 - 11:47am

BJET Fellowship

Applications are invited from members of the British Association for Educational Research for the BJET Fellowship. For more information please see the document below.

Applications must be made by 12th October 2012. If necessary, interviews of the shortlisted candidates will take place (probably via Skype) on 17th October, and the successful applicant will take up their Fellowship in December 2012.

Your application

Your application should set out:

1. Why you want to do this work.

Downloads

BJET Fellowship further information | PDF (79.89 KB)

Submitted by MarkDonoghue on 7 August 2012 - 3:37pm

The BERA Charter for Research Staff in Education

The BERA Charter for Research Staff in Education replaces the previous version of the charter, THE 2008 BERA CHARTER FOR RESEARCH STAFF: promoting quality conditions for conducting quality research (2008).

You can also read the publication on-line

Downloads

The BERA Charter for Research Staff in Education | PDF (434.13 KB)

Submitted by MarkDonoghue on 3 August 2012 - 3:27pm

Invitation to write for the International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education

The Editor, Dr. Sarah Fletcher, is currently inviting papers for the International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education (IJCME) http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=ijmce, publishing theoretical and practical accounts of mentoring and coaching in educational contexts, including schools, colleges and universities.

Submitted by MarkDonoghue on 3 August 2012 - 12:18pm

Bricks, Bed & Higher Education: The Transformation of Student Accommodation in Britain

Thursday October 18th

SRHE, 73 Collier Street, London N1 9BE

Programme: 11.00-4.00pm (lunch included)

Submitted by MarkDonoghue on 3 August 2012 - 9:21am