Award
The BERA Early Career Researcher (ECR) Conference takes place yearly, bringing together emerging researchers from across the UK to explore different themes.
BERA aims to celebrate and promote the work of our Early Career Researcher Network. All abstracts for the conference are attended by one the ECR Convenors and judged for the best presentation prize to attend the following years’ BERA Annual Conference.
Is the pen mightier than the pint?
PhD researcher at University of Hull
Firstly, I am the father of four, fabulous daughters and then in no particular order I am a school leader, social entrepreneur, coach, facilitator, wellbeing advocate and just bloody curious. After leaving school leadership in 2014, I have been a...
The PhD as experienced: You’ve done so well considering your background.
PhD Student at Cardiff University
Rhianna Murphy is a PhD student at Cardiff University and a visiting lecturer in education at the University of Chester. She is also former primary school teacher, with experience teaching in Spain and England. Her research interests focus on...
The discourse of exclusion – what does the language used in a permanent exclusion tell us about the reality of inclusion in the education system?
EdD Student at Canterbury Christ Church at Canterbury Christ Church University
I am the newly appointed Secondary Outreach Lead for Bromley Trust Academy. I have experience of working with children in mainstream and specialist schools. Prior to my new post I spend nine years as a senior leader at an Alternative Provision...
The challenges of wearing two hats: Navigating the positionality of ‘researcher-practitioner
Senior Lecturer at University Campus Football Business
Noel Dempsey is a lecturer in football coaching and management at the University Campus of Football Business (UCFB). His research interests centre around formal coach education and the wider policy developments that inform it. Other qualitative...