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Convenor

Carrie Birch, Dr

Independent Researcher at N/A

As convenor/independent researcher/practitioner Carrie aims to promote contact between independent researchers and to represent their interests in BERA. As regards her research Carrie has a commitment to social justice and to sharing the perspectives of people whose voices are rarely heard in a mainstream arena. Her research provides an opportunity to understand ‘excluded’ communities from within.

Carrie has worked in several areas of the UK as a practitioner committed to challenging inequality, developing learning in community and school settings with adults, under-fives, families, and organisations. She gained her Ph.D. in 2010 for research exploring learning cultures in a socially excluded community. This research was carried out using life histories of residents whose perspectives on learning and education are invisible in mainstream settings. Using this method it was possible to investigate how learning is viewed by adults in such communities and gain an understanding of educational identity. The research contributes an answer to a longstanding preoccupation with participation in learning: why many adults who left school without qualifications seem reluctant to participate again in formal learning. Carrie continues exploring effective models of engagement for learning in working class communities and happy to talk to anyone with similar interests.

Carrie Birch's contributions

Academic Writing Weekend – September 2023

Increasingly, researchers wish to make writing a focused social activity with regular breaks in a productive environment that is supportive. In it, you will find an environment to write, share and...

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Past event9 Sep 2023

Academic Writing Retreat

Increasingly, researchers wish to make writing a focused social activity with regular breaks in a productive environment that is supportive. In it, you will find an environment to write, share and...

Past event30 May 2023

Writing Retreat – October

Increasingly, researchers wish to make writing a focused social activity with regular breaks in a productive environment that is supportive. This is the ‘second edition’ of our writing...

Past event26 Oct 2022

Writing Retreat – May/June

This event is now fully booked, please email events@bera.ac.uk to be added to the waiting list. Increasingly, researchers wish to make writing a focused social activity with regular breaks in a...

Past event31 May 2022

Writing Retreat – February

#BERA_Writing @BERANews @bera_irf Increasingly, researchers wish to make writing a focused social activity with regular breaks in a productive environment that is supportive. This is the...

Past event23 Feb 2022

Writing Retreat

Online registration for this event has now closed, to register please email events@bera.ac.uk #BERA_Writing @BERANews @bera_irf The writing retreat will offer participants dedicated time and...

Past event2 Jun 2021

Independent Researchers’ Forum Annual Meeting

Join the Independent Researchers’ Forum annual meeting to network with colleagues, learn about the activities of the SIG over the last year and plans for 2021. This meeting is open to Non...

Past event21 May 2021