The ECR Journey: At Crossroads of Becoming
On this 2nd ECR Annual Conference we continue to celebrate the ECR journeys and welcome educational researchers and practitioners to join us in Leeds. This year’s conference is anchored on the...
Regional Rep
Leanne Henderson, Dr
Lecturer at Queen's University Belfast
Leanne Henderson is a lecturer in education studies in the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work at Queen’s University Belfast. Her research centres on young people’s educational trajectories and transitions. She was postdoctoral research fellow on the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Modern Languages Leadership Fellowship Language Policy project 'Foreign, indigenous and community languages in the devolved regions of the UK: policy and practice for growth', led by Janice Carruthers, where her research engaged with young people to understand the factors influencing uptake of modern languages qualifications in the UK. Leanne has experience as a French teacher and head of modern languages at secondary level.
Leanne Henderson's contributions
ECR Coffee Hour – Spring 2024
This BERA ECR Network’s coffee hour gave the opportunity to find out more about the ECR Network and its activities as well as getting to know a little more about the team behind it. There were...
How to develop more reach for your research
This BERA ECR conference offered a range of strategies to ensure your research has ‘reach’, that is, impact from the word go! The two keynote sessions explored how researchers can plan for...
ECR Coffee Hour
Come along to the BERA ECR Network’s coffee hour during which time you’ll have the opportunity to find out more about the ECR Network and its activities as well as getting to know a little...
The ECR Journey: From inspiration to impact
This ECR Conference celebrated the journey of “becoming” an educational researcher. It was an opportunity to celebrate and disseminate small and big successes in ECRs’ journey from research...
ECR Coffee Hour
Come along to the BERA ECR Network’s coffee hour during which time you’ll have the opportunity to find out more about the ECR Network and its activities as well as getting to know a little...
Inequalities in language learning: What are they and how can we fix them?
Young people in the UK are less likely to study a language in upper secondary school than their European peers, and not just because they already speak English (European Commission, 2017). In...
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BERA Announces New Committee Members
After an open call earlier in the Summer, to which we received a high number of applications, we have now appointed new members to various standing committees. The applicants were shortlisted and...
