BERA Doctoral Thesis Award
Every year BERA recognises academic excellence and rigour in research by a Doctoral student. This underscores BERA’s commitment to championing educational research, and celebrating and recognise...
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Lucy Robinson, Dr
Postdoctoral Researcher at Cardiff University
Dr Lucy Robinson is an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at Cardiff University. Her one year fellowship aims to consolidate her recently completed her ESRC-funded DPhil at the Department of Education, University of Oxford. Her doctoral research involved working creatively with groups of service children to explore how service life shapes their identity and school experiences. Before embarking on her DPhil, she completed her PGCE and MEd in Primary Education at the University of Cambridge.
Lucy is a Trustee of the Armed Forces Education Trust (AFET), a grant-giving charity which supports service children's education which has been compromised or put at risk as a result of parents’ past or current service in the British Armed Forces.
Lucy is also the very proud winner of BERA's 2025 Doctoral Thesis Award.
Lucy Robinson's contributions
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