How can doctoral students complete their theses timely? A number of factors facilitate timely completions including the availability of tailored feedback, a support network and being organised. These were highlighted in my recent enquiry with Hilary Burgess of what helps doctoral students

One of the most important considerations for the researcher is the position they occupy in relation to the research setting, the participants in the research and the data analysis and presentation. For some, researchers are ‘experts’, removed from the site of study

This week’s Edutalk broadcast was about my friend Anna Beck’s study of the Teaching Scotland’s Future report as policy implementation in real time.  It’s fascinating work; challenging too – a bit like trying to hit a moving target I imagine, but I know I won’t be alone

This is another post linked to the event: BERA 2013 Conference: Social Theory and Education SIG papers – the paper is entitled: ‘Direct, Indirect and Relational: Social class Manifestations in Teenage Students’ Accounts’ Social class identity is an issue widely discussed by

This is the latest in a series of BERA2013 related blog posts – the title of the conference paper is:  ‘Who am I? Identity construction of mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong universities’. As a novice educational researcher struggling to grapple with Bourdieu’s

This is another in the series of BERA2103 blog posts, the name of the paper being: Discourse, where is your sting? Exploring the biographies of outstanding female mathematics students Much political rhetoric in Britain proclaims that success in mathematics is a key