Playing the game – Changing the game: Success for early career
12 March 2010
10:00 to 16:00 , Nunn Hall, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H OAL
Professor Heidi Mirza; Professor Cecile Wright; Dr. Kalwant Bhopal; Dr. Paul Warmington
The British Educational Research Association (BERA) is pleased to announce a one-day conference for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) early career researchers in education. The conference will create a space for the voice of BME researchers to be heard in higher education and promote career development and networking amongst BME researchers. It will consider the issues that affect early career BME researchers, explore experiences and develop ways of helping participants effect individual and collective change, as well as inform BERA about what it might do to support BME researchers further.
Keynote presentation: 'BME researchers in the UK'
Professor Gargi Bhattacharyya, Aston University
Discussion Panel: 'Mapping identities of success'
Panellists: Professor Heidi Mirza Institute of Education, London
Professor Cecile Wright Nottingham Trent University
Dr. Kalwant Bhopal University of Southampton
Dr. Paul Warmington University of Birmingham
Workshops
Workshops will be run twice to enable delegates to benefit from different sessions.
• Getting published Professor Patricia Thomson, The University of Nottingham
• Why coaching and mentoring matters Dr. Victoria Showunmi and Dr. Jacqui MacDonald, Institute of Education, London
• Writing research proposals Professor Shirley Dex, Institute of Education, London
• Building successful research careers Dr. Caroline Williamson, University of Birmingham
Application forms available from mailto:admin@bera.co.uk
For further information please contact Bera : admin@bera.ac.uk