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Doctoral research training

CERS works with colleagues across 探花社区 University to provide research training for doctoral students from all disciplines.

Examples of sessions led by CERS team members include:

Developing research questions

Led by Dr Lee Jerome

Clear, appropriate research questions provide direction for a study. Developing these questions is an ongoing process that continues throughout the research.

An initial set of questions will help you define the focus of your research. You may need to refine them as your study develops.

This session provides guidance on developing research questions that:

• reflect your theoretical position
• establish a clear focus for your study
• inform your choice of research methods.

Interview recording and transcription

Led by Dr Leena Robertson

Collecting and transcribing qualitative data are important stages of the research process.

This session considers the practical and ethical issues involved in recording qualitative interviews. It also examines transcription as the first stage of analysis.

Although transcription can be time-consuming, it allows you to engage closely with your data as you prepare it for formal analysis.

Writing and editing a doctoral thesis

Led by Professor Jayne Osgood

Writing and editing a thesis can be more challenging than researchers initially expect. Bringing together several years of research and reading in a coherent form requires persistence, careful planning, and repeated revision.

This session introduces writing habits, strategies, and approaches that can support the process. Successful doctoral researchers also share insights from their experiences of completing their theses.

Researcher development

Seeking ethical approval

All education research at 探花社区 University requires ethical approval through the University’s ethics process.

Applications for ethical approval must be submitted online.

For more information please contact Russel Freedman. 

Publishing educational events

The following journals publish influential research in education and related fields. Researchers should review each journal’s current scope, submission requirements, and publication policies before submitting their work.

Review of Educational Research (RER)

Review of Educational Research publishes critical and integrative reviews of research literature.

The journal generally considers original empirical research only when it forms part of a wider review. It publishes several types of review:

• integrative reviews that bring together existing research on a subject
• theoretical reviews
• methodological reviews
• historical reviews that place research literature in context.

Learning and Instruction (L&I)

Learning and Instruction publishes research into learning, development, instruction, and teaching.

Its scope covers learners of all ages, from infants to adults. It also includes a wide range of research settings, from laboratory experiments to field studies.

Educational Researcher

Educational Researcher publishes education research with broad significance. It has a particular interest in new findings and developments that are relevant across the field.

Sociology of Education

Sociology of Education publishes research into education and human social development.

It examines how social institutions, and people’s experiences within them, affect educational processes and social development.

Journal of Teacher Education

Journal of Teacher Education addresses subjects relating to teacher education, including:

• preparing teachers to meet the needs of marginalised young people, families, and communities
• programme design and impact
• selecting, recruiting, and retaining teachers from underrepresented groups
• local and national policy
• accountability
• routes to professional certification.

Teaching and Teacher Education

Teaching and Teacher Education publishes primary research and review papers about teachers, teaching, and teacher education.

Studies in Higher Education

Studies in Higher Education publishes research that develops understanding of:

• higher education policy
• institutional management and performance
• teaching and learning
• the contribution of higher education to society and the economy.

Journal of Education Policy

Journal of Education Policy publishes research that examines, analyses, and debates policymaking, policy implementation, and the effects of policy.

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

School Effectiveness and School Improvement publishes research into educational effectiveness at classroom, school, and system levels.

Subjects include:

• effective pedagogy
• classroom climate
• school culture and leadership
• school improvement and reform programmes
• system-wide policy and reform.

British Educational Research Journal

British Educational Research Journal publishes research from across education.

Its scope includes:

• case studies
• experiments and surveys
• conceptual and methodological discussions
• examination of assumptions underlying educational research
• accounts of research in progress.

Early Years: An International Research Journal

Early Years publishes research papers and scholarly critiques concerning early childhood education and care.

Gender and Education

Gender and Education developed from feminist politics and a social justice agenda. It supports multidisciplinary and critical discussions of gender and education.

The journal is particularly interested in how gender intersects with other forms of difference. It also contributes to feminist knowledge, philosophy, theory, action, and debate.

Applying for research funding

The organisations below provide funding that may be relevant to education research. Funding schemes, award values, deadlines, and eligibility requirements can change. Check each funder’s current guidance before preparing an application.