BERA UK Podcast
The British Educational Research Association (BERA) is the leading authority on educational research in the UK, supporting and representing the community of scholars, practitioners and everyone engaged in and with educational research both nationally and internationally.BERA is a membership association and learned society committed to advancing research quality, building research capacity and fostering research engagement. We aim to inform the development of policy and practice by promoting the best quality evidence produced by educational research.This podcast consists of research informed content on key educational issues. This podcast gives our members a voice to promote their research and features educational leaders and experts speaking about hot topic issues in Education. Our aim is to produce and promote episodes that attract policymakers, parents, teachers, educational leaders, members of school communities, politicians, and anyone who is interested in education today.
BERA UK Podcast
The BERA ECR Network presents: Negotiating Past, Present and Future Selves in the Research Process
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Season 2
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Episode 10
This episode of the BERA Podcast is the third in a series of podcasts focusing on Alternative Research Methods in Higher Education.
Shifting disciplines for a PhD can be daunting, often prompting a quest for new methods. This might be necessary for the project, but what is left behind in such a move?
In this episode, Dr. Sin Wang Chong interviews Sophia Kier-Byfield, a PhD student at Loughborough University. This podcast explores her experience of starting a PhD about pedagogical discourse after years in English, and how returning to her disciplinary training helped her find her way with her current research.