We are delighted to announce the fourth webinar in our Midlands Research Culture Webinar Series. Sign up link at the end of the page.
Abstract
What are some of the vital but as yet under-explored areas of research culture which deserve further attention in the contemporary university? In this webinar we summarise key findings and recommendations from a series of recent research projects addressing inequalities in doctoral education in the UK. We begin by introducing the key findings of the ‘Pre-Application Doctoral Communication’ and ‘Searching for a Supervisor’ projects, which examined the pre-application stage of doctoral admissions as a site of gatekeeping to research careers and the academic profession. We also share key findings from the Mitigation and Adjustment for Doctoral Education (MADE) project, which sought to propose key recommendations to improve reasonable adjustments and mitigating circumstances policies and processes.
About the presenters:
Dr James Burford and Prof Emily F. Henderson are Directors of the Doctoral Education and Academia Research Centre (DEAR), at the University of Warwick, and are located in Education Studies. Their current and recent projects include: a 4-year project on institutional approaches to widening participation in India (‘WAHEI’ – ‘Widening Access to Higher Education in India, Institutional Approaches’), a project about the aims, nature and values of education-related research centres (‘The Heart of Research’), a project on academic gatekeeping in doctoral admissions (‘PADC – ‘Pre-Application Doctoral Communications’) and a project on mitigating circumstances and reasonable adjustments in doctoral education (‘MADE’ – Mitigation and Adjustment for Doctoral Education). They are co-editors of the academic blog Conference Inference.
