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The first grant | Academia et al
In this episode of Academia et al, Zeinab El Khateeb speaks with Professor Lynn Ang about her route from preschool teaching to research leadership at the IOE. Professo...
Painting our way through the PhD finish line and beyond | The PhD Sketchbook
What does a PhD journey look like when you paint it rather than write it? In their final episode of the series, Tooba and Louise talk about getting a PhD over the fini...
Making sense of science education | Academia et al
In this episode of Academia et al, Zeinab El Khateeb speaks with Dr Jasper Green about a career that has moved between biology, classroom teaching, doctoral research a...
From glaciers to classrooms | Academia et al
In this episode of Academia et al, Zeinab El Khateeb talks to Professor Nicola Walshe about a career that has moved from studying glaciers to shaping climate change an...
Painting our way through balancing academia, research, and personal life | The PhD Sketchbook
What does a PhD journey look like when you paint it rather than write it? On a hot summer evening, Louise and Tooba meet at Louise's flat somewhere in London to reflec...
The village behind a career | Academia et al
In this episode of Academia et al, Zeinab El Khateeb speaks with Dr Gideon Sappor about the people and experiences that shaped his academic path. From his early ambiti...
Teaching in fully-inclusive classrooms | The Staffroom
Children with rare genetic syndromes are already in our classrooms, yet many teachers receive little training in how best to support them. So what does meaningful, pra...
Starting academia later in life | Academia et al
Dr Brian Irvine describes himself as an early career researcher, but not someone who is early in life. In this episode, he shares the varied experiences that brought h...
How do you sustain an academic career? | Academia et al
In this episode of Academia et al, Zeinab El Khateeb speaks with Professor Martin Oliver about what it really takes to build a career in academia today. Drawing on his...
Painting our way through data collection: memories and challenges in the field | The PhD Sketchbook
What does a PhD journey look like when you paint it rather than write it? Today Louise and Tooba are talking - and painting - about data collection. From paper to imp...
When academia feels tough or uncertain | Academia et al
Professor Richard Freeman joins Zeinab El-Khateeb to discuss the realities many researchers are feeling, and how easy it is to become pessimistic at times. But the hea...
Between identities, emotions and ethical practice in fieldwork | Research Ethics
What happens when a researcher’s own story becomes part of the data? And how do you ethically navigate moments when participants’ emotions – joy, frustration – surface...
When teacher education becomes a lifelong return | Academia et al
Professor Caroline Daly explores the powerful pull of the IOE and how it shaped her academic identity over decades. She discusses how returning as a master’s student a...
AI tech wearables and ethics | Research Ethics
Hans Svennevig joins Dr Hakan Ergül to explore the ethical challenges that emerge as researchers use AI tools and wearable technologies. Hakan and Hans discuss how the...
Painting our way through milestones with a splash of colour | The PhD Sketchbook
What does a PhD journey look like when you paint it rather than write it? Louise and Tooba explore the first major milestones that shaped their PhD research paths. Th...
Following a new generation to understand childhood and inequality | Research for the Real World
What does it take to create a study designed to last for generations? Professor Alissa Goodman joins Mark Quinn to talk about Generation New Era, a new birth cohort st...
The power of language, identity and education | Academia et al
This conversation traces Professor Li Wei’s path from classroom teacher to Director and Dean of the UCL Institute of Education, showing how lived experience drove his ...
Disinformation, misinformation and conspiracy theories | The Staffroom
In an increasingly digital landscape, what can teachers do to guide, safeguard and support their students? Teacher training is largely designed for an analogue world, ...
Worked more, still got less | Research for the Real World
We explore retirement readiness, gender gaps in pension wealth, and the real-life consequences of inequality across the life course. Dr Amy Harrison speaks with Dr Sam...
Painting our way through research, belonging, and London | The PhD Sketchbook
What does a PhD journey look like when you paint it rather than write it? Louise and Tooba are two international doctoral students at the UCL Institute of Education, a...
