New to 2023, BELMAS is using the month of October to support Early Career Researchers (ECRs). We will be hosting a range of online and in-person activities FREE and exclusively to members of BELMAS. You will need to be logged in to register for tickets.
Please note: the term Early Career Researcher applies to anyone who is in the process of completing their Masters or Doctorate in education, including those who completed their studies within the past 5 years.
➡ Where: University of Nottingham
➡ Date: Thursday 5th October 2023
➡ Time: 09:30-15:00
BELMAS is working in partnership with the University of Nottingham for a day of myth busting and practical guidance on Journal publishing, led by the Editors-in-Chief of the BELMAS Journals: Prof. Tony Bush (EMAL) and Dr Paul Armstrong (MiE).
Tickets are limited to just 25 for this event. BELMAS and the University of Nottingham are providing lunch and refreshments for this event, and BELMAS will reimburse up to £25 of travel costs to members.
➡ Where: Online (Zoom)
➡ Date: Monday 9th October 2023
➡ Time: 16:00-17:00
In this talk Helen will examine the meaning of a research project/career, and consider what it means to locate your research within a field of study and practice. Specifically, she will focus on the emerging or early years of a research project/career, and how agency interplays with the structuring context of the complexities of your professional work (along with wider issues of your personal lives and the national/international situation in which you are working). A number of key points will be raised, where she will examine the role of the learned society in general and BELMAS in particular. Helen will base this on my own experiences, along with my supervision of 38 doctoral projects that have impacted on the professional working lives of graduates. This will then generate an agenda for discussion where you will be able to raise issues for yourselves and for BELMAS.
➡ Where: Online (Zoom)
➡ Date: Thursday 12th October 2023
➡ Time: 12:00-13:00
Want to see your research presented in the bright lights of the BELMAS Conference 2024, held in Glasgow? Dr Deborah Outhwaite (BELMAS Chair) and Dr Denise Mifsud (BELMAS Vice-chair Conference & Events) are on hand to support you with their top tips and walk through the process of submitting on Ex-Ordo. REMEMBER: The deadline for submissions for the 2024 Conference is Friday 3rd November 2023.
➡ Where: Online (Zoom)
➡ Date: Wednesday 18th October 2023
➡ Time: 18:00
The purpose of the session is to provide an international interactive seminar for Early Career Researchers. The Mentoring seminar will build on ECR’s existing skills as scholars. The seminar will include experienced academics who will share their journey and experiences in the academy.
➡ Where: Online (Zoom)
➡ Date: Wednesday 25th October 2023
➡ Time: 16:30-18:00
Join serial blogger and BELMAS Trustee Dr Lizana Oberholzer as she guides you on how to get published with a blog focus. This interactive session will provide a range of useful information to help you shape your blog and submit to the BELMAS Blog Editor Group.
➡ Where: Online (MS Teams)
➡ Date: Tuesday 31st October 2023
➡ Time: 13:00-14:00
Bloomsbury Academic runs a free online series of workshops called ‘Publishing with Bloomsbury’, designed to demystify the publishing process for early career researchers and anyone looking for advice on how to get their first academic book published. This particular session of the series is focused on BELMAS members which is run by the education editors and finish with the opportunity to ask questions.
