Author: Mariam Attia

The full text of my new book chapter The Role of Early Learning Experience in Shaping Teacher Cognition and Technology Use is now accessible via the Durham University depository (here). The thinking behind this chapter started on the day of my viva three years ago when Gary Motteram (my internal examiner then) suggested exploring teachers’ early experiences and technology use as a new area […]

Wednesday 19 Feb, 14:00 – 16:00, Martin Harris, John Casken Theatre Much of the public debate in the period since the appearance of the Finch Report in July 2012 has concerned issues that relate to publishing in journals. However, in disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences, anything from one to two thirds of the published output appears in the […]

Dr Stephen Rogers form Manchester Institute of Education (MIE), The University of Manchester, has won the Bera Dissertation Award 2013 for his thesis An Investigation Into New Labour Education Policy: Personalisation, Young People, Schools and Modernity. Stephen retired after 30 years in various roles in education, including that of headteacher and director of a national education charity. After completing his […]

The British Academy’s aim in making these awards is to offer opportunities for outstanding early career researchers to strengthen their experience of research and teaching in a university environment which will develop their curriculum vitae and improve their prospects of obtaining permanent lecturing posts by the end of the Fellowship. The primary emphasis is on completion of a significant piece […]

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) is annoucing the following fellowships: Research Fellowship Program for International Students & Researchers Target Group: PhD students and young post-doctoral researchers who want to conduct research in Turkey. APPLICATION PERIOD DATES I. Period : 17 March 2014 – 21 April 2014     II. Period : 22 September 2014 – 31 October 2014   […]

Dear All, Just a line to let you know that Adrian Holliday has just launched his new blog. You can access his posts here (for a full view of each post please click on the date).    

Congratulations to Paul on his graduation, and all the best for what comes next. May others soon follow!    

Dear All, The University Careers and Employability Division has just launched a new careers web resource specifically targeted at doctoral researchers. The following blog post tells you more about the new service, and you can download the flyer here. I have also added related postgraduate careers resources to the Links page on this blog. Best, Mariam

Dear All, It gives me great pleasure to let you know that Richard Fay has been awarded a Distinguished Achievement Medal – Teacher of the Year 2013. Yay!! A heartfelt congratulations to Richard for a well-earned recognition. I don’t think it has ever happened in the history of this university that an academic was nominated by fifteen former and current […]