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Dr Jess Pilgrim-Brown is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Bristol and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Oxford. She previously worked in professional services, in elite sports coaching, and as a consultant researcher. She focuses predominantly on research on research and metaresearch although her interests also include equalities agendas, research cultures and behaviours in higher education, and expanding access to higher education for people from traditionally marginalised backgrounds. She is interested in issues related to research ethics, equality, diversity and inclusion, and innovative ways to apply qualitative approaches in the social sciences.
½¿É«µ¼º½ launched its ‘State of the Discipline’ initiative in 2019 with the aim of offering ‘a clear, comprehensive account of the state of education as an academic discipline’. As part of...
Continue reading blog postWorking-class people in UK higher education (UKHE) have historically been viewed through the lens of deficit (Crew, 2024), amid a shifting and transient understanding of what it means to be...
Working-class people in UK higher education (UKHE) have historically been viewed through the lens of deficit (Crew, 2024), amid a shifting and transient understanding of what it means to be...
Continue reading blog postThis ½¿É«µ¼º½ ECR Network’s coffee hour gave the opportunity to find out more about the ECR Network and its activities as well as getting to know a little more about the team behind it. There were...
Come along to the ½¿É«µ¼º½ ECR Network’s coffee hour during which time you’ll have the opportunity to find out more about the ECR Network and its activities as well as getting to know a little...
Understanding what life is like for those studying and working within universities has been of increased interest to higher education research, policy and practice over the past 15 years....
Continue reading blog postA survey of education researchers’ work, experiences and identities The strength of education research is necessarily dependent on the strength of its workforce. Recent research has highlighted...
Since 2020, ½¿É«µ¼º½ has been running a large-scale initiative that aims to provide a clear, comprehensive account of the state of education as an academic discipline in universities; as a field of...
