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Sharon Smith recently completed her PhD at the School of Education at the University of Birmingham (July 2024). Her research interests relate to inclusion, education, the role of parents of children/young people with SEND, co-production, critical disability studies, risk/vulnerability, philosophy of education, post-qualitative inquiry, feminist materialism and post-human theories. Her PhD research was supported by the inaugural ½¿É«µ¼º½ doctoral fellowship.
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This session is for anyone who chairs sessions at ½¿É«µ¼º½ conference, anyone who would like to do this in the future, and for others who are interested in this vital aspect of conference organisation...
The relationship between poetry and philosophy is ineluctable (unavoidable and inescapable) and widely understood. Although in this blog post we won’t go as far as to claim, like Coleridge, that...
Continue reading blog postPhD mothers frequently find themselves under-represented, a reality reflected in social media posts, literature and academic discourse concerning their experiences. The prevalent narrative...
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Continue reading blog postI cannot remember how many research studies I have been involved in over the past 17 years. This is not because I am an established researcher – on the contrary! Rather, it is because my...
Continue reading blog postIn 2023 ½¿É«µ¼º½ invites applications for one doctoral fellowship for a student commencing their studies at a UK institution within the 2024/2025 academic year. The Fellowship will be for up to 3...
