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Nidhi Singal

Nidhi Singal is Professor of Disability and Inclusive Education at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. She is a leading scholar in the field of inclusive education, with a particular focus on children and young people with disabilities in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Over the last two decades her research, teaching, policy and civic engagement have demonstrated the critical importance of identifying, listening and responding to the experiences and needs of persons with disabilities within the wider field of international and comparative education and research. In so doing, her scholarship seeks to maximise the potential for this research to inform effective policy development and positive social and cultural change.

Rethinking Doctoral Success in UK Higher Education: Insights from Global South Student Experiences

A richly detailed hand-drawn illustration summarising the PhD@CAM research project, titled "PhD@CAM: What it Takes, Breaks & Makes". The image is organised around a central oval depicting a world map, surrounded by thematic sections. To the left, "Enablers" include a caring college community, scholarship, supportive supervisors, cutting-edge facilities, and professional networks. Also on the left, "Notions of Success" are described as relational, evolving constructs involving growing knowledge and a maturing disposition. The central section depicts experiences of Global Southern identities, including logistical barriers, visa challenges, cultural differences, discrimination, and contrasting positive experiences of safety, solidarity, and agentic meaning-making. To the right, "Challenges" include lack of representation, institutional rigidity, financial strain, imposter syndrome, isolation, and grief. "Recommendations for the university" include supportive spaces, mental health support, and unconscious bias training. "Recommendations for students" include building friend networks, understanding academic norms, and prioritising self-care. Flags representing various Global South countries appear at the bottom centre. Illustrated by Seekan Hui

What does it mean to succeed in a PhD? “Student success” in UK higher education remains a surprisingly vague concept, encompassing a range of priorities from retention and completion to employability and satisfaction. Over the past two decades, as UK…

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‘How do we know who to believe?’: Indian secondary students navigating misinformation on climate change

Being a teenager today opens you up to a social media feed filled with a chaotic blend of viral tree-planting challenges, AI-generated disasters, and sensationalist headlines about the climate crises. You know the planet is changing, you see the floods and feel the heatwaves in your own community. However, what you face online is a barrage of conflicting noises.

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Seeking the ‘Just’ in Liminal Spaces: Rebordering Conception, Definition, and Praxis of Education in the Global South

Group photo of blog post authors at the Conference

For us—six researchers working with Southern epistemologies across disparate contexts—the theme of this year’s BAICE conference provided us the space to tease out some common threads in our doctoral projects.

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