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Research Ethics in International and Comparative Education: A BAICE Thematic Forum

19/02/2015 | By BAICE

BAICE Thematic Forums This BAICE Thematic Forum has been put together by Dr Lizzi Milligan (University of Bath), Professor Qing Gu &Professor Simon McGrath (University of Nottingham), Professor Michael Crossley &Professor Leon Tikly (University of Bristol) and Dr Nidhi Singal (University of Cambridge). The ethics of working in cross-cultural contexts is at the heart of the work that international and comparative educational (ICE) researchers conduct. A recent Compare Special Issue (Robinson-Pant and Singal, 2013) has highlighted…

Registration now open for new BAICE Thematic Forum seminar

21/01/2015 | By BAICE

BAICE Thematic Forums Challenging Deficit Discourses in International Education and Development is a newly launched BAICE Thematic Forum. Information about this Forum’s aims and objectives can be found on the description page. The first of two seminars, titled ‘Flourishing in the margins? Challenging discourses of group-based deficit’ will be held on 22 April at the University of Leeds. Full details are available on our events page. The second seminar, titled, ‘Invisible or hidden? Challenging discourses around…

Challenging deficit discourses in international education and development: A BAICE Thematic Forum

30/10/2014 | By BAICE

BAICE Thematic Forums This BAICE Thematic Forum is organised by the University of East Anglia Literacy and Development Group and Leeds School of Politics and International Studies. It aims to deepen understanding around how deficit discourses have shaped the questions and objectives of international educational research. As well as deconstructing and gaining greater knowledge into why and how these dominant deficit discourses have influenced the research agenda, we will also investigate and propose alternative conceptual models…

Education, Disability and Development Thematic Forum Announces Seminar

09/04/2014 | By BAICE

BAICE Thematic Forums The Education, Disability and Development BAICE Thematic Forum announces its next seminar: “Education for social justice: framing an agenda for disability research and action in the Global South” To be held on 6th (Friday) June 2014 at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. Our three keynote presenters Professor Pauline Rose, Chair in International Education and Development, University of Cambridge. Pauline will provide insights from her experience as Chair of the UNESCO Global…

Insider / Outsider Perspectives BTF Announces Day Conference and Book Publication Workshop

24/01/2014 | By BAICE

BAICE Thematic Forums The BAICE Thematic Forum (BTF) Revisiting Insider/Outsider Perspectives in International and Comparative Education announces a Day Conference and Book Publication Workshop in conjunction with the Research Centre for International and Comparative Studies (ICS), University of Bristol. Day Conference and Book Publication Workshop Monday 24th February 2014 Room 410, Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol 35 Berkeley Square, Bristol, BS8 1JA This day builds on an initial workshop held at the University of…

Education, Disability and Development: a BAICE Thematic Forum

02/03/2012 | By BAICE

BAICE Thematic Forums Dr. Nidhi Singal (Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge) and Dr. Paul Lynch have been awarded a small grant to establish a BAICE thematic forum (BTF) engaging with issues related to the education of children with disabilities in Southern contexts. This BTF will undertake a series of activities addressing the following concerns: The challenges involved in the interpretation and implementation of global frameworks on disability and education, such as inclusive education. A critical…

EDITORIAL: The rules of different games? Listening to academic voices

06/02/2012 | By BAICE

Sheila Trahar, University of Bristol The back story Listening to Academic Voices: International Stories of the UK Experience, like all publications, has a story and, like the stories that its contributors tell, one that is chequered and multilayered. The story reflects the rapid changes that we are experiencing in higher education in the UK;it seems, therefore, appropriate to tell it here. In 2010, Fiona Hyland, the Academic Coordinator of ESCalate, the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Education, and…

A journey towards internationalisation

06/02/2012 | By BAICE

Joanna Al-Youssef, University of Nottingham The beginning When I volunteered to contribute to this publication, it struck me that I would be positioning myself face to face with a part of me I do not usually explore in depth or even take much notice of. I suddenly realised that I would be exploring a layer of my identity that is so vague and feels almost artificial as it appears to be the creation of others’ perceptions outside of myself…

Mother tongue/foreign language: speaking the self

06/02/2012 | By BAICE

Irene Macias, University of Bath The pains of self-reflection It has taken me much longer than I anticipated starting this account. The reason for this is that having jumped at the chance to collaborate in this publication, and having been sparked by the meeting organised in March with all the participants, where we shared experiences and perspectives, I have then found it unexpectedly hard to offer a coherent account of being an international academic. And I use the adverb…

National, personal or professional identities? Shifting images in the academic profession

06/02/2012 | By BAICE

Ulrike Niens, Queen’s University Belfast Reflecting on my experiences as an academic member of staff, who was not born in the UK but working in UK higher education, presented me with a number of challenges. For me it raised questions relating to identity, overlapping categories of inclusion and exclusion as well as a sense of exposure which I see partly reflected in my research, teaching and my daily academic work in general. While the above description as an academic…