Educational Research in the Biosciences 2024
13-14 May 2024
Royal Veterinary College, London

This Biochemical Society training event is organised in collaboration with the Anatomical Society.

Early booking deadline: 13 March 2024.

This event is now SOLD OUT! To be added to the waiting list, please email conferences@biochemistry.org

 

Educational research helps us understand more about how our students learn, how we can best assess them and how to prepare them for their future. It can also be more widely relevant, across higher education and beyond.  

Research output is an important metric for academic career progression and promotion, but for those new to the educational research field, it can be hard to know where to start, or how to take your research to the next level. The transition from bioscience research to educational research is not always straightforward and not all institutions provide support or guidance with this.  

This training event aims to provide a framework for designing, evaluating, and publishing new research projects in education. In addition, it will consider alternative ways to disseminate outputs in educational research and provide a fantastic opportunity to develop a network of education-focused academics in the bioscience field. 

Group discussions will form the foundation of the training event, with short talks guiding through the processes. Participants will be supported to develop their ideas for an educational research project throughout the training event as well as building a network of potential collaborators.  

This training event is for education-focused academics in the biosciences, and not for education specialists. It will also be useful for postgraduate and early career researchers considering a move into an education-focused role.
  

Session themes: 

  • Planning an educational research project 
  • Data collection and analysis: qualitative and quantitative methods 
  • Moving forward with an educational research project  


List of confirmed trainers:

  • Prof Luciane Vieira de Mello, University of Liverpool
  • Dr Helen Watson, University of Plymouth
  • Prof David P Smith, Sheffield Hallam University                                                 
  • Prof Susanne Voelkel, University of Liverpool
  • Dr Tunde Varga-Atkins, University of Liverpool

 


Sponsorship opportunities are available for this meeting. For more details and to find out how you can get involved, please contact Hannah Atkins, Sponsorship Manager.

Biochemical Society Bursaries

We offer a wide variety of grants and bursaries to help you attend this event and save money on registration fees! Support is available to cover registration, accessibility, companion costs and more.

Apply for a General Travel Grant or during the registration process for any of the following schemes:

Not a member of the Biochemical Society? Join today and save up to £100 on your registration fee.

Anatomical Society Bursaries

Anatomical Society members may be able to apply for funding towards their costs of attendance through The Symington Bequest fund. Find out more