Thank you again to the Centre for Evidence for the Armed Forces Community (formally the FiMT Research Centre) for my award and for your continued work in "putting evidence at the heart of decision making to enable a thriving Armed Forces community". 3/3

Service children are often an overlooked part of the Armed Forces community. However, authentically listening and responding to service children's diverse and nuanced experiences of military life - their 'invisible service' - is crucial to better understanding & supporting them. 2/3

I am incredibly honoured to have received the Centre for Evidence for the Armed Forces Community's Early Career Researcher Award in recognition of my doctoral research, 'How does military life shape service children's identity and school experiences?'. 1/3

The works were created by these three service children in response to the question 'What does being a service child mean to you?', as part of my doctoral research. You can find my full thesis and a 3-page executive summary via my LinkTree: lnkd.in/efhKPSD3 3/3

To acknowledge this day, and the wider month of April, I'm sharing two poems written by Louise* and Sarah* and a drawing by Myles*.

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April is the 'Month of the Military Child (hashtag#MotMC) with today being 'Purple Up! Day'. MotMC is a campaign to raise awareness about the important role service children play in the Armed Forces community. 1/3

👏🏽 Congratulations @lucygbrobinson.bsky.social on winning the 2025 BERA Doctoral Thesis Award for her dissertation: How does military life shape service children’s identity and school experiences?🏆

My doctoral thesis is now available to read! 📖You'll find the link via my Linktree (linktr.ee/lucygbrobinson) where you'll also find a 3-page executive summary.

It was a pleasure to be involved in this month's newsletter! Please do take a read if you're an ECR who is interested in learning more about alternative research dissemination, knowledge exchange and mobilisation.😄

You can see the online gallery of all the contributions here:
kcmhr.org/real-stories...

Thank you to King's Centre for Military Health Research at King's College London for my glossy copy - my father will be thrilled!

It was a great pleasure to contribute to 'Real Stories 2024' which offers members of the Armed Forces community an opportunity to share their experiences 'through their own lens'. I chose to photograph and reflect on the topic of home. 1/2

I'm delighted to share that from January, I'll be starting some p/t work as a Research Assistant! I'll be part of a small team working under Dr Julia Badger on an exciting new research project: www.education.ox.ac.uk/project/pupil-interactions-and-networks-in-special-schools/.