📰BERA Research Methodologies SIG newsletter
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Thanks to all who joined our workshop ❤️
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Pleased to share our recent policy brief exploring the role of students' health on their educational outcomes is now available.

Read here ➡️ tinyurl.com/37sr2zex

I was really honoured to deliver a response to Professor Reeves lecture yesterday evening (thank you @ark-ni.bsky.social). Yesterday's lecture raises important questions on social inequality and provides key areas of reflection in relation to education and the structure of the system.

We were delighted to welcome Prof @aaronreeves.bsky.social @lsesociology.bsky.social
to deliver our ARK at 25 lecture yesterday.

Prof Reeves discussed findings from his book (co-authored with Prof @samfriedman.bsky.social) Born to Rule: The Making and Remaking of the British Elite.

I look forward to continuing this important work in @ark-ni.bsky.social and ensuring that children’s perspectives are captured on a range of social policy issues in Northern Ireland.

@ulsteruni.bsky.social

I am delighted to share that I am the new Director of Kids’ Life and Times survey in Northern Ireland.

It is a privilege to build upon the work of Dr Katrina Lloyd, the founding Director, who led the survey with such vision and commitment to giving children a voice on the issues that matter to them

Interesting discussions and potential next steps for research methods... thank you to all who attended the session!

A wonderful way to spend a Wednesday afternoon with @beranews.bsky.social Research Methodologies SIG Co-Convenor @dramandan.bsky.social & Social Justice SIG Convenor Liliana Belkin delivering a workshop on narrative methods and social justice research in education at #BERA2025.

Interesting session this morning at #BERA2025 with @sgorard.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social discussing the impact of household income vs free school meal eligibility on academic outcomes in England using the Parent Pupil Matching Dataset.

Really looking forward to this on Wednesday! #BERA2025 @beranews.bsky.social @dramandan.bsky.social

Pleased to share our article examining the associations between health and educational attainment in Northern Ireland has been published in BMC Public Health. We are grateful to have worked alongside the esteemed late Prof Dermot O'Reilly @adrcni.bsky.social on this.

🔗 doi.org/10.1186/s128...

It was a delight to supervise Molly's undergraduate dissertation that used data from the 2024 Young Life and Times survey.

Congratulations, Molly on this fantastic achievement!

As @beranews.bsky.social Research Methodologies SIG Co-Convenor with @dramandan.bsky.social, we are delighted to be delivering a workshop with colleagues from the Social Justice SIG at #BERA2025 conference in September.

Details below ⬇️

✉️ Feel free to get in touch with any questions.

If you're interested in a Social Policy Masters programme @ulsteruni.bsky.social, be sure to attend the information session scheduled for 15/08 with Course Director @v-yilmaz.bsky.social .

Registration details below ⬇️

⭐️Meet the ARK Team ⭐️

This month we introduce Dr @erinearly.bsky.social, ARK Associate and Lecturer in Social Policy, @ulsteruni.bsky.social .

Read more about Dr Early's work ➡️ www.ark.ac.uk/ARK/about/Te...

Find out more about the ARK Team ➡️ www.ark.ac.uk/ARK/about/Te...

At @ulsteruni.bsky.social, Master’s in Social Policy is taught by a fantastic team.

Professor Ann Marie Gray shares her research focus in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IEL...

Interested? Send an email: [email protected]. I’ll be hosting an online info session soon. @ark-ni.bsky.social

To mark #MensHealthWeek, check out ARK's research.

1️⃣ Republic of Ireland Men's Health Report Card ➡ mhfi.org/MensHealthIn...
2️⃣ Northern Ireland Men's Health Report Card ➡ mhfi.org/MensHealthIn...
3️⃣ Journal article by Dr @erinearly.bsky.social & Dr Paula Devine ➡ doi.org/10.1111/1467...