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Dr James Burford Presents on Doctoral Inequalities at Midlands Innovation Graduate Schools Meeting
On 5th March 2025, Dr James Burford presented at the Midlands Innovation Graduate Schools Meeting, delivering a talk titled:
"Addressing Doctoral Inequalities: Making Change in Doctoral Admissions and Reasonable Adjustments/Mitigating Circumstances."
Dr Burford introduced the work of the Doctoral Education and Academia Research Centre (DEAR) and shared insights from key DEAR projects, including:
路 The 鈥楶re-Application Doctoral Communication鈥� and 鈥楽earching for a Supervisor鈥� projects – exploring doctoral application processes.
路 The MADE project – examining policies and processes for reasonable adjustments and mitigating circumstances in doctoral education.
He also outlined the next steps, which include disseminating research recommendations through reports, briefings, and scholarly outputs.
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