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Join us as a аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥ Student Member!

If you become a аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥ Student Member at an annual discounted rate of £18, you will receive the same benefits as other аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥ members (see our Membership Benefits page). In addition, аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥ student members:

  • can apply for Student Fieldwork Grants that support UK-based PhD students to undertake overseas fieldwork;
  • can apply for the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥ Student Prizes given for the best papers presented at аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥/UKFIET conferences and re-written as papers;
  • may publish titles of their thesis in Compare and post the abstracts of their research degrees on the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥ website;and
  • have a chance to be elected as the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥ Student Representatives to serve for two years, or to be part of the supporting student committee.

аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥ Student Representatives organise an annual conference to support postgraduate research. The themes of past student conferences include:

  • 2017 – Addressing the messiness of data analysis: Praxis, readiness and tips from doctoral research (Institute of Education, London)
  • 2016 – Understanding, embracing and reflecting upon the messiness of the fieldwork (Institute of Education, London)
  • 2015 – Methodological challenges in comparative and international educational research: Doctoral perspectives (University of Cambridge)
  • 2014 – Education and plural societies: Conflict and comparison (Queens University Belfast)

Selected papers from student conferences have been published in Compare as full articles or Forum pieces. For instance:

Naveed, A., Sakata, N., Kefallinou, A., Young, S., &Anand, K. (2017). Understanding, embracing and reflecting upon the messiness of doctoral fieldwork. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 1-20.
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The student representatives and the student committee organise further events specifically geared to the needs of research students. аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥ student members are invited to suggest proposals for workshops or events to the Student Representatives with the possibility of obtaining funding from аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥.