Dr James Burford

Emily and I are thrilled to bits to have written this book 'Making Sense of Academic Conferences’. It emerges out of our joint work on conferences over more than a decade through research projects, teaching, and running our #ConferenceInference Blog. routledge.com/Making-Sense-o…

📢JOB OPPORTUNITY! We are recruiting for a Research Fellow to work on an exciting new project about English/Maths tutoring for post-16 GCSE resits. Closing date 14th August. More details here: jobs.ac.uk/job/DIP183/res… and do get in touch if you'd like to know more🌟

You are cordially invited to @EarliSig24 conference 'Fostering Researcher Independence', Leiden University. Non-members can be assured of a warm welcome from this friendly community of scholars.😊👍 What's more, we'll work together for a Journal Special Issue on this topic!🎉🙌

This is a book for me! University in Finland, but me in China. I visit campus once a year and meet with my supervisors.

Book launch! Please register your interest here if you can make it along either online or in person at Warwick: warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ces/re…

The Critical University Studies Conf 24 Prog is out 'Rage against the Machine: remaking universities for hopeful futures'. Chaired by @profbmac in Hong Kong, 2.5 days of keynotes, papers, performances + r'tables cusconf.com/programme. Tweeting all this wk @jiaburford #CUSconf24

The hidden role of 'will you be my supervisor' emails in controlling access to PhD study - interesting research by @EmilyFrascatore @jiaburford timeshighereducation.com/news/how-will-… via @jgro_the

NOW ONLINE! 🚨 & Open Access Seeking supervisability: the inclusivity implications of doctoral supervisors’ engagement with prospective applicants prior to formal admissions @EmilyFrascatore, @AhmadAkkad_, Sophia Kier-Byfield, @jiaburford & @Dangeni_ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Currently at the launch of this new book! Fascinating to learn more about how the book was produced and the complex nuanced thinking it contains about gendering HE massification.

Publication day is today! We've written this book for doctoral students who (like me) navigated their studies off campus. Very grateful to all the doctoral students who contributed their stories and insights to the book!

@T_Uerpairojkit The BEST best news! Can’t wait to raise a toast to you!

Very happy to share that I passed my viva yesterday! Beyond grateful to my supervisors for their wisdom and support over the years, and to my examiners for their thoughtful insight and making the viva a truly enjoyable experience! 🙏🏼 After 2,046 days, I can finally say #PhDone

Pre-application doctoral communications: a missing dimension in research on doctoral admissions #highered tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

We had an online book launch of 'Developing Researcher Independence through the Hidden Curriculum! 🥳 Thanks very much to my co-editors - Kay & Soren, all speakers, book contributors & delegates. If you missed it, you can watch some presentations here drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2024/04/19/cel…

Grateful to @jiaburford and @EmilyFrascatore for the opportunity to share about a very positive conference experience! And to @JLMittelmeier, @SE_Lomer and Kalyani for making it happen! 🥰

Why might one feel “at home” at a conference? What might organizers be doing right and what could be happening within ourselves? @T_Uerpairojkit has written a lovely post on this! @EmilyFrascatore conferenceinference.wordpress.com/2024/03/07/fee…

@AliciaJeanKing I’ve been the editor in this scenario and shared the joy! ✨

@ThomsonPat This is so helpful Pat! @EmilyFrascatore and I have been running a bit of a keywords series with our doctoral/postdocs group - this will be a really welcome resource!

I’m starting a keyword series. First in - significance. How do you understand significance? here’s a few beginning steps. patthomson.net/2024/02/26/res…

Check out this new blog post published today by @LadanRahbari and @OBurlyuk on academic migrants' experiences of conferences - as told in their fascinating collection ‘Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe’ @EmilyFrascatore conferenceinference.wordpress.com/2024/02/19/the…

Is informal communication prior to formal #PhD admissions a site of gatekeeping for minoritised researchers? Find out what goes on pre-application in the #OpenAccess article by @jiaburford, Sophia Kier-Byfield, @Dangeni_, @EmilyFrascatore & @AhmadAkkad_ 🔓doi.org/10.1080/001319…

Participants needed! 🔈 Contact me if you’d like to participate in this new @SRHE73 project investigating how migrant supervisors learn to supervise in the UK. Pls fill out the MS form to express interest forms.office.com/e/64v4bry5VP?o… or scan the QR code. Thx for spreading the word! 🏃🏻‍♀️