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DPER 25-year anniversary series – Kick-off panel “Higher Education Research”

Posted on August 27, 2020August 27, 2020by ECHER
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This is the kick-off panel in the webinar series to celebrate 25 years of Doctoral Programme in Educational Research – Higher Education (DPER). It will be followed by three webinars. 2 September 2020, 2:00pm to 3:00pm UK time. Free.

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Summer School: “How to Make Theory Work in Higher Education Research and Science Studies”

Posted on February 15, 2020February 15, 2020by ECHER
Hanover

How do you do theory? While the craft of methods and empirical work more generally is often made explicit in higher education research and science studies, theory work usually remains implicit. […]

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CHER 2020 Call for Proposals: Engaged Universities

Posted on January 28, 2020February 23, 2020by ECHER
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The 33rd Annual CHER Conference will be jointly organised by the University of Rijeka and NUI Galway, with their home cities both being European Capitals of Culture 2020. It will take place in Rijeka/Opatija, on September 2-4, 2020. […]

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Doing research, writing, and publishing: ECHER’s resources

Posted on October 31, 2019November 1, 2019by ECHER
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Recently we introduced a new page on our website – resources. It is meant as a permanent and easy-to-access corner on this website, something you can always find by looking […]

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Call for Papers: The 6th Summer School on Higher Education 2019 – Methods and approaches in higher education research

Posted on March 13, 2019July 8, 2019by ECHER
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Welcome to the sixth Summer School on Higher Education. This year’s theme “methods and approaches in higher education research” addresses the new directions and dilemmas related to methods […]

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Call for Participants: ECHER Academic Writing Clinic

Posted on March 6, 2019July 8, 2019by ECHER
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Many early-career scholars face challenges with academic writing. Native English speakers or not, most of us spend a considerable amount of time trying to lay down our thoughts in a coherent and meaningful way, repeatedly rewriting and […]

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Call for Proposals: 32nd Annual CHER Conference

Posted on February 13, 2019May 27, 2019by ECHER
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The 32nd annual CHER-Conference will take place from 28 August to 30 August, 2019 at the University of Kassel and will be organized by the International Centre for Higher Education Research Kassel in Germany. The theme of this year’s conference is “Theories and Methods in Higher Education Research”.

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Call for Posters: Academia in the Age of Comparison: Methodological and Empirical Perspectives in an Interdisciplinary Dialogue

Posted on February 1, 2019July 8, 2019by ECHER
Hanover

Academia is in an age of comparison. Momentous processes like globalization, marketization, and digitalization are not only of general societal relevance, but are also pushed by and simultaneously push comparisons in academia. […]

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