On the 5th of February 2025, Early Career Researchers from across Wales gathered at Wrexham University to participate in an Expert Forum on ‘Disability in Wales’ chaired by Professor Ruth Northway FLSW. The forum brought ECRs together with policymakers, third-sector organ... Read More
Archive for the ‘ECR Network’ Category
Researcher Development Advisory Group Launched
Welcome to the early- and mid-career researchers joining our LSW Advisory Group for Researcher Development. Together with LSW Fellows, they will shape... Read More
Shaping policy: giving research a voice in the Senedd
How can we ensure that the latest research is seen by politicians and legislators, helping them to make well-informed decisions and improving the quality of their policy work?
Finding answers to this pressing question is Read More
LSW Grant Scheme Sparks Huge Response from Welsh Researchers
Unprecedented interest in our research workshop grant scheme has led to twenty-six projects, across four different themes, receiving funding.
Topics range from Wrexham football club to cosmic rays, gender workplace equity to food banks in an ... Read More
Apply for our Researcher Development Advisory Group
The approach to our researcher development programme has an important emphasis: we want researchers to be at the heart of our wo... Read More
Society launches latest research grant scheme with added focus on peace
The launch today of the latest cycle of our Research Workshop Grant Scheme expands its scope and cements its place in Wales’ research landscape.
Up to eighteen projects will rec... Read More
ECRN News: Supporting Bilingualism Research at ISBPAC 2024, Swansea University
The Researcher Development team were pleased to support the 5th International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children (ISBPAC) held at Swansea University from 23rd ... Read More
Eisteddfod 2024: Spotlighting Research in Welsh
The skill of describing complex research to an interested general public will be tested in a 'Three Minute Thesis' competition at this year's Eisteddfod in Pontypridd.
Our Researcher Development team has been creating new opp... Read More
The art of supervision: considering student welfare, equality, diversity and inclusion
Our researcher development team is supporting the Wales Graduate School of Social Sciences (WGSSS) to run an online workshop (16 July 2024) on the supervision of PhD researchers.
The workshop is aimed at PhD supervisors and early career resea... Read More
Society Grant Scheme Leads to Further Funding Success
The impact of our researcher development progamme is evident in the award of significant funding to one of the recent recipients of our Research Workshop Grant Scheme.