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Professor Lynn Ang reflects on how the generosity, confidence and support of others can help shape an academic career.

Tooba and Louise talk about staying motivated in the face of challenges and how they envision their future.

Dr Jasper Green reflects on the teachers, ideas and moments of challenge that shaped his work in science education.

Professor Nicola Walshe traces an academic journey shaped by movement, change and a commitment to climate education.

How do you balance life and a PhD, while striving for career development and managing personal and medical commitments?

Dr Gideon Sappor reflects on family, teaching and mentoring as foundations for an academic journey.

Dr Katherine Ellis and Dr Joanna Moss discuss working with children with neurodevelopmental disorders.

Reflections on becoming an early career researcher after teaching, parenting and mentoring, and reassurance for those whose academic path is not straightforward.

In this episode of Academia et al, Zeinab El Khateeb speaks with Professor Martin Oliver about what it really takes to build a career in academia today.

From paper to implementation, what really goes into designing thoughtful data‑collection methods and methodologies, and then taking them into the field?

A discussion about the realities many researchers are feeling and how easy it is to become pessimistic at times.

What happens when a researcher’s own story becomes part of the data? And how do you ethically navigate moments when participants’ emotions – joy, frustration – surface in the interview process?

From English teacher to research leader, Caroline Daly traces the turning points that brought her back to the IOE.

Hans Svennevig joins Dr Hakan Ergül to explore the ethical challenges that emerge as researchers use AI tools and wearable technologies.

Dear gentle researchers... Louise and Tooba are back to reflect on the first major milestones that shaped their PhD paths.