Find out more about our International Collaboration events
Internationalisation
The Department of Educational Research is a truly international department as we:
- have an international staff;
- work with students internationally;
- are involved in international research;
- work with agencies and institutions across the world.

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We are involved internationally
- giving invited lectures (sometimes in languages other than English);
- as members of international conference scientific committees;
- peer reviewing for international scholarly journals;
- publishing articles in languages other than English;
- undertaking international postgraduate research training;
- collaborating with universities and institutions internationally;
- working with industries internationally for research purposes;
- hosting events for international delegates;
- working with international stakeholder groups and non-governmental organisations.
We collaborate internationally
- chairing international conferences;
- giving invited keynote talks;
- refereeing international grant proposals;
- gaining research funding from EU and international sources;
- working with governments beyond the UK;
- producing reports for international agencies, bodies and companies;
- as members of official national-level collaborative networks beyond the UK;
- as members of official international collaborative networks.
Reach
Members of our Department work widely with other academics, institutions and groups across the world.
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Invited lectures:
- Denmark
- Germany
- Hong Kong
- Mexico
- The Netherlands
- South Africa
- Turkey
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Invited keynotes and lectures in languages other than English:
- French
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Members of international conference scientific committee:
- Australia
- Austria
- Botswana
- Germany
- Israel
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Scholarly international peer reviews:
20 international journals
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International PGR training:
- Austria
- Lithuania
- Spain
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Published articles in languages other than English:
- Chinese
- Finnish
- French
- Polish
- Slovenian
- Spanish
- Turkish
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Institution collaborations:
- Australia
- Austria
- Canada
- Cyprus
- Finland
- Germany
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- India
- Ireland
- Kenya
- Lithuania
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Mozambique
- The Netherlands
- Nigeria
- Norway
- The Philippines
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- Uganda
- USA
- Zimbabwe
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Working with industry for research purposes:
- Belgium
- Canada
- Denmark
- France
- Greece
- Ireland
- Turkey
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Hosting events for international delegates:
- Malaysia
- Turkey
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Working with international stakeholder groups:
- European University Continuing Education Network (EUCEN)
- EUROPALSA Greece
- European (EU) SchoolNet
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Working with non-governmental international organisations:
- European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA)
- European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR)
- Pan African Development Education and Advocacy Programme (PADEAP)
- People Against Suffering Oppression and Poverty (PASSOP)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Bank
Reputation
Members of our Department are frequently invited to collaborate in diverse ways with others across the world.
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International conference chairs:
- India
- Ireland
- Portugal
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Invited keynote talks:
- Austria
- Greece
- India
- Lithuania
- Mexico
- Oslo
- The Philippines
- South Africa
- Spain
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Refereeing international grant proposals:
- Cyprus
- EU
- Hong Kong
- India
- Kuwait
- Luxembourg
- Oman
- Qatar
- Switzerland
- The Netherlands
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Gaining competitive funding from EU and international sources:
- ERASMUS+
- EU Jean Monet
- Wellcome Trust
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Working with governments beyond the UK:
Turkey
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Producing reports for international agencies, bodies and companies:
- European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA)
- SMART Technologies
- US National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA)
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Members of an EU COST Action:
European Network for Research Evaluation in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (ENRESSH)
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Members of an official national level collaborative network beyond the UK:
National Research Foundation (NRF)-funded South African Universities
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Members of an official international collaborative network:
- Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE)
- Complementary Methods in Evaluation (COMbINE)
- International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)
- Special Educational Needs Network (SENNET)