Convenor
Alison Fox, Professor
Professor at The Open University
Dr Alison Fox is Professor of Collaborative Ethical Research and Practice at The Open University in the School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport, Chair of the University's Education submission to the Research Excellence Framework 2029, Chair of the University’s Human Research Ethics Committee and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research contributes to understanding contemporary issues in education: including beginning teacher retention; the opportunities and challenges of social media for professional learning; environmental sustainability and democratic ethical appraisal and research practice. After teaching Environmental Science, Biology and Geography at secondary school and further education, she has become an experienced master’s and doctoral programme designer and supervisor. Her funded research projects include inter-university collaborations, internationally funded projects, commissioned research, and consultancy.
Alison Fox's contributions
Ethical Dilemmas in Educational Research
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Case Studies for Researchers by Researchers
Research Ethics Case Studies 2024
Designed to complement ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research, fifth edition (2024)
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Committee
The role of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Committee is to: Ensure that ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s publications portfolio is well managed and upholds the highest academic standards Ensure the strategic direction of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ...
Academic publishing: Answering all your questions
How can I publish my research open access? What exactly is a post-print? And why does peer review take so long? Answering all your questions and more, this event will bring together a panel of...
Academic publishing: Answering all your questions
How can I publish my research open access? What exactly is a post-print? And why does peer review take so long? Answering all your questions and more, this event will bring together a panel of...
Editorial: Action research: Research into action
Lisa Pettifer, head of professional development in a large secondary school in England, proclaimed in her blog post Living with research in 2015 that, from a practitioner perspective, ‘…the...
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Action research: Research into action
A number of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ events between 2020 and 2022 enabled researchers to come together from a range of different education settings (primary, secondary, tertiary and higher education). These events...
