PhD Research Group

As part of sigma's Research Strategy, a number of PhD students (at Loughborough, Coventry and Birmingham Universities) are actively supported,  both financially and academically. 

The sigma PhD research group was launched with a meeting at Coventry University in October 2006. The group has been set up to resource the sigma-funded PhD students and aims to meet every 2 months.

Documents (PDFs)

18/05/10 - Mary Deane*
18/05/10 - Peter Samuels*
18/05/10 - Journal Evaluation Sheet
18/05/10 - List of ed, maths ed, stats ed and eng ed journals
18/05/10 - Peer Review Template
18/05/10 - Evaluation of Research Papers
21/12/09 - Peter Samuels, Training Group Meeting*
06/03/09 - Barbara Jaworski Viva Advice
06/03/09 - Peter Samuels, Viva Preparation
09/06/08 - Peter Samuels, Abstract Writing and Reviewing
09/06/08 - Berkenkotter and Huckin, Extract
09/06/08 - Dyscalculia News Article
09/06/08 - Lores, Example Abstracts
02/05/08 - Peter Samuels, Practical Task*
21/04/08 - Peter Samuels, Poster Presentations*
17/12/07 - Peter Samuels, Academic Writing Workshop*
17/12/07 - Zevenbergen, Book Review
17/12/07 - Zevenbergen, Review Annotated
17/12/07 - Zevenbergen, Review Questions
24/10/07 - Lara Alcock, Mathematics Education*
24/10/07 - Peter Samuels, Welcome Meeting*
08/06/07 - Mary Deane, Academic Writing*
08/06/07 - Peter Samuels, Academic Writing*
08/06/07 - Sources Analysis Database'
10/05/07 - Yvette Solomon, Educational Research Process*
14/03/07 - Peter Samuels, Student Presentations*
14/03/07 - Daniela Bright, Presentation*
14/03/07 - Eligio Cerval-Pena, Presentation*
14/03/07 - Chengliang Hu, Presentation*
14/03/07 - Ria Symonds, Presentation*
14/03/07 - Marijn Waaijer, Presentation*
15/12/06 - Stephen Lee, Experiences
15/12/06 - Sarah Parsons, Notes
15/12/06 - Glynis Perkin, Advice*
15/12/06 - Peter Samuels, Inspiration*
27/10/06 - Tony Croft, Research Capacity*
27/10/06 - Duncan Lawson, Programme Objectives*
27/10/06 - Peter Samuels, Welcome Meeting*
27/10/06 - Yvette Solomon, Educational Researcher*

* indicates a PowerPoint Presentation
' indicates a Database file