BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:873@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20260521T100000Z DTEND:20260521T153000Z DTSTAMP:20260415T144211Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/navigating-a-career-in-an-international- context-as-early-career-researchers-or-professionals/ SUMMARY:Navigating a career in an international context as early-career res earchers or professionals DESCRIPTION:Date: 21 May 2026 \nTime: 10 am – 3:30 pm \nLocation: Fa culty of Education\, University of Cambridge \nThis is an in-person event \, with the keynote address available to join online. If you would like to join us online\, this session will be from 10:30-11:30am BST only.\nREGIS TER HERE\nRationale \nToday\, international education and development se ctors are constantly impacted by complex migration dynamics and geopol itical tensions. Professionals\, researchers\, and students frequently r elocate from their home countries\, making significant contributions (h ost and home countries) to knowledge exchange and international cooper ation through their physical\, intellectual\, and institutional efforts.  Yet\, careers in these fields are known to be very precarious\, with  visa challenges and shifting policies on migration and international en gagement. \nThe UKFIET ECR/Ps conference aims to bring together early- career researchers and professionals to explore how migration (recent pol icies) intersects with career trajectories in international education and development. We aim to create a space to discuss these issues. This will involve people from academia\, policy\, and practice\, connecting t he lived experiences of mobility with institutional and national strategie s\, and exploring long-term solutions.   \nUKFIET is collaborating with the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the Facul ty of Education\, University of Cambridge\, to host this event. This is an in-person event\, with the keynote address available to join online.\nObj ectives \n\n To discuss how migration policies influence professional and academic mobility. \n To highlight different career pathways in the  international education and development sectors. \n To hear directly from  policy-makers about the recent UK and other global migration policies a nd their impact on students and professionals. \n To strengthen networks between ECR/Ps\, senior members\, and policymakers. \n\nTarget Audience  \nWe hope that early-career researchers\, postgraduate students\, intern ational officers\, development practitioners\, policy professionals\, and academics working in international education and development will attend .  \nFormat\n\n Keynote Session\n\nProfessor Maia Chankseliani\, Univers ity of Oxford - Academic Futures in Comparative and International Educatio n: Mobility and the Work of Staying in the Field\nMigration and Careers in International Education Contexts\n\n Information Session\n\nFocus: Career -related advice and information on exploring a career in international edu cation and development\, from the perspective and experience of career/stu dent services. \nBeka Kimberley\, Careers Consultant\, University of Cambr idge.\n\n Panel Discussion\n\nThe panel session will focus on perspectiv es from different groups\, including students\, postdocs\, professionals \, and academics\, on possibilities and challenges in careers in interna tional education and development in the current migration context in the U K and beyond.\nSpeakers:\n\n Hala Khankan\, Refugee Rights Activist and Fo od Security and Livelihood Expert\n Sally Rosscornes\, Education Specialis t for the Gender at the Centre Initiative\, IIEP-UNESCO\n William Smith\, Senior Lecturer in Education and International Development &\; Director of Internationalisation\, University of Edinburgh\n Dawit Tibebu Tiruneh\ , Assistant Research Professor\, REAL Centre\, University of Cambridge\n\n \n Reflective Session \n\nThis final participatory session of the day all ows participants to share their thoughts and reflections on previous sessi ons and their lived experiences related to the day's focus. This will be l ed by Professor Ricardo Sabates Aysa\, University of Cambridge\, who will guide us in reflecting on and sharing our respective experiences. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/0 4/ECR-conf-2026.jpg CATEGORIES:Conference END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR