Graduate Research Symposium
The theme for 2025 is Crossroads of Change: Exploring the Ever-changing Landscape of Education. This year’s RMSE will be taking place between March 13th (in-person) and March 14th (online), 2025.
The Symposium provides graduate students the opportunity to share their education-related research with the wider community. Presentation formats include posters, round tables, papers, and one-minute video competition.
The goal of the RMSE is to showcase and support education-related projects, conceptual research, and studies in progress at all levels from beginning master’s essays to final doctoral presentations. Studies that are well underway, or those which have been completed since last year’s Symposium are also welcome. Students planning poster presentations for the Great Hall or SOGS research days, Faculty Partner Day at Western are welcome to present the same material at RMSE. Graduate students presenting at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) or other annual meetings and conferences might find presenting at the Symposium a great place to practice their presentations to an interested audience and receive timely and constructive feedback.
Why Should Graduate Students Participate in RMSE?
🧠 Academic Growth
- Gain constructive feedback from peers and faculty members with diverse research backgrounds.
- Enhance your understanding of research methodologies and approaches by engaging with a wide array of topics and perspectives.
🎤 Skill Development
- Refine your presentation skills by sharing your work in a professional setting.
- Improve youracademic writing, whether crafting a compelling proposal or offering thoughtful peer-review comments.
- Build confidence in managing Q&A sessions and articulating your ideas under pressure.
🤝 Networking Opportunities
- Connect with peers and faculty members across various areas of research and specializations within the faculty.
- Lay the groundwork for future collaborations, whether for research projects, publications, or professional connections.
🌟 Boost Your Academic Profile
- Showcase your work to an engaged audience, positioning yourself as an active contributor to your field.
- Gain recognition and experience that will stand out on your academic and professional CV.
Timeline
- Call for Proposal: December 20, 2024, by 11:59 PM EST
- Video competition submission deadline: January 20, 2025
- Workshop 3 - Peer Review Essentials: Evaluating Academic Proposals & networking lunch: January 22, 2025
- Workshop 4 - Presenting at Academic Conferences: February, 2025
- Workshop 5 - Personalizing Land Acknowledgments and Facilitating conference sessions: Early March, 2025
- Symposium Day 1 (In-person): March 13, 2025 (Thursday) (Faculty of Education, 1137 Western Rd, London, ON N6G 1G7)
- Symposium Day 2 (Online): March 14, 2025 (Friday) (Zoom link will be shared before the symposium)
Supporters
We would like to extend a special thank you to our Western University supporters:
- Faculty of Education, Research Office
- Faculty of Education, Graduate Programs Office
- Teacher Education Office
- Faculty of Education Library
- Society of Graduate Students
- Integrated Services
- Canadian Research Center on Inclusive Education
- Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children
To learn more about the Symposium, explore the links under 'Graduate Research Symposium' to the left-hand side of this page. If you have any general questions about the Symposium, please feel free to contact the 2025 co-chairs, Chuan Liu (cliu783@uwo.ca) and Liwen Audrey Situ (lsitu3@uwo.ca).
Whether you are an academic, community member, educator, principal, or student, we welcome you to the 2025 Robert Macmillan Symposium in Education in Spring 2025!
