Explore the subtle expectations behind grant calls, from interpreting funder signals to timing your submission, avoiding common pitfalls, and maximising your chances of success.
Description
The BAM Early Career Academic Network Monthly Webinars are designed to support early-career scholars in business and management.
These informal, interactive sessions provide a platform for participants to engage with experienced academics, share experiences, and gain practical insights into various aspects of academic life. Each session focuses on a specific theme relevant to early-career academics, such as managing research and teaching teams, developing a personal teaching style, navigating grant applications, and engaging in peer review processes.
Webinars feature guest speakers, including senior academics and industry professionals, who share their expertise and experiences, providing valuable guidance and answering participants' questions.
The webinars are conducted via Zoom, fostering an informal environment where attendees can actively participate, ask questions, and engage in discussions with peers and experts.
Provider Information
BAM Early Career Academic NetworkWho Should Attend?
The event speaks to Sections A1, B1, C1, D1 and E1, as detailed in the BAM Framework.
Speakers
Dr Diane Wren
Dr Diane Wren is a Research and Partnership Development Manager for the School of Social Sciences; School of Art and Design; Nottingham Law School; Nottingham Business School; and the School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment.
She provides research funding support for research centres, research themes and schools. Diane also assists with the creation of funding applications to external research funders and with the development of internal and external research partnerships.
Stuart Hull
Stuart Hull joined BAM on a part-time basis in 2019. He is responsible for overseeing all of the administrative processes for the research grants offered by BAM, including the funding application and selection process, monitoring of project progress and finances, and capturing of impact arising from funded projects. He works closely with the BAM Chair of Research Grants and is a member of BAM's Research and Publications Committee.
Stuart has over 15 years of experience in higher education research administration, and continues to work part-time as a research finance officer at a London-based university. He has an undergraduate degree in Law and a postgraduate degree in Human Resource Management.
In his free time, Stuart continues to develop his knowledge of Japanese language, film photography, and a general appreciation of music and visual arts.
Facilitator
Dr Rebecca Beech
Dr Rebecca Beech is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Marketing at Oxford Brookes Business School. Rebecca holds a PGCERT and Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy (HEA). Her research is positioned at the intersection of digital marketing and sustainable marketing, with a particular focus on encouraging pro-environmental consumer behaviour, sustainable consumption, online knowledge sharing, activism, and the role of influencers.
Her current funded research projects include:
- Using an experimental research design and case study approach, this study explores the impact of luxury fashion brands AI influencers on consumers’ sustainable consumption intentions and attitudes.
- Using an experimental research design to examine the influence of AI versus human influencers’ sustainable messaging on social media, and how this affects consumers’ sustainable consumption behaviours related to clothing.
- A qualitative study exploring UK consumer perceptions and barriers to renting everyday clothing, with the aim of developing an effective business model for renting every day clothing.
Dr Beech also holds leadership roles in external learned societies, including the British Academy of Management and the Macromarketing Society.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- https://linkedin.com/in/dr-rebecca-beech-3b165359/
Dr Mollie Bryde-Evens
Dr Mollie Bryde-Evens finished her VC-Scholarship funded PhD in October 2023 and is currently a full-time Lecturer in Ethical Business and Responsible Management at Liverpool Business School.
Mollie’s scholarly background is in philosophy and normative ethics, and her broad areas of interest are triple bottom line sustainability and business ethics, with a focus on normative ethical theories.
She was awarded the Emerging Scholars Award by the Society of Business Ethics in 2022. Mollie is also interested in and passionate about EDIR related issues, and was a co-founder of the first EDIR society at Liverpool John Moores: the RIDE (Respect, Inclusivity, Diversity and Equity) Society.
She also co-leads an inclusion and diversity project titled 'I Belong!'. Beyond this, Mollie is Co-lead of the Early Career Academic Network for the British Academy of Management (BAM) and is a BAM council member.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- https://linkedin.com/in/molliebryde/
Benefits of attending
- Develop practical skills relating to important topics such as publishing, grant applications, teaching strategies, and research management from experienced academics.
- Grow your network and community by connecting with peers and senior scholars, fostering collaborations, mentorship opportunities, and a supportive professional network.
- Gains insights from guest speakers who share real-world experiences, tips, and strategies to navigate the early stages of an academic career effectively.
Contact
Please contact the BAM Office at [email protected] with any queries.
Event Fee
BAM Members and Student Members: Free
Non-Members: £60
If you are booking multiple paid events as a Non-Member, it may be cheaper for you to purchase a BAM Membership as nearly all BAM Events are free or at a discounted rate for Members.
For more information about Becoming a BAM Member, please visit BAM Membership
Registration closes on 17th March 2026 at 23:59 GMT