{"id":4082,"date":"2022-12-12T14:06:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T14:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/?p=4082"},"modified":"2022-12-15T14:08:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T14:08:17","slug":"news-dr-billy-wong-associate-professor-in-widening-participation-university-of-reading-was-invited-to-speak-at-the-royal-berkshire-hospital-brunel-university-new-city-college-and-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/2022\/12\/12\/news-dr-billy-wong-associate-professor-in-widening-participation-university-of-reading-was-invited-to-speak-at-the-royal-berkshire-hospital-brunel-university-new-city-college-and-the\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS \u2013 Dr. Billy Wong (Associate Professor in Widening Participation, University of Reading) was invited to speak at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Brunel University, New City College, and the University of Copenhagen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In late November and early December, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/education\/about\/staff\/b-wong.aspx\">Dr. Billy Wong<\/a><\/strong> (Associate Professor in Widening Participation, University of Reading) was invited to speak about his recent projects from different organisations.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Wong shared his <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/01425692.2019.1604209\">research<\/a><\/strong> on the educational experiences of underrepresented university students to critical care medical consultants from Royal Berkshire Hospital (22<sup>nd<\/sup> November), and discussed how the findings may be applicable to medical trainees and newly qualified doctors. This in-person event was a part of a staff awayday.<\/p>\n<p>Later that month, Dr. Wong spoke to staff online at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apdu.brunel.ac.uk\/workshop\/workshop\/83\/\">Brunel University\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, and shared his research on the degree awarding gap (29<sup>th<\/sup> November). Dr Wong referred to his <em>Student Experiences in STEM<\/em> (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/sestem\/\">SESTEM<\/a><\/strong>) project, a 3-year study funded by the University of Reading.<\/p>\n<p>In early December, Dr. Wong was invited by colleagues from Havering Colleges, part of New City College, London (7<sup>th<\/sup> December), to talk to staff about his <em>Supporting the Identity Development of Underrepresented Students<\/em> (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/education-research\/our-work\/identities-in-education\/sidus\/\">SIDUS<\/a><\/strong>) project, funded by Imperial College London, with a focus on the resources that were produced to support an inclusive environment. The event took place online.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, Dr. Wong discussed his \u2018ideal\u2019 student <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idealstudent.org\/\">research<\/a><\/strong> to colleagues in the Department of Science Education at the University of Copenhagen (8<sup>th<\/sup> December), alongside the concept of the \u2018implied\u2019 student, with Professor Lars Ulriksen. The online seminar included staff and doctoral students.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Dr. Wong\u2019s research, visit his staff profile page<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/education\/about\/staff\/b-wong.aspx\">here<\/a><\/strong>. You can also follow him on Twitter\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billybwong\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2923\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/12\/billy2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In late November and early December, Dr. Billy Wong (Associate Professor in Widening Participation, University of Reading) was invited to speak about his recent projects from different organisations. 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