This Sexualities & Gender SIG provides a space to critically engage with how gender and sexuality research matters in the inter-disciplinary field of education and how this research can inform policy, practice and pedagogy. In this forum we aim to co-produce a SIG event with members exploring the current state of sexualities and gender in education. 

Gender and sexualities continue to be a contested and politicised terrain in educational policy and practice, with profound impacts on children and young people’s wellbeing. In 2025/26, the Sexualities & Gender SIG will facilitate a series of events that offer critical perspectives on policy and public responses to gender inclusive education in the UK and internationally. We hope these events will foster a productive dialogue on how educational researchers and practitioners can respond to contemporary anti-gender discourses, as well as inform Sexualities & Gender SIG position statements on recent UK policy developments in the field of sexualities and gender in education (e.g RSE guidance, Guidance for Gender Questioning Children). We also invite BERA members from other SIGs who would like to engage with those urgent debates

Draft Programme

17:00pm           Introduction

17:10pm           Proposals for SIG events 2025/26

17:20pm           Knowledge building Feedback on proposals for SIG events 2025/26

17:35pm           Where BERA Sexualities and Gender SIG position statement on UK policy
                            developments 

17:50pm            Any other business

18:00pm           Close