The SIG convenors shortlisted then attended sessions for their SIG and judged these presentation. The ‘BERA Annual Conference – SIG Best Presentation’ is then awarded.
You can view the full abstracts on the programme here.
Shaddai Tembo and Simon Bateson – Diversity in Unity: nurturing anti-racist habits in play through Froebelian pedagogies
Lewis Fogarty– A New Understanding of Leadership in Early Years
Lecturer at Bath Spa University
Dr Shaddai Tembo is a lecturer in early childhood studies (UK and China) at Bath Spa University and an associate lecturer at the Open University. He is a trustee for the Fatherhood Institute and an independent speaker, trainer and consultant...
Lecturer at Brunel University
Lewis Fogarty is a director of a small group of nurseries in Berkshire and director of Teaching and Learning for the Department of Education at Brunel University, lecturing in leadership and management. His EdD research brings these areas...
Co-Director (Froebelian Futures) & Research Associate (Froebel MSc) at Edinburgh University
I am a Co-director of Froebelian Futures, an international training and research programme which aims to develop and deepen Froebelian pedagogy and leadership in Scotland and beyond. I also support research and teaching with the School of...
Ben Lohmeyer – Informal Education, school bullying and ‘public executions’: young people’s experiences of the hierarchical nature of relationships in school
Lecturer at Flinders University of South Australia
Dr Ben Lohmeyer is a youth sociologist and youth worker. He is a lecturer in Social Work (Youth) in the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work at Flinders University of South Australia. Ben’s research interests include youth,...
Kate Hoskins and Emma Wainwright– Engaging low-income families in education research: an interdisciplinary exploratory study
Professor of Education at Brunel University
Kate is a Professor of Education with a focus on policy. Her research interests rest on the intersections between education policy, identity, inequalities in relation to early years, further and higher education.
Reader at Brunel University
Emma is a Reader in the Department of Education at Brunel University London. Her research focuses on the geographies of education, training and welfare/work, with particular interest in higher education and student experience; family, parenting...
Stephanie Flower– Does size matter? Centralised approaches to curriculum in multi-academy trusts: some practical implications
Senior Lecturer in ITE at Oxford Brookes University
Steph currently works in ITE at Oxford Brookes University as a senior lecturer in primary mathematics. In her final year of a PhD with the University of Northampton, Steph hopes that her research will cast a much-needed spotlight on the...
Elizabeth Hidson – From tiny acorns: a co-produced research project between Chinese teacher researchers and UK-based international initial teacher training academics.
Senior Lecturer at University of Sunderland
Dr Elizabeth Hidson’s education career began with teaching computing, then school senior leadership and strategic regional secondments. After 14 years in secondary schools, she moved into higher education. She has been a researcher on a range...
Penny Rabiger – Jumping and pushing through the cruel optimism of racial justice work in schools
PhD Student at Leeds Beckett University
Penny Rabiger is a freelance education consultant and PhD Researcher focusing on race, racism & anti-racism in schools in the UK.
Bettina Teegen – African International Doctoral Students in the UK: A Study of Acculturation
Ph.D. researcher at University of Surrey
Bettina Chioma Teegen is a PhD researcher in the department of Sociology at the University of Surrey. She has a Bachelor in Criminology, an MSc in Child Adolescent and Family Mental Health, a PGCE in Modern Foreign Languages and a TESOL...
Lisa Stephenson, Angela Colvert and Rachel Lofthouse – Boundary crossings with artists, teachers and children: Integrating creative pedagogies for young people’s wellbeing
Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett University
Lisa Stephenson is a Senior Lecturer in the school of Education at Leeds Beckett University, leading MA Creativity in Education and teaching across ITE. She is founding director of Story Makers Company a practice-based research...
Lecturer in Education at University of Sheffield
Angela is Lecturer in Education at the University of Sheffield, and Deputy Director of Innovation within the School with particular expertise in co-designing digital games to support creative learning practices (with teachers, children,...
Professor of Teacher Education at Leeds Beckett University
Rachel Lofthouse is Professor of Teacher Education at the Carnegie School of Education, Leeds Beckett University, where she has established ‘CollectivED: the Centre for Coaching, Mentoring, Supervision and Professional Learning’. She has a...
Paula Miles – Understanding and Improving the Wellbeing of Postgraduate Taught Students: A Longitudinal Study
Senior Lecturer at University of St. Andrews
Paula J. Miles is a senior lecturer at the School of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of St Andrews. She has extensive experience lecturing and coordinating courses in New Zealand, Canada and Scotland. Paula is currently leading the...
Scott Buckler and Harriett Moore – Enhancing Children’s psychological Wellbeing through training in the martial arts of Wing Chun and Ba Gua
Chartered Teacher at Holy Trinity School
Scott is a Chartered Teacher and a Chartered Psychologist, with a career in primary and secondary education, eLearning, and various roles in higher education. He currently leads Computing and Information Technology at Holy Trinity School, an...
IT Operations Manager at Holy Trinity School
Harriett Moore has a diverse background in the fields of both education and research, originally studying animal behaviour before transferring her skills into human behaviour. She has worked as a secondary teacher and IT operations manager,...
Nicola Parkin – “We were in the fresh air and we were living our best life”: an inductive thematic analysis of UK primary teachers’ experiences of taking part in a nature connection project with their class
PhD student at Cardiff University
After 15 years of teaching primary and early years, I began a PhD in the School of Psychology at Cardiff University, evaluating the impact of the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust's Generation Wild project. My thesis focuses on the role of the teacher...
Grace Cardiff – Learning how to implement student voice pedagogies and promote meaningful experiences in Primary Physical Education
PhD Student/Primary School Teacher at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland
Grace Cardiff is a qualified primary school teacher in Ireland. She is undertaking her PhD journey at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, and her work focuses on the use of student voice pedagogies in fostering more meaningful experiences within...
Min-Chen Liu –Languages Provision in UK Further Education
Research Fellow at Queen's University Belfast
Min-Chen Liu is a multilingual speaker, and her academic background centres around language learning and teaching. She has developed a solid foundation in various aspects of this field, including heritage language learning. This particular area...
Uzma Asif – How do female Muslim teachers manage the challenges of homogenisation and stereotyping in an educational context?
Senior Lecturer in Education at Manchester Metropolitan University
Uzma Asif is a lecturer on the PGCE Secondary (science) programme at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has 14 years of experience as a secondary school teacher of science in various contexts in Manchester. She has held positions of...
Ben Knight – Personality differences and small group classroom interactions among 9-11 year olds: A mixed methods analysis deriving recommendations for more personality-sensitive pedagogies.
Senior Lecturer at University of the West of England
Dr Ben Knight is a senior lecturer in Education and former teacher and school leader. He lectures on Initial Teacher Education (ITE) postgraduate programmes, master’s and doctoral programmes at the University of the West of England in Bristol,...
Jan Hetherington and Andrew Wilkins – The rise of technocracy and the challenge to deliberative democracy: Using political theory to rethink spaces and practices of school governance
Staffordshire University
Dr Jan Hetherington graduated from Staffordshire University with an EdD, with research interests in democracy, school governance and policy. Jan works from a socially critical perspective, utilising Bourdieu to illuminate social inequality. Her...
Reader at University of East London
Andrew Wilkins is Reader in Education and REF Impact Coordinator for UoA 23 Education in the Cass School of Education and Communities at the University of East London where he teaches research methods to undergraduate and postgraduate students....
David Aldridge – Intelligence and embodiment
Head of Secondary and Further Education at Edge Hill University
David taught and led religious education in schools for ten years before moving into higher education. He has taught across a range of programmes in initial teacher education and education studies, initially at King's College London, then Oxford...
Karen Hanrahan – Continuity and change: the teaching vocations of former nuns
Lecturer in Education at Institute of Education
Karen Hanrahan is a lecturer in Languages Education at IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society. Prior to this Karen was a principal lecturer in Education at the University of Brighton, where she worked for ten years. She began her HE career...
Jonah Ulebor – The role of black supplementary schools in the education of black children
Research Student at Leeds Beckett University
Jonah Ulebor, an experienced Maths teacher with over a decade of classroom experience, currently serves as a PhD researcher at Leeds Beckett University's Centre for Race, Education, and Decoloniality. With a fervent commitment to equity in...