The BERA Blog was established in 2015 to provide research-informed content on key educational issues in an accessible manner.
The House of Commons Education Select Committee recently published the findings from their inquiry into special educational needs and disability (SEND). The report describes a serious failure in...
Continue reading blog postMassive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are one of the most accessible forms of education (free to join and with no enrolment limits), and so have attracted the attention of researchers for their...
Continue reading blog postMulti-academy trusts (MATs) are now a common feature of the English educational landscape. Yet numerous high-profile failures indicate that they present a substantial challenge in terms of...
Continue reading blog postThe research excellence framework (REF) evaluates the quality of the research produced by the higher education institutes (HEIs) in the UK in three areas: quality of research outputs, the impact...
Continue reading blog postI attended school in the county of Staffordshire, England, and can still clearly recall starting Sixth Form as being one of the most significant periods in my life. Transitioning from the General...
Continue reading blog postData has become an increasingly important aspect of all our lives. Huge quantities of data are collected about us and used in increasingly complex ways to impact on our lives. An advertisement for...
Continue reading blog postEarly Monday morning by Camden Lock: A well-trodden curved canal bridge A hairy, head-nodding willow Anchoring the in-between before another week ripples in Moorings Steadfast lock...
Continue reading blog postAmong the few shared understandings of the concept of wellbeing are that it is complex, multidimensional and eludes easy definition and measurement. As research and policy attention have gathered...
Continue reading blog postBirmingham has had many ethnic communities settling among its population, leading to the city becoming ‘superdiverse’ (Rex & Moore, 1967; Vertovec, 2007). British Pakistani children are close...
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