The BERA Blog was established in 2015 to provide research-informed content on key educational issues in an accessible manner.
The rising cost of living is causing high levels of stress and concern for millions of households. For educators, poverty is tangible in the growing numbers of hungry, cold and tired pupils...
Continue reading blog postTeaching excellence has been at the forefront of policy worldwide (O’Leary & Savage, 2020). In the UK, the Teaching Excellence Framework, ranking tables and scrutiny from the Office for...
Continue reading blog postEthnic minority communities in the UK see education as a gateway for opportunities. Yet in the UK, the ethnic background of teaching staff does not mirror the profile of the pupils (Demie & See,...
Continue reading blog postResearch-practice partnerships (RPPs) are collaborative research structures which seek to improve children and young people’s educational experiences and outcomes, by synthesising the cumulative...
Continue reading blog postIn this blog post, I explore the value of infographics beyond their visual aspect for widening participation students. The post draws on my PhD research, which focuses on the value of infographics...
Continue reading blog postUnderstanding what life is like for those studying and working within universities has been of increased interest to higher education research, policy and practice over the past 15 years....
Continue reading blog postThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that the pace and scale of current action to limit global warming is inadequate – but that urgent climate action can secure a liveable...
Continue reading blog post‘It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of enquiry’, Einstein is reported to have said. Given...
Continue reading blog postTo realise the goals of achieving Sustainable Development Goal number four (that is, the importance of quality education for all) different participatory development approaches (Cornwall, 2011)...
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