BERA Podcast Season 4 Review
On this week's episode Nick Johnson the Chief Executive introduces some of the best moments from season 4 of the podcast. This episode contains clips of all the interviewees throughout the season.
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The BERA Podcast
The BERA podcast features educational leaders and experts speaking about hot topic issues in Education. Our aim is to produce and promote episodes that attract policymakers, parents, teachers, educational leaders, members of school communities, politicians, and anyone who is interested in education today.
Content in this series
Youth Disability Activism – Dr Miro Griffiths MBE
Dr Miro Griffiths is a Leverhulme Research Fellow in Disability Studies, in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, at the University of Leeds. His research primarily explores disabled...
The ‘Shadow Education’ Phenomenon- Achala Gupta
Dr Achala Gupta is a lecturer at Southampton Education School, University of Southampton. Her research focuses on investigating educational issues sociologically. Achala’s current interests...
Transitions in Education post lockdown- Beth Hannah, Claire Fox, Emma Harvey, Ben Broadhurst, Jonathan Glazzard, Michelle Jayman and Anthea Rose
In this episode multiple and multidimensional transitions in education are reflected on through a post-lockdown lens. Jonathan Glazzard interviews Beth Hannah about developing a framework...
Daniel Vanello and Catriona Card- Moral Understanding and its impacts on teaching and learning
Daniel Vanello is Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow in the Philosophy Department at the University of Warwick where he is pursuing the project “Shaping Our Moral Identity” (2020-2023)....
Inclusive Academic Writing- Gihan Ismail, Anna Robinson-Pant and Pat Thomson
Gihan Ismail is an Associate Lecturer in Sociology at Oxford Brookes University and a teaching assistant in Education at the University of Bath. She is also a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of...
Lorna Arnott- Children’s Voice in Childhood Education and Nursery Provision
Dr Lorna Arnott is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Early Years in the School of Education, University of Strathclyde. Lorna's main area of interest is in children's early play experiences,...
Dr Lizzie Rushton and Dr Lynda Dunlop- Environmental Sustainability
Dr Lynda Dunlop is a Senior Lecturer in Science Education and a member of the University of York Science Education Group (UYSEG). Her research focuses primarily on the philosophical and...
BERA Podcast Season 3 Review
On this week's episode Nick Johnson, BERA's Chief Executive, introduces some of the best moments from season 3 of the podcast. This episode contains clips of all the interviewees throughout...
How children’s play has adapted over the pandemic- Yinka Olusoga and Kate Cowan
Yinka Olusoga is a historian of childhood and education in the School of Education at the University of Sheffield. Herr research focuses on the discursive construction of children and childhood in...
Children’s literacy and personalisation of reading materials- Natalia Kucirkova
Natalia Kucirkova is Professor of Early Childhood Education and Development at the University of Stavanger, Norway and Professor of Reading and Children’s Development at The Open University,...
Neurodiversity in the classroom and LEANS – Sue Fletcher Watson
Dr Sue Fletcher-Watson is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh. Today she discusses her work in neurodiversity in the classroom and her work with...
The Impact of COVID 19 on children – Emily Marchant
On this week's episode of the BERA podcast Nick Johnston (Chief Executive of BERA) interviews Dr. Emily Marchant from Swansea University. Emily's research focuses on primary school-aged children...
The Work of UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities – Jake Anders
In this week's episode Nick Johnson (Chief Executive of BERA) interviews Jake Anders. Jake is Associate Professor of Quantitative Social Science and his research focuses on the causes and...
Interview with BERA John Nisbet Fellowship 2021 Recipient Neil Mercer
In this weeks episode BERA President Dominic Wyse interviews the John Nisbet Fellowship recipient Neil Mercer. Neil is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge, where he is...
Cross Community Education in Divided Societies – Joanne Hughes and Rebecca Loader
Joanne Hughes is Director of the Centre for Shared Education at Queen’s University Belfast. She has led more than 20 research projects on these themes and has been awarded research grants from...
The Prevent Duty and its Impact on English Secondary Schools – Adam Peter Lang
This week on the BERA podcast we have Adam Peter Lang. Adam is a former London secondary school teacher and school leader. He is now at University College, London, working as a PhD research...
The Black and Minority Ethnic Degree Awarding Gap in Higher Education – Ratha Perumal
This week BERA Chief Executive Nick Johnson speaks to Ratha Perumal. Ratha is a Senior Lecturer engaged in research and teaching in Education and Multilingualism at the School of Education and...
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?:Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum
In this Episode of the BERA Podcast Nick Johnson, BERA CEO interviews Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum about the updated version of her bestselling book Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in...
Tackling widespread myths and misconceptions through transformatory teacher training and sustained support for schools: The UCL Centre for Holocaust Education
In this episode of the BERA Podcast Nick Johnson, Chief Executive of BERA speaks to Ruth-Anne Lenga and Alice Pettigrew of the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education.
Making evidence make news: Fran Abrams
In this episode of the BERA Podcast Nick Johnson interviews Fran Abrams, the Chief Executive of the Education Media Centre, the UK`s first independent charity dedicated to raising public and media...
Access to education in the Caribbean: Dr Olivene Burke
In this episode of the BERA Podcast BERA Chief Executive Nick Johnson speaks to Dr Olivene Burke (University of the West Indies) about educational research in the Caribbean and her academic work...
Lessons from Lockdown: The Educational Legacy of COVID-19: Dr Tony Breslin
In this episode of the BERA Podcast Nick Johnson, Chief Executive of BERA speaks to Dr Tony Breslin about his new book: Lessons from Lockdown: The Educational Legacy of COVID-19.
Leading the Future of Science and Technology Education in Wales: Professor Tom Crick
In the first episode of 2021, BERA Chief Executive Nick Johnson interviews Professor Tom Crick (Swansea University) who is the recent recipient of the the 2020 BERA Public Engagement and Impact...
BERA End of 2020 Update
In this episode of the BERA Podcast, the BERA Executive Committee reflects on the organization's work in 2020 and looks ahead to what is to come in 2021.
A duty of care and a duty to teach: educational priorities in response to the COVID-19 crisis
In this episode of the BERA Podcast Nick Johnson interviews Professor Gemma Moss about her latest research project "A duty of care and a duty to teach: educational priorities in response to the...
Missing grades, missed opportunities? The impact of exam cancellation among elective home education families
In this episode of the BERA Podcast Joanna Merrett discusses the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on elective home education families and her recent research submitted to the UK EHE select...
In Conversations with…Professor Paul Miller
In this episode of the BERA Podcast BERA Chief Executive Nick Johnson interviews Professor Paul Miller, the President of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management...
In Conversations with…Professor Mary James and Professor Andrew Pollard
In this Episode of the BERA Podcast hear an interview with the 2019 John Nisbet recipients Professor Mary James and Professor Andrew Pollard.
BAME Educators and Covid-19
This episode of the BERA Podcast features an interview with Allana Gay, the founder of the BAMEeD Network.
Mental Health and Wellbeing: The Impact of Covid-19
In this Episode Dr Suzanne Culshaw explores what it means to be struggling as a teacher and how we can promote wellbeing throughout the Covid-19 pandemic
In Conversations with…Professor Usha Goswami
This episode of the BERA Podcast features an interview with Professor Usha Goswami (University of Cambridge) one of the 2020 John Nisbet fellows.
Becoming and being an ECR – identity, practice & serendipity
In this episode of the BERA Podcast you can listen to Professor Gerry Czerniawski deliver his keynote lecture "Becoming and being an ECR – identity, practice & serendipity."
Pupils with English as an Additional Language, their families and COVID-19: current challenges and finding a way forward
This episode of the BERA Podcast explores how how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted primary and post-primary pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL) and their families.
What! No face-to-face contact with participants? What are the alternatives?
This episode of the BERA podcast discusses data collection solutions to the unprecedented challenges presented during the Covid-19 lockdown.
In Conversations with…Professor Ian Menter
This episode of the BERA Podcast features an interview with Professor Ian Menter (Unviersity of Oxford) one of the 2020 John Nisbet Fellows.