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Achala Gupta’s research focuses on investigating educational issues sociologically. Her published work has explored practices and processes involving education delivery systems (formal and supplementary) and schooling practices in Asia (India and China), and how higher education students are socially constructed in Europe (Denmark, England, Ireland, Germany, Poland and Spain). Dr Gupta is co-convenor of the Education Study Group of the British Sociological Association (BSA) and co-director of the Centre for Research in Inclusion. She serves as a member of the editorial board of Sociology (BSA’s flagship journal) and the British Journal of Sociology of Education.
The rise of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools has sparked significant debate within the academic community (for a systematic mapping review see Yusuf et al., 2024). These...
Continue reading blog postThis series of reports presents the findings and recommendations of three research projects funded by BERA’s 2023/24 Small Grants Fund (SGF) on the theme ‘education in a digital age:...
Educational opportunities & challenges in a digital age
Through our Small Grants Fund, BERA awards funding annually to research on a different, pressing theme each year, with the intention that each project will: make important contributions to the...
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...
In research, educational services such as private tutoring, coaching and academic enrichment classes that operate outside formal educational institutions (such as schools) are commonly referred to...
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The BERA-CERA Academic Publishing Webinar Series 2021 are targeted at PGRs and ECRs who are relatively new to the ‘Academic Publications World’ and who lack experiences in academic publishing...