SIG Convenor Meeting – Spring 2026
For current SIG Convenors and Network Leads only The BERA SIG Convenors meeting will be an opportunity to network with the BERA Office as well as colleagues from other SIGs. Draft...
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Aimee Quickfall, Dr
Head of School - School of Education at Leeds Trinity University
Aimee is Head of the School of Education at Leeds Trinity University, a member of BERA Council, one of the BERA SIG leads for Mental Health and Wellbeing, and a member of the BERA Conference and Events Committee. Her research interests are well-being and workload in education, ITE policy and experiences of academics, mentors and teacher trainees, feminist methodologies and approaches; and research ethics. Aimee is interested in collaborative projects and supporting research across education, so do get in touch.
Aimee Quickfall's contributions
SIG Meet & Discuss: Mental Health, Wellbeing and Education
We are having a SIG meeting to discuss our experiences of AI and impacts (positive, negative and neutral) on mental health and wellbeing. We will use some pre-reading from the BERA blog:...
Making the Right Call Together: Effective Chairing – practical advice and support
This session is for anyone who chairs sessions at BERA conference, anyone who would like to do this in the future, and for others who are interested in this vital aspect of conference organisation...
Education staff wellbeing and workload: ‘Causing concern’ in the proposed Ofsted inspection toolkits
We, like many of you, have been very interested in Ofsted’s current consultation on proposed changes to their inspections in England, following the biggest consultation Ofsted has ever...
Continue reading blog postNew Chair of BERA’s Conference & Events Committee
BERA is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Aimee Quickfall as the next Chair of the Conference & Events Committee (CEC). She will take up the role on 1 January 2026, following the...
Making the Right Call Together: Standardisation Opportunities for Conference Abstract Reviewers
This online session is aimed at those who: are new to peer review BERA conference abstracts would like to peer review for the BERA conference in future are more experienced but would...
Teacher educators’ experiences of research: ‘My time goes on chalk face survival’
In 2021 we began a research project,[1] looking at the experiences of academics working in initial teacher education (ITE) in England, and the survey and follow-up interviews continue annually,...
Continue reading blog postThe BERA Guide to Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools
Exploring Frontline Support in Educational Research and Practice
