BERA Council Election: Results 2023
Following a competitive election comprising of worthy candidates for one vacancy on BERA Council, we are delighted to announce the outcome. Council After a strong wider field of nine candidates,...
Convenor
Gurpinder Lalli, Dr
Reader in Education for Social Justice at University of Wolverhampton
Gurpinder Singh Lalli is Reader in Education for Social Justice and Inclusion based in the School of Education at the University of Wolverhampton. Gurpinder has a vested interest in school food policy and is interested in the curriculum offering. He is the author of Schools, Food and Social Learning, published in 2019. Gurpinder taught in further education colleges prior to joining academia and holds qualified teacher status. He is a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has led funded research projects. Published work includes peer-reviewed articles in leading journals which include the Cambridge Journal of Education, British Journal of Sociology of Education and International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. Gurpinder is a trustee of food education charity, Taste Education and continues to advocate for curriculum development for food in schools. For his PhD, he focused on the impact of food upon learning with an emphasis on the social aspect of dining. The notion of social learning is introduced alongside a growing emphasis on surveillance studies throughout his work.
Gurpinder Lalli's contributions
Writing Retreat – October
Increasingly, researchers wish to make writing a focused social activity with regular breaks in a productive environment that is supportive. This is the ‘second edition’ of our writing...
Writing Retreat – May/June
This event is now fully booked, please email events@bera.ac.uk to be added to the waiting list. Increasingly, researchers wish to make writing a focused social activity with regular breaks in a...
Writing Retreat – February
#BERA_Writing @BERANews @bera_irf Increasingly, researchers wish to make writing a focused social activity with regular breaks in a productive environment that is supportive. This is the...
‘Why can’t I use this voucher?’ The impact of Covid-19 on access and (in)effective support of the school food voucher scheme
The Food Foundation (2020) has found since lockdown started that 5 million people in the UK living in households with children under 18 have experienced food insecurity. A minority (1.8 million)...
Continue reading blog postWriting Retreat
Online registration for this event has now closed, to register please email events@bera.ac.uk #BERA_Writing @BERANews @bera_irf The writing retreat will offer participants dedicated time and...
The free school meal voucher scheme & children’s access to food during the Covid-19 crisis
With schools closed in the UK in response to the Covid-19 crisis, children who would normally receive free school meals were at an elevated risk of food insecurity. However, the voucher scheme...
