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...
Convenor
Gurpinder Lalli, Dr
Reader in Education for Social Justice and Inclusion 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.
For more about Gurpinder and his work see his staff profile at the University of Wolverhampton.
Gurpinder Lalli's contributions
‘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)...
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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...
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Socio-Cultural and Cultural-Historical Activity Theory
Socio-cultural theory is becoming an increasingly important focus of theoretical work, evident from the establishment of research groups and centres across the UK, including the Bath Centre for...
