BERA Conference 2021
As you can imagine we have been giving a lot of thought to BERA Conference 2021 and what it might look like and how to deliver the most inclusive, accessible and engaging event. To that end, we...
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James Reid, Dr
University of Huddersfield
Jim Reid joined the University in September 2008 and is a Senior Lecturer in Childhood Studies in the Department of Education and Community Studies.
Subsequent to social work practice with children and their families and as a social work manager he spent four years as a staff development officer with a local authority children’s department. He then took up a post with the University of Teesside where he taught social work before managing the social work programmes at that University. During this period Jim worked with UNICEF if Central Asia in developing academic infrastructure and practices. As a member of the Huddersfield Centre for Research in Education and Society (HUDCRES), Jim’s recent research interests have focussed on particular aspects of professionalism including; employability and teacher’s experiences and understanding of care. He is currently developing research into the utility of ‘baby boxes’ with colleagues. Jim’s teaching is in the area of children and childhood.
He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, founding convenor of the Children and Childhoods SIG at the British Educational Research Association (BERA) and a member of the BERA Conference and Events Committee.
James Reid's contributions
Thinking about care and care needs in the context of Covid-19
This episode of the BERA Podcast features an interview with an Assistant Headteacher of an inner city primary school in Yorkshire, who discusses the challenges her school has faced providing for...
BERA Conference 2020
19th May 2020 Dear colleagues, All of us will have spent the past few weeks responding to the implications for our professional and personal lives of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the profound...
About
WHY ATTEND? For educational researchers the BERA Annual Conference is an important date in their professional year. It provides the opportunity to: network with existing colleagues support...
Conference & Events Committee
The role of the Conference & Events Committee is to: Ensure that the Annual Conference and programme of in-year events operate to the highest academic standards Ensure that the Annual...