BERA Public Engagement and Impact Award
The BERA Public Engagement and Impact Award recognises and celebrates the impact of research and practice in the education community and how both have demonstrably engaged the public.
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Rob Webster, Dr
Senior Research Fellow at University of Greenwich
Rob Webster researches and writes on special educational needs, inclusion and the role of teaching assistants. He led the development of the Maximising the Impact of Teaching Assistants programme, which has been accessed by thousands of UK schools, and won the 2019 British Educational Research Association Public Engagement and Impact Award. Rob is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Greenwich, and joint co-ordinator of the SEN Policy Research Network. His latest book, The Inclusion Illusion, is free to download via UCL Press.
Rob Webster's contributions
Teaching on the cheap? The extent and impact of teaching assistants covering classes and leading lessons
England is running out of teachers. Excessive workload, bureaucratic demands and inadequate systems of support have driven down rates of job satisfaction, and with it, rates of teacher recruitment...
Continue reading blog postImproving the connectivity of research on teaching assistants: Creating a new space for researchers
The international drive towards the inclusion of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in mainstream schools has become contingent on the creation and utilisation of a paraprofessional...
Continue reading blog post2019 BERA Public Engagement and Impact Award
The British Educational Research Association Public Engagement & Impact Award recognises the important impact of research and practice in the education community and celebrates significant...