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Guest editing opportunity for Research Intelligence, issue 167

Closes 4 Nov 2025

BERA’s Publications Committee is seeking an individual or team (of up to three people) to guest edit issue 167 of Research Intelligence on the theme of ‘The Curriculum and Assessment Review:...

Call for proposals: BERA Blog special issue on refugee and asylum-seeking learners

Closes 30 Sep 2025

The BERA Blog is delighted to invite proposals from teams of guest editors and authors for a BERA Blog special issue on learners from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds. One proposal will be...

How foresight can help us plan the schools of tomorrow

Education policy debates often centre on the immediate: what can be achieved within a political term, or what’s feasible in response to a current crisis. But the future of education will be...

Breaking the silence: Gaza, scholasticide and the struggle for academic freedom

BERA Conference 2025

In times of crisis, silence is never neutral, it is complicit. As we bear witness to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, what’s unfolding is not only a humanitarian catastrophe but also an assault on...

Climbing the qualification ladder or leaving the profession: The crisis in early childhood work

A crisis exists relating to the status of qualifications and pay in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce in England (Nutbrown, 2021) marked by both low pay and morale. In this...

‘Small things that no one sees’: Acts of advocacy in early childhood education and care

In this reflective blog post for this special issue, we draw on a vignette of the nursery practices that are everyday acts of advocacy. Our commentary foregrounds the unacknowledged labour of...

The complex problem of the education and care of babies: Could independent nurseries have the answer?

In this blog post, two managers of independent nurseries critically review the expansion of publicly funded childcare in England to include children aged nine months. Specifically, we examine the...

Connections across time: Activism as a nurturing network

We write as activists, advocates and historians about the ongoing impact of strike action taken by nursery workers 40 years ago and the way activism can nourish the profession. Despite the...

Editorial: Reimagining a just early childhood education and care sector in England: Voices from the margins

This special issue arose from critical dialogue about injustice in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector in England between diverse people engaged in practice, research and...

Reimagining a just early childhood education and care sector in England: Voices from the margins

This special issue arose from critical dialogue about injustice in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector in England between diverse people engaged in practice, research and...

Unseen and undervalued: Recognising the role of nannies in education policy in England

Government policy for early childhood education and care (ECEC) in England often focuses on group-based settings such as nurseries (Penn, 2024). However, much childcare takes place within homes...

Connected, valued and vocal: Early years educators advocate for the ECEC sector in public policy debates

In this third contribution to the special issue we consider the complex issue of early years educators’ (EYEs) professional voices being heard and acted upon in contemporary policy debates about...