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Careers and academic support for employability: What are the research gaps to support higher education learners?

Twenty years ago, we lacked comprehensive data on learner employability and faced limited funding to assess its effectiveness. However, in 2024 we possess market insights, national data and...

(M)othering and the PhD: Re-imagining researchers as entangled multiplicities

PhD mothers frequently find themselves under-represented, a reality reflected in social media posts, literature and academic discourse concerning their experiences. The prevalent narrative...

(Too) late to the party? Doctoral research as a mature, disabled parent-carer

I never expected to resume my academic life in my forties. So ambivalent were my feelings after my undergraduate experience that it was a decade before I embarked on a teaching qualification,...

When ‘compassion’ is not enough: An argument for adaptive critical pedagogy in higher education

Compassionate pedagogy has gained international traction in recent educational discourse, advocating for empathy, understanding and flexibility in teaching practices and settings, particularly...

BERJ Early Career Reviewer Scheme: Call for mentors

The British Educational Research Journal (BERJ) is pleased to launch its Early Career Reviewer Scheme that aims to build early career researchers’ capacities in academic peer reviewing. This...

How can we use GenAI pedagogically? Can we be led by (graduate) learning outcomes?

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

GenAI and its pedagogical potential The introduction of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has sparked a debate in the higher education sector about its benefits and pitfalls, as well as...

Building a secure future: The role of secondary education in cyber security preparedness

In today's digital world, cyber security, that is ‘how individuals and organisations reduce the risk of cyber attack’ (National Cyber Security Centre, 2024), has become a paramount concern....

University life in the aftermath of war: Interwar Poland in European context

How can research on student life advance our understanding of broader historical processes? Our earlier work has connected research on university students to the histories of voluntary action,...

Inspiring Black students’ futures? Focus on agency

Increased participation and student diversity have led universities in the UK to enhance their academic support mechanisms to promote social and learning inclusion (Hallett, 2012). While...

Personal tutoring: A catalyst for equity and an antidote to the racial awarding gap?

Despite racially minoritised students entering UK-based higher education with similar entry qualifications to their white counterparts, they are more likely to leave the university with a lower...

Virtual reality (VR) in education: A game changer or smoke and mirrors?

Virtual reality (VR) has emerged as a widely studied and applied medium, making positive contributions in diverse fields (for example, education, medical and military training, and architectural...

Practice, pedagogy and education as a discipline: Getting beyond close-to-practice research

The British Educational Research Association has promulgated ‘close-to-practice research’ that ‘focuses on issues defined by practitioners as relevant to their practice, and involves...