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Shauna McGill

Shauna McGill currently holds a PhD in Education with Ulster University but also holds a Masters of Teaching from Queens University and a Bachelor of Education (Hons) from University of Glasgow....

Generative artificial intelligence and a return to dialogue in education

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

Socrates famously held a low opinion of writing, believing it encouraged superficial understanding. True understanding, he argued, requires face-to-face dialogue. This is not found on the written...

Practitioner Research – Call for SIG Convenor 2024-2027

This SIG is a supportive and collaborative community of practitioner researchers working in a diverse range of contexts. It brings together those with a special interest in all those (closely...

The role of language models in student learning and assessment

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

Language models, such as ChatGPT, Google Bard, claude.ai and pi.ai, are artificial intelligence-powered chatbots that generate intelligent-sounding text when responding to user prompts. Students...

Chair Information

Information for chairs BERA would like to thank all chairs for their most valuable contribution to the conference. For most individual paper sessions, the final presenter for that slot will...

Rupert Wegerif

Rupert Wegerif is a Professor of Education at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. He is also Academic Director of the Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI) at the University...

Alison Griffiths

My career began in the primary school, working across the key stages in schools located in North Wales and London. Since leaving the school classroom, I have worked in three universities and am...

Keisha Stewart

Keisha Ann Stewart is a PhD researcher and Graduate Teaching Assistant at Edge Hill University. Having taught English both locally and internationally, she brings a wealth of practical knowledge...

BERA Equal Opportunities Statement

We commit to provide an environment in which the rights and dignity of all are respected, and which is free from unlawful discrimination, prejudice, intimidation, and all forms of harassment...

BERA Equal Opportunities Statement

Iwi Ugiagbe-Green

Dr Iwi Ugiagbe-Green has over 20 years’ experience of working in higher education and nearly 15 years’ experience of supporting students in higher education. She is Reader at Manchester...

Women in higher education leadership in Nigeria, South Africa and the UK: Barriers and challenges

Numerous studies in higher education have examined women’s leadership in academic institutions both within specific countries and from an international perspective (Barnard et al., 2022;...