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Gil Fewings

Gil Fewings is the archivist for Plymouth Marjon University (PMU), an archaeologist and former occupational therapist. Prior to her role at PMU she worked with a wide range of archives and museums...

Robert Eaglestone

Robert Eaglestone is Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought at Royal Holloway, University of London. He works on contemporary literature and literary theory, contemporary philosophy and...

Boundary crossings with artists, teachers and children: Integrating creative pedagogies for young people’s wellbeing

BERA Conference 2023

Global organisations (OECD, 2018) highlight the need for renewed focus on creativity and wellbeing in education. While Wales and Scotland have innovated their curriculum to reflect a stronger...

Programme now live: BERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting

PROGRAMME NOW LIVE The BERA-WERA 2024 Conference programme is now live online. This year's conference is set up to be our biggest one yet and we have a fantastic array of presentations,...

BERA Artificial Intelligence (AI) Statement

Generative AI tools have rapidly evolved and are increasingly integrated into academic life through research, writing, and review processes. Their use must be approached with transparency,...

Simon Probert

Simon Probert is currently in the final year of his Doctorate in Education at the University of Bath. He is a research-practitioner and has spent the past 12 years working in British International...

Do I finally feel a sense of cynefin?

The Curriculum for Wales defines cynefin as ‘the place where we belong, where the people and landscape around us are familiar, and the sights and sounds are reassuringly recognisable’. My...

The impact of poverty on education, community and cynefin

Education plays an important role in the Curriculum for Wales, developing the relationship of children and young people to their community, which is captured in the Welsh word ‘cynefin’...

Editorial: Doing cynefin: Exploring ideas on belonging, connectedness and community in the Curriculum for Wales

Wales is a small country that is distinctive in its landscape, culture and language. This gives the notion of place a particular resonance in Wales and reinforces the significance of local...

Cynefin and the discourse of inspection

Cynefin is a Welsh term that connotes a sense of belonging, of being rooted in a time and space that is nurturing and authentic. As a concept, it has a resonance in any educative endeavour, for we...

Cynefin: A special place within every learner’s heart / Cynefin  – lle arbennig tu fewn i galon pob dysgwr yng Nghymru

In this blog post I explain the struggle to have one word – cynefin – accepted into the Curriculum for Wales. I was lucky enough to be involved in writing the new curriculum and, as a former...

Doing cynefin: Exploring ideas on belonging, connectedness and community in the Curriculum for Wales

Wales is a small country that is distinctive in its landscape, culture and language. This gives the notion of place a particular resonance in Wales and reinforces the significance of local...