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Spotlight on SEND: Curriculum design and practice

On 24 March 2022, the British Curriculum Forum (BCF) ran the Spotlight on SEND: Curriculum Design and Practice online event. The event focused attention on research-informed curriculum design and...

The National Framework for Inclusion: Supporting inclusive practices in Scotland

Supporting student teachers and teachers to enact inclusive approaches in Scottish schools is a significant part of the Scottish Universities Inclusion Group’s (SUIG) work. SUIG is a...

Teacher language: Help or hindrance to classroom learning

Communication between teacher and pupil is vital to pupil learning in the classroom. Usually, the focus is concentrated on the development of a pupil’s communication skills and not those of the...

All things inclusion: Presentation overviews and discussions from parallel session A

As chair of parallel session A for the BCF Spotlight on SEND event in March 2022, I was delighted to welcome our speakers and share questions from our delegates.  The session began with a...

Evidence-based practice in schools: What’s really going on?

Improving educational outcomes through high-quality provision is one of the main aims of education systems across the world. Over recent decades there has been a concerted move by policymakers in...

Where’s the geography? The importance of geography to disciplinary debates about, and teaching in, education

Initial Teacher Education offers fascinating, complex and vital opportunities to think across academic disciplines, school subjects and pedagogy. Over a decade ago, reflecting on her experiences...

Ethnicity & the early years workforce: A census of staff in maintained nursery schools in England

Race & Education: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

This study, supported by BERA's Small Grants Fund (SGF), surveyed ethnicity across staff working in maintained nursery schools (MNSs) in England.  The project aimed to gather a robust...

Exploring the needs of Early Career Teachers through the Early Career Framework 21.06.22-23.06.22

The Early Career Framework (ECF), a system of mandatory CPD introduced to all English schools in September 2021. The ECF is part of the Department for Education’s Recruitment and Retention...

‘Shut up and leave me alone’: Why schools need to be places of belonging

‘Shut up and leave me alone’ were the only words that 10-year-old refugee ‘Aisha’ could find to say in English after three weeks in her school. She was the outsider who didn’t...

SIG Forum Meeting – Educational Effectiveness and Improvement SIG

Join the  Educational Effectiveness and Improvement SIG annual meeting to network with colleagues, learn about the activities of the SIG over the last year and plans for 2022 This meeting will...

Improving Student Success Through a Trauma Informed Approach in Higher Education

The BERA Educational Effectiveness and Improvement SIG is concerned with sharing, developing and disseminating research that explores, informs and improves outcomes in education. With current...

Improving Student Success Through a Trauma Informed Approach in Higher Education

The BERA Educational Effectiveness and Improvement SIG is concerned with sharing, developing and disseminating research that explores, informs and improves outcomes in education. With current...