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Ethnic inequality in the teaching workforce in schools: Why it matters

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Ethnic minority communities in the UK see education as a gateway for opportunities. Yet in the UK, the ethnic background of teaching staff does not mirror the profile of the pupils (Demie & See,...

BERA announces 2023 BERA Educational Research Book of the Year Shortlist

The BERA Educational Research Book of the Year award celebrates the publication of educational research and is awarded to a scholarly book on education deemed to be high quality, engaging and...

Better together: Research-practice partnerships in education

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Research-practice partnerships (RPPs) are collaborative research structures which seek to improve children and young people’s educational experiences and outcomes, by synthesising the cumulative...

Job Opportunity – Conference Administrator

The British Educational Research Association (BERA) has a new opportunity available for a Conference Administrator to join our team. The BERA office operates on a flexible working arrangement...

Widening participation in higher education: Reforming infographics beyond the visual through the eyes of sports coaching students

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In this blog post, I explore the value of infographics beyond their visual aspect for widening participation students. The post draws on my PhD research, which focuses on the value of infographics...

Doing the heavy lifting: The experiences of working-class professional service and administrative staff in Russell Group universities

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Understanding what life is like for those studying and working within universities has been of increased interest to higher education research, policy and practice over the past 15 years....

BERA Announces the 2023 Equality in Education Award recipient

The BERA Equality in Education Award recognizes an individual whose work has sought to address wider issues of inequality and discrimination in education.  The nominee’s work will not only...

Luciana De Martin Silva

Luciana De Martin Silva is Principal Lecturer and the Teaching Development Scheme Lead at Hartpury University. Her most recent research projects include the exploration of a coaching approach to...

Darcy Bornemann

Darcy Bornemann is Lecturer at Hartpury University, and a fellow of the Advance HE. In her role as HE Process Advisor she liaises between academic departments and professional services. She also...

Does environmental activism have a place within education?

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that the pace and scale of current action to limit global warming is inadequate – but that urgent climate action can secure a liveable...

Elizabet Kaitell

I am a Senior Lecturer in Learning & Teaching in Education with a PhD that explored the value of infographics for undergraduate students, grounded in complexity thinking and embodiment theories....

What makes students curious about science?

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‘It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of enquiry’, Einstein is reported to have said. Given...