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Initial teacher education: Current directions in times of global disruption

BERA Conference 2025

Teacher shortages, political instability, emerging global crises and the aftermath of the pandemic have created significant pressure on education systems across the world. In response, initial...

Education in prisons across England and Wales: Towards a future framework for effective learning spaces

BERA Conference 2025

What could learning spaces in prison be like? This question has guided our reflective research process, prompting us to reflect critically on existing practice and to create an emerging framework...

Reimagining a just early childhood education and care sector in England: Voices from the margins

This special issue arose from critical dialogue about injustice in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector in England between diverse people engaged in practice, research and...

Unseen and undervalued: Recognising the role of nannies in education policy in England

Government policy for early childhood education and care (ECEC) in England often focuses on group-based settings such as nurseries (Penn, 2024). However, much childcare takes place within homes...

Community not-for-profit nurseries: An endangered species?

In this blog post, I explore the importance of community not-for-profit nurseries, their threatened demise and how they may be conserved. As I come to the end of leading an independent,...

Connected, valued and vocal: Early years educators advocate for the ECEC sector in public policy debates

In this third contribution to the special issue we consider the complex issue of early years educators’ (EYEs) professional voices being heard and acted upon in contemporary policy debates about...

Climbing the qualification ladder or leaving the profession: The crisis in early childhood work

A crisis exists relating to the status of qualifications and pay in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce in England (Nutbrown, 2021) marked by both low pay and morale. In this...

‘Small things that no one sees’: Acts of advocacy in early childhood education and care

In this reflective blog post for this special issue, we draw on a vignette of the nursery practices that are everyday acts of advocacy. Our commentary foregrounds the unacknowledged labour of...

Kristine Alexandra

Kristine Alexandra is a final-year PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education at Monash University in Australia. She is the recipient of the Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship, which is...