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Editorial: Researching gender and sexuality

Gender and sexualities research carries unique sensitivities and challenges that can create a range of barriers for postgraduate and early career educational researchers. Our event ‘Researching...

Lois Kerrison

Lois Kerrison currently a full time head of maths at a coastal comprehensive school of 1536 students and part-time PhD student with the Open University. Dedicated to making a difference to our...

Researching gender and sexuality

Gender and sexualities research carries unique sensitivities and challenges that can create a range of barriers for postgraduate and early career educational researchers. The event Researching...

Laura King

Questioning my use of creative methods: The dominance of the interview in a multiple case study project focusing on the lived experiences of four gender-diverse teachers in UK schools

The BERA Researching Gender & Sexuality in Educational Settings event for early career researchers provided an important opportunity to take a few reflective steps back and think about an aspect...

Nicola Tierney

Nicola Tierney is a senior lecturer in Primary Education at St Mary’s University, specialising in Primary mathematics. Nicola joined higher education after teaching in primary school sfor 13...

Top tips for facilitating creative research spaces with arts-based methods

The appeal of creative methods in research has been well noted across literature, including their potential for enhancing participant-led forms of expression (see Ascroft, 2021; Kara, 2020; Vaart...

Jana Dean

Jana Dean is a middle school teacher in the Olympia School District in Washington State. A recipient of the prestigious Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching as well as the Presidential Award...

Using photo elicitation to capture authentic LGBT+ narratives

In this blog post I argue for the greater use of visual methodologies within educational research, particularly with minority groups such as LGBT+. At the BERA Gender and Sexuality 2023 event, I...

Simon Sheard

Simon Sheard is a senior lecturer in Education at the University of Sunderland and a former primary school teacher, maths subject leader and senior leader in the north-east of England. Simon’s...

Meet and Discuss – Physical Education and Sports Pedagogy

This Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy SIG meeting was held to network with colleagues, learn about the activities of the SIG and plans for 2024 and onwards. This meeting was hosted online,...

Adam Brett

Adam (he/him) is a Lecturer and Researcher in Education at the University of Derby. He is the co-founder of Pride & Progress, an organisation that supports schools to develop their LGBT+...