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Maureen O’Callaghan

I am currently a PhD student studying the development of prosocial decision-making and behaviour in business owners. Drawing upon over 50 years of experience in the workplace, I am adopting a...

Parul Anand

Dr Parul Anand has a doctorate from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai in the area of Educational Policy changes and Teacher Professionalism. Currently, she is working as Post- Doctoral...

‘So I suppose they think I’m a failure’: How schools (unwittingly) marginalise white working-class families

BERA Conference 2023

This blog post relates to a qualitative research project focused on the engagement and achievement of white working-class students carried out in three comprehensive secondary schools in an inner...

Sarah Downing

Sarah Downing is a Media Lecturer and Teaching and Learning Coach for Action Research at Solihull College. Her research for a PhD in Education with the University of Sunderland combines her love...

Sundas Mahar

Sundas is a fourth year doctoral student at the University of Glasgow. Her research explores the use of indigenous and traditional environmental literacies for sustainability and regeneration in...

Sheine Peart

I am standing to become a Council member of BERA, an organisation I joined 2006; a role I believe my personal and professional life experiences would enable me to carry out effectively and to make...

Lynne Jones

Lynne is a primary teacher and part-time doctoral researcher on the supporting teacher learning pathway at the Strathclyde Institute of Education. Her thesis explores how teacher leadership is...

Aimee Quickfall

In short, I love BERA. I am one of the convenors of the Mental Health and Wellbeing SIG, part of the Conference and Events Committee and was also part of the BERA Ethics Guidelines review group...

Diane Warner

Dr Diane Warner is a senior lecturer in teacher education at Manchester Metropolitan University. She started in education as a primary school teacher and moved into initial teacher education in...

Abbey Rowe

I am currently completing a PhD research studentship with the Wolfson Centre for Young People's Mental Health and DECIPHer Centre at Cardiff University. My interests include youth mental health,...

Janet Hoskin

My background, skills and experiences from my career in education, my role as co-convenor for BERA’s Inclusive Education Special Interest Group (SIG) and my time as a trustee of a national...

Caroline Godfrey

I am a PhD student at Aston University, researching in Applied Linguistics. I was a secondary English teacher for thirteen years, and my research now concentrates on the language used to...