Writing Retreat
At BERA Conference 2017, members asked for a writing retreat especially for those new to conference and publications. This two day event is designed to provide: • Opportunity...
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A four-point plan for improving education against extremism
The UK’s counter-extremism Prevent strategy has come under fire consistently since its inception more than 10 years go. Studies have found it divisive, rendering Islamic communities and ethnic...
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Is school choice a reality for all?
We know that parents are given some choice over which school their children can attend. To this end academics, drawing on work by Bourdieu (1990), have explored the habitus and culture of both...
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Sites of resistance: Gypsies, Roma and Travellers in school, community and the academy
Schools are institutions in which racial conflict is brought into focus and can be acute. Gillborn (2008) asserts that current education policy is not designed to eliminate race inequality, but to...
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What has been the impact of recent domestic terrorist attacks on education policy in France?
France and the UK have typically taken divergent approaches to the schooling of the children of immigrants, and to migrant incorporation in general. My master’s dissertation found that these two...
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Researching pathways into higher education with students from refugee backgrounds: Exploring the conceptual, methodological and ethical challenges
We are thrilled to have been selected to represent the Australian Association for Research in Education as a featured symposium at this year’s BERA conference. We believe that the selection of...
Continue reading blog postWhat is the impact of UK Counter Terrorism and Security Act on Muslim pupils in UK schools?
In July 2015, the UK Counter Terrorism and Security Act (CTS) made it a statutory duty for teaching staff to identify and prevent extremism. This policy was the expansion of the UK ‘Prevent...
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“Honestly, I think it’s a horrendous knee-jerk reaction”: Politeness, superiority, assimilation and criticality: student teachers’ views on fundamental British values
In the wake of terror attacks in London and Manchester in 2017, concerns have been raised about the extent to which governmental strategies to combat terrorism are successful in preventing...
Continue reading blog postChallenges to Eastern European Roma and their teachers in the UK
The Roma are amongst Europe’s most disadvantaged groups, facing high levels of prejudice and discrimination. The largest population of Roma is in Eastern Europe; particularly Romania and...
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Faith, Social Justice and Race
Online registration has now closed. If you want to attend this event, please email events@bera.ac.uk for details of how to register onsite. Learners and tutors experience of education differs...
In the Wake of Westminster…
In the wake of the Westminster Bridge attack (22/3/2017), teachers around the country face pupils’ questions and attempt to offer explanations that they, like everyone else, are unprepared for....
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“I was born here, so I’m British” – What do fundamental British values mean to teachers of RE and year 11 RE students?
Can our values as teachers accommodate the demands of what seems to be a progressively securitised education system? The requirement not to undermine fundamental British values (FBV) was...
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