Search

Emily Oxley

Maggie Chan

Maggie Chan is an associate tutor and PhD researcher at the Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh. She also works as a support worker for the university’s Disability...

Education: The State of the Discipline. Survey of education researchers

A survey of education researchers’ work, experiences and identities

History education and language of instruction in divided societies: The case of Lebanon

Education has long been seen as a tool for identity formation (Idris et al., 2012). Specifically, certain aspects of the education system are seen as the primary foundation on which national...

Social Theory in Education SIG Convenor Vacancy 2023-2026

Call for SIG Convenor The Social Theory and Education SIG aims to support and develop theoretically informed educational research, to engage with and facilitate new social theory and to explore...

How do schools envision holistic development in Pakistan? Insights from Sen’s capability approach

Education is universally recognised as a basic right and an essential element of personal and societal development, which implies bringing enlightenment and prosperity to society (Abdullah, 2020)....

Researching ethnicity and the early years workforce: The need for reflexivity

In July 2022, we published a BERA report on ethnicity and the early years (EY) workforce in maintained nursery schools in England (Sakr et al., 2022). We offered quantitative research based on a...

Aisha Naz Ansari

Aisha Naz Ansari is working as a Research Specialist at the Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development, Pakistan. She has experience working on Educational Technology, including...

Through a glass, darkly: Gazing into the field of carers in academia

Research on higher education students and staff with caring responsibilities has quickly expanded since the 2000s, gaining further momentum during the Covid-19 pandemic and accompanying...

BERA ECR Network Symposium Series 2023: Making decisions in educational research: ethics and methodologies

Who is it for? The ECR Network’s symposia series is targeted at early career researchers (ECRs) – be they current Masters or Doctoral students or those in the early post-doctoral phase....

Sarah Anderson

Sarah Anderson is a Professor of Teacher Education at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. Sarah taught high school English, social subjects and special education, and was also a Fulbright...

The importance of outdoor play for autistic children and young people

In Northern Ireland 4.7 per cent of school-aged children have received a diagnosis of autism: a spectrum condition characterised by differences in social communication and interaction as well as...