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sisi lin

I have been interested in child development from both a cognitive and social-emotional perspective. I originally planned to train as a child psychoanalyst until I founded a Chinese school...

Disabled students’ allowance: Enabling through degrees?

The disabled students’ allowance (DSA) is a grant designed to remove barriers and improve participation in higher education of students with disabilities. The objectives of the policy are...

The consequences of non-disclosure in higher education

Many individuals who have a disability, chronic illness and/or neurodivergence can decide what they disclose, be that whether or not they share that information or how much detail they provide...

Nothing about us without us: Urgent changes needed in HE inclusive practice to address widening participation failures

Widening participation (WP) has been a dominant discourse in education policy for more than 20 years. Its original and continued core aim has been to improve higher education (HE) participation of...

Editorial: A new ecology of higher education: Disability, access, participation and belonging

On 25 May 2022, Plymouth Institute of Education ran an international webinar, ‘Matters of “access” and “disability”: exploring and affecting systemic and cultural change in and for...

A new ecology of higher education: Disability, access, participation and belonging

This special issue of the BERA Blog aims to push higher education towards a new ecology that embraces the values and voices of disabled students, and places inclusion and equity at the forefront...

Amber Barnitt

Етичні принципи досліджень у галузі освіти, четверте видання (2018 р.)

Це четверте видання Етичних принципів досліджень у галузі освіти Британської асоціації дослідників...

Student unions and the politics of disability for a more socially just higher education

What does disability activism reveal about higher education? In this blog post, we argue that activism as practised by disabled students exposes and challenges the workings of neoliberalism in...

Christina Turner

Christina Turner is a Senior Lecturer (PGCE Maths Tutor) at Leeds Trinity University. She is also a Lead Maths Specialist for White Rose Maths. Christina has taught maths in secondary schools for...

Henry Iberi

Henry is a teacher/researcher and experienced Mathematics specialist. His first foray into practitioner research was in a role where he conducted Action Research to investigate how students used...

How might higher education providers make assessment more inclusive? The potential of Universal Design for Learning

Covid-19 resulted in a major interruption to routine assessment custom and practice in higher education. This interruption has placed higher education providers (HEPs) at a crossroads where they...