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Contesting contemporary policy in UK further education

Individual papers presented under the theme Post-Compulsory and Lifelong Learning Chair: Bill Esmond IN THIS SESSION Enriching the curriculum  Prof Liz Atkins, Associate Professor Bill...

Plenary Session – Reading the REF

Prof David James Cardiff University, United Kingdom In the opening conference plenary David James presented an overview of education submissions in REF 2021 and highlighted key points about...

Keynote Lecture – Presidential Address – BERA: Who are we? How did we get here? Where are we going?

Professor Vivienne Marie Baumfield University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the British Educational Research Association, this...

BERA Conference 2022

University of Liverpool

The BERA Conference 2022 was held on the 6th-8th September 2022 at the University of Liverpool. Keynote speakers included: Professor Vivienne Baumfield, Professor David Olusoga, interviewed by...

Can we really trust socioeconomic measures used in PISA tests?

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conducts the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study of 15-year-old students’ academic achievement. In order...

School exclusions: What does research tell us about the scale of the problem and challenges?

School exclusion is a hot issue within education and there is growing concern about the numbers of exclusions and off-rolling in schools in England. In particular, a number of studies have drawn...

Envisioning a gold standard: Understanding higher education institutions’ outlook for race equality policies, practices & future initiatives

Race & Education: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

Supported by BERA's Small Grants Fund, this study considered race, racism and racial equality within UK higher education institutions (HEIs). Although there has been significant progress in...

Philly Iglehart

Philly Iglehart is a second-year doctoral student at Plymouth Marjon University. She is interested in place-based challenges affecting school improvement, particularly in rural and coastal areas;...

Pallavi Banerjee

Pallavi Banerjee is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cambridge. Her research addresses inequalities in educational outcomes.

Nurullah Eryilmaz

Nurullah Eryilmaz is pursuing his PhD in Education at the University of Bath, and he is also a research assistant at the REAL Centre at the University of Cambridge. He holds a master’s degree...

Framing research: Critical Discourse Studies and early childhood educational research

BERA Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2022

During the process of undertaking doctoral research, it is important to acknowledge the research journey and emphasise your rationale for conducting that specific research project. This relates to...

How science capital helps to understand the urban–rural divide in Chinese students’ science aspirations

BERA Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2022

Chinese students were reported to have relatively low science aspirations, which contrasts with their outstanding attainment in international student assessment (OECD, 2019). Meanwhile, a bigger...