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Steph Comley

Steph Comley is an academic advisor at the University of Exeter and has been involved with online learning and technology enhanced learning in further and higher education for almost 20 years. She...

Pete King

Pete King is the programme director for the MA developmental and therapeutic play and MA childhood studies programmes at Swansea University. Pete has a professional background in play and playwork...

Tom Nancarrow

Tom Nancarrow is an intercalating medical student at the University of Exeter Medical School. Following four years of his medical degree, he has taken the opportunity to study Sports and Exercise...

Rent strikes and the continuing relevance of Paulo Freire at 100

Against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, student rent strikes took place in many universities in England. Lockdowns and moves to online learning meant that students were at times required to...

Alison James

Alison James is a national teaching fellow, principal fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (now AdvanceHE), LEGO Serious Play facilitator and professional coach. She has worked in higher...

Sze Wa Ho

Sze Wa Ho is currently a Teacher of Biology at a UK independent school. Her professional development began with a double bachelor’s degree in Education and Science at the University of Hong...

Ian Gilbert

Ian Gilbert is an educator, entrepreneur and award-winning writer and editor based partly in the UK and partly in the Netherlands. Described by IB Magazine as one of its 15 top ‘educational...

Maarten Koeners

Maarten Koeners studies and teaches integrative physiology at the University of Exeter. He integrates insights in the physiology of play and playful learning with his academic practice. Recently...

Rebecca Hooker

Rebecca Hooker is a researcher and teacher with an extensive experience of teaching mixed groups of differing students of various ages and backgrounds (age 5–85). This has included teaching...

BERA Conference 2021 – Keynotes now Available

For our first venture into a fully online annual conference, we were delighted to have secured four outstanding keynote speakers to present alongside the full range of symposia, workshops and...

BERA update and AGM 2021

Online registration for this event has now closed, please email events@bera.ac.uk to register.  BERA Members only - you will need to be logged in to see the register button   The 46th BERA...

Siân Smith

Deputy Headteacher

Siân Smith is a Deputy Headteacher at Llanwern High School in Newport, Wales. She began her teaching career in London, but also taught in Auckland before returning to the green green grass of...