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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...

BERA update and AGM 2021

The 46th BERA Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held virtually on Thursday 9th December 2021, 11:00am-12:00pm. The agenda and full papers can be viewed below. All queries should be sent to...

Loneliness and collegiality in the academy: Isolated by a neoliberal ideology

The problems of loneliness and isolation are often raised in academia. How can we understand loneliness and respond to it within the academic community of our time? I suggest that the ideology of...

BERA publishes its strategic plan for 2021-2026

In an illustrated report, BERA has set out its strategic plan which will inform every facet and activity of the organisation  over the coming years. It clarifies our vision, mission, values and...

Children’s literacy and personalisation of reading materials- Natalia Kucirkova

Natalia Kucirkova is Professor of Early Childhood Education and Development at the University of Stavanger, Norway and Professor of Reading and Children’s Development at The Open University,...

Tessa DeLaquil

Tessa DeLaquil is a PhD student and research assistant at the Center for International Higher Education (CIHE), Boston College, and member of the Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Society...

Practitioner Research in Mathematics Education (PRiME)

The aim of the Practitioner Research in Mathematics Education (PRiME) event is to provide a platform for teachers of mathematics in early years, primary, secondary, further education or higher...

Practitioner Research in Mathematics Education (PRiME)

Online registration for this event has now closed, please email events@bera.ac.uk to register. #BERAMathEd @BERANews   Please note that this is event is held on a Saturday. The aim of the...

A scholarly sojourn in autoethnography, or just navel gazing?

Autoethnography is a qualitative research approach that has been creating ripples within the contemporary academic context for some time, revealing a mixture of excitement and suspicion but also...

Becky Francis – BERA Conference 2021 Keynote Lecture

Educational inequality remains a challenge to social justice in the UK and across the world, and education research has an important role to play in addressing this. In order to do so effectively,...

Vanita Sundaram – BERA Conference 2021 Keynote

In this paper, I will draw on research from schools and university settings to explore the idea that formal sites of education can be considered conducive contexts for sexism, sexual harassment...

Iram Siraj – BERA Conference 2021 Keynote

Abstract Data for this presentation was derived from the Effective Pre-School, Primary and Secondary Education (EPPSE) project, a large scale, a longitudinal, mixed-methods research study that...