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Virtual Event – Transitions, wellbeing and mental health: Education after Lockdown

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Rebecca O’Connell

Rebecca O’Connell is reader in the sociology of food and families at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education.

Julia Brannen

Julia Brannen is professor emerita of the Sociology of the Family at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education.

Online in-depth interviewing: Covid-induced challenges

Lived experiences do not vanish into thin air like a mirage. They can be revisited under certain conditions using a relevant qualitative method. Simply asserting that a one-to-one in-depth...

Rethinking how we can improve the diversity of the teaching workforce in England

The lack of black and minority ethnic (BAME) teachers and headteachers in English schools is a growing concern facing policymakers in England. In a recent conference of school leaders, Nadhim...

Selma Dogan

Selma Dogan has served as an English language tutor in higher education institutions in Turkey and the UK for many years. She has organised workshops on teaching essays to undergraduate students...

BERA Podcast Season 3 Review

On this week's episode  Nick Johnson, BERA's Chief Executive,  introduces some of the best moments from season 3 of the podcast. This episode contains clips of all the interviewees throughout...

The BERA Blog: Highlights of 2021

BERA Blog end of year highlights

Yuletide greetings and festive cheer to all our readers and authors, wherever you may be. In these challenging times we thank all of you for your continued support of and engagement with the BERA...

Denise Miller

Associate Professor in Child and Educational Psychology

Denise Miller achieved a BA in education from the University of Greenwich. She taught in primary schools for eight years before training to become an educational psychologist. After achieving an...

A snapshot of 2021

Thank you to all our members, volunteers, partners and friends for supporting our work during the past year. Please find an overview of just some of our achievements.

BERA ECR Network Symposium Series 2021: Overcoming challenges in educational research – December

BERA ECR Network Symposium Series 2021: Overcoming challenges in educational research

The theme for 2021 is ‘Overcoming challenges in educational research’ Discussant: Professor Pete Boyd, University of Cumbria  Who is it for? The ECR Network’s symposia series is targeted...

Does playfulness have a place in higher education? A reflection on using playfulness when teaching research methods to postgraduate students

Playfulness has been defined as a disposition (Barnett, 1991) a mindset (Skilbeck, 2017) and fundamental for creativity (Cheng-Ping Chang, 2013). I have spent many years working in play and...