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The impact of Covid-19 on early years settings & their staffing decisions

Education & Covid-19: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

This report shares insights into how Covid-19 impacted upon on the early years workforce in England, Wales and Scotland during the first year of the pandemic, focusing on how pre-existing issues...

Vicki Cann

Vicki Cann is a PhD researcher at the University of Bath. Her doctoral research is focused on school leadership and analyses how the role of the primary school headteacher changes once the school...

Joy Cranham

Joy Cranham is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Bath. Her research interest lies in identifying effective approaches to educate families and children about...

Fadoua Govaerts

Fadoua Govaerts is affiliated with the University of Bath in the Department of Education and is the founder of RE-KnoX (Research in Education – Knowledge Exchange), an initiative through which...

The impact of Covid-19 on the mental health & learning of young children

Education & Covid-19: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

This report investigates the impact of Covid-19 on the mental health and learning of young children through surveys and interviews with early years practitioners, and interviews with parents....

Ageing in nature: Outdoor learning as lifelong learning

MIND (2021) has adopted the New Economic Foundation’s Five Ways to Wellbeing and underscores that ‘keeping learning’ is one of the foundations of maintaining one’s wellbeing. In this blog...

Being active in play environments: The key to children’s health and wellbeing

Playground closures due to the ongoing pandemic have led to urgent calls for city councils and authorities in the UK to keep play spaces open. Parents and experts reason that home isolation has...

Wellbeing and being outdoors

There has recently been a surge of interest in the links between outdoor learning and wellbeing. The global education community has been sharing inspirational work that aims to support educators...

Great Mistakes in Education Policy: And how to avoid them in the future

Online registration for this event has now closed, to register please email events@bera.ac.uk.   #BERAEdPolicy @BERANews In their book, ‘Great Mistakes in Education Policy – And how to...

Giving back to nature

We have a fine tradition of volunteering in the UK, supported by a valuable network of volunteer centres in communities. Research suggests that two hours of giving a week improves health, and...

Slowing down: A prescription for dawdling?

A few years ago, I come across the term ‘dawdling’ in the adventure education context. As a non-native English speaker, I googled the term while listening to a lecture on aesthetic processes...

Editorial: Wellbeing and being outdoors

Over the past year, as we have been forced to slow down and restrict our activities because of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is has become apparent just how important it is for our health and...