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David Littlefair

Dr David Littlefair is an Associate Professor of Education in the Department of Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing at Northumbria University in Newcastle, England, UK. He specialises...

Amanda Powling

Before joining London Met in 2013 Amanda taught French, German and Spanish in secondary schools mainly in Essex and London for many years. In the past she has worked with the Open University as a...

Christine Lewis

Dr Christine Lewis is the MA Education Programme Leader at Edge Hill University. Her PhD study used autoethnography a critically reflexive methodology which has directly enriched her expertise in...

Richard Holme

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Richard Holme is Reader in Education Studies at the University of Dundee, with research and scholarship interests in teacher and academic professional development, scholarship, and innovation in...

Interview with BERA John Nisbet Fellowship 2021 Recipient Neil Mercer

In this weeks episode BERA President Dominic Wyse interviews the John Nisbet Fellowship recipient Neil Mercer. Neil is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge, where he is...

New series of the BERA podcast

This autumn we have launched a new series of the BERA podcast. Over the next few weeks we will continue to feature emerging research which connects to policy and practice.  Already we have...

Learning to be alone: How positive solitude can benefit international students

International students experience loneliness regularly when living and studying abroad (Wawera & MacCamley, 2020), and the situation appears to have worsened during the pandemic. Since loneliness...

Covid-19 school closures, working from home and family challenges: A novel solution

Covid-19 presented a set of challenges for UK universities, and where ‘business as usual’ was expected, staff working practices intensified. The impact of this has not been equal, with the...

BJET Best EdTech Paper Award at the BERA Conference

The British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET) judges this biennial award for the best presentation on an educational-technology-related topic to be delivered during the BERA Conference....

Jodie Pinnell

Jodie Pinnell is a senior lecturer, undergraduate course leader and senior tutor in the School of Education and Sociology at the University of Portsmouth. Her professional background is in further...

Catherine Carroll-Meehan

Dr Catherine Carroll-Meehan is head of the School of Education and Sociology at the University of Portsmouth. She is a principal fellow of the Higher Education Authority. Catherine has worked in...

How can we teach for transformative disciplinary learning in history and social studies in a high autonomy curriculum?

New Zealand’s 2007 curriculum reform has received international attention for its high level of curricular autonomy, learner-centred ideologies and adoption of 21st-century skills, competencies...