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Considering teacher wellbeing and commitment to teaching in the event of a ‘firebreak’ lockdown this autumn

There are reports that an October lockdown might be used as a ‘firebreak’ if cases of the Covid-19 virus rise too high with the return of schools and universities (Mason & Davis, 2021). As...

Knowledge and expertise in vocational education and training

Online registration for this event has now closed, to register please email events@bera.ac.uk #BERA_LifelongLearning @BERANews Questions of the knowledge that students acquire through...

Developing education research capacity: What can government do?

In developing the National Strategy of Educational Research and Enquiry (NSERE), the Welsh government conducted several evidence reviews to understand how to foster educational research capacity...

Knowledge and Expertise in Vocational Education and Training

Questions of the knowledge that students acquire through vocational studies is fundamental to understanding educational settings oriented to preparation for work. What forms of knowledge are valid...

Ming Cheng

Ming Cheng is a Professor of Higher Education at Sheffield Hallam University. She has over 15 years’ international experience of working at British and Chinese universities. Her research...

Seanna Reuben Sweeney

Seanna works at the forefront of education as an Assistant Head Teacher at Rothwell St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Leeds. From here she developed a sense of the importance of bringing...

BERA funds over £40,000 of research on race and ethnicity

We are delighted to announce new funding looking at aspects of race and ethnicity across the education sector. There are five recipients of the new round of small grant funding: Melissa Jogie...

Wen Xu

Dr Wen Xu is a post-doc researcher in the Faculty of Education at East China Normal University. Her research interests focus on language(s) education and society, socio-cultural studies of...

Towards a more equitable and empowering mathematics curriculum: What if we made progressive pedagogies more visible?

The Covid-19 pandemic has added to growing concerns about how misleading statistics and media reports can influence the beliefs and behaviour of millions of people. The Organisation for Economic...

Tiago Carvalho

Tiago Carvalho has been teaching mathematics at Stoke Newington School since 2016, after eight years working in software development. As part of his role as key stage 5 maths coordinator he is...

Aimee Quickfall

Head of Programmes for Primary and Early Years Initial Teacher Education

Aimee is Head of the School of Education at Leeds Trinity University, a member of BERA Council, one of the BERA SIG leads for Mental Health and Wellbeing, and a member of the BERA Conference and...

A matter of inclusion: Schools continue to navigate government advice in support of students

As the school year in England begins once again against an evolving Covid-19 backdrop, we ask what this latest set of circumstances means for issues of inclusion, including which students will...