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Education and training (E&T) and research and innovation (R&I) are core pillars of tertiary education. This blog post explores the intrinsic interconnection between E&T and R&I, the fragmentation...
Continue reading blog postThere are different views about what constitutes a tertiary education approach, but there is growing belief that bringing apprenticeships, further education (FE) and higher education (HE) closer...
Continue reading blog postMuch has been said about the need for more coherence and collaboration across the various parts currently making up the tertiary sector in England – not least by the Labour government itself...
Continue reading blog postThe Labour Party is in government again and education underpins its opportunity mission. Policy appears to be focused on curriculum, assessment and inspection reform in schools (see DfE, 2024;...
Continue reading blog postEngland’s move towards an integrated tertiary education system presents an opportunity to radically redesign post-compulsory education. Rather than an elite system of education that is founded...
Continue reading blog postA ‘seamless’ system (Bathmaker et al., 2008), that integrates further and higher education under one umbrella, and brings together vocational, professional and academic education and training,...
Continue reading blog post2025 marks 10 years of the BERA Blog, and we’re so proud of all that it has accomplished! Thank you to all those who have contributed to the Blog, whether as authors, editors, or readers. The...
In October 2024, the Skills Minister introduced a new bill to the House of Lords to reform the skills system for apprenticeships. Since 2017, apprenticeships were developed and regulated by the...
Continue reading blog postThis blog series celebrates one decade of the BERA Blog, as an important and growing space to explore current and varied issues and questions of concern to the education community. To mark this...
BERA’s Practitioner Research and Post Compulsory and Lifelong Learning special interest groups (SIGs) have started the process of producing a special section of Research Intelligence, BERA’s...
As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, BERA has collected together a set of 50 landmark studies that have had a significant impact on educational policy, educational practice, research...
Opportunities and challenges for further education
