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Sinéad Harmey

Sinéad Harmey is a lecturer in literacy education based at the International Literacy Centre, UCL Institute of Education. Her research interests are rooted in her experiences as primary teacher...

Carole Torgerson

Professor of Educational Evaluation

Carole Torgerson is Professor of Educational Evaluation in the Department of Education at the University of York. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, and an honorary Professor of...

Ciaran Burke

Associate Professor in Higher Education

I originally studied Sociology at Queen’s University Belfast (2004-2008), after graduation I stayed at Queen’s University to pursue my PhD research (2008-2012) which examined the role of...

Deborah Outhwaite

Director

Deb Outhwaite has worked in education for 30 years. She has taught and examined at A-level, spent a decade teaching undergraduate and postgraduate education programmes. She is Director of...

Kevin Richardson

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences

Dr Kevin Richardson is assistant professor of educational leadership and management in the Centre for Research in Educational Leadership & Management (CRELM) at the University of Nottingham. He...

Howard Gardner

Research Professor of Cognition and Education

Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also an adjunct professor of psychology at...

Bill Lucas

Professor of Learning and Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning (CRL)

Bill Lucas is Professor of Learning and Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning (CRL). He founded CRL in 2008, together with Prof. Guy Claxton. In 2017 Bill was appointed by the OECD as...

Sarah Bracken

Headteacher

Sarah is the Headteacher of a lovely 2 form entry school in the south of Coventry called Finham Primary School. 27 years of teaching experience, has seen her teach across the entire school...

Teresa Cremin

Professor of Education (Literacy)

Professor Teresa Cremin is a Professor of Education (Literacy) at The Open University in the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies. Professor Cremin is a Fellow of the Academy of...

Has there really been a decline in happiness among young people in the UK?

The Children’s Society published its most recent edition of The Good Childhood Report in August (Children’s Society, 2020). Concerningly, it reported that even before Covid-19 there had been a...

BERA Elections – Conference and Events Chair

This page has been updated. BERA would like to invite applications from the membership for the position of Conference & Events Committee (CEC) Chair. The position would commence in September...

Joshua E. Stubbs

Doctoral Researcher

Dr Joshua Stubbs is Head of Research at the PSHE Association, the subject association and national body for personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education. He is also an Associate in the...