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SIG Forum meeting – Philosophy of Education

Join the Philosophy of Education SIG annual meeting to network with colleagues, learn about the activities of the SIG over the last year and plans for 2021 This meeting will be hosted on Zoom,...

Bubble, toil and trouble: School leadership as Shakespearean tragedy in and after Covid-19

In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the witches exacerbate divisions, push ambition through brute force, hierarchy and power; their interventions end in the wicked destruction of leadership potential and...

Misled by short-term performance in lessons: Applying the science of memory in the classroom

Successful learning depends upon the functioning of human long-term memory (LTM) – a set of psychological processes that allow us to retain skills and knowledge over the long term, and which...

Geert Thyssen

Associate Professor

Geert Thyssen is Associate Professor in Educational Sciences at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway. His research so far has ventured mainly into the new social and...

Mark Smith

Carolina Distinguished Professor of History

Teaches American social and cultural history, with emphasis on the American South and sensory history. A Carolina Distinguished Professor, Mark Smith teaches the introductory undergraduate survey...

Jonathan Firth

Jonathan Firth is a teacher, teacher educator, author and researcher. Having taught psychology at secondary school level for many years, he now works in teacher education at the University of...

Esther Cummins

Lecturer

Esther is a part-time PhD student at the University of Manchester, researching the relationship between values, ethos, and policy in faith majority settings. She is keen to partner with other...

Kamal Ahmed

Lecturer

Kamal Ahmed is a lecturer in Education Studies at the University of Cumbria. He is a graduate of Dar-ul-Uloom (traditional Islamic seminary) and is currently undertaking a PhD. Using an...

BERA ECR Network Symposium Series 2021: Overcoming challenges in educational research – March

BERA ECR Network Symposium Series 2021: Overcoming challenges in educational research

The theme for 2021 is ‘Overcoming challenges in educational research’ Discussant: Dr Dina Belluigi, Queen's University Belfast Who is it for? The ECR Network’s symposia series is targeted...

International Strategy

BERA is committed to advancing research quality, building research capacity and fostering engagement in education research internationally. Activities to enhance international work are carried out...

England’s teaching school ‘super-hub’ policy: Policy meets practice

On 10 February 2021, the Department for Education (DfE) announced the creation of 81 ‘super-hubs’, properly known as teaching school hubs (TSHs). These, in addition to the six ‘test and...

Spring 2021

Research Intelligence issue 146: Contemporary issues in mental health and wellbeing in education