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BERA Publications Committee: Call for new members

We are pleased to announce the call for new members to apply to join BERA’s Publications Committee. Apply now The closing date for submissions of interest is Thursday 28 May 2020. Committee...

Kenneth Lim

Kenneth Y. T. Lim is one of about a dozen people worldwide to have been invited by Unesco as a member of the organisation’s inaugural Symposium on the Future of Education for Sustainable...

Ryan Lim

Ryan Lim is currently pursuing his undergraduate degree at the National Institute of Education of Singapore and is training to become a history teacher at the secondary school level. He is...

Social constructivism and participative learning beyond bricks and mortar

Covid-19, education and educational research

As the world grapples with the short-to-longer-term imperative to identify distance- and remote-learning alternatives to previously face-to-face instruction, I am struck that some of the key...

Helen Young

Dr Helen Young explores ideas of democracy, citizenship and dialogue in relation to education and is interested in how these interrelate with critical pedagogy, education for sustainability and...

School transition, socioeconomic inequalities in wellbeing and the Covid-19 pandemic

Covid-19, education and educational research

Children’s education and wellbeing are profoundly influenced by the circumstances into which they are born. Being from a wealthier family is associated with a range of positive outcomes. Poverty...

BERA response to UKRI Open Access consultation

BERA has submitted its response to the current UKRI consultation on its proposed open access (OA) policy. The full response can be found below. As with previous open access interventions, BERA...

International students and Covid-19: What is the current advice?

The pandemic that has gripped the UK has meant that uncertainty becoming central to our way of life. With borders closed, migration curtailed and social distancing policies in place, this...

Luna Williams

Luna Williams writes for the Immigration Advice Service, an organisation based in the UK that advises and assists international students and employees in the UK.

Graham Moore

Dr Graham Moore is a reader in social sciences and health at Cardiff University, with an interest in child and adolescent health and educational inequalities, and social policy and intervention. A...

Rethinking the ‘digital’ curriculum: What else should we be aiming for?

After years of excitement and enthusiasm about all things digital, recent times have seen us collectively becoming more sceptical about the relationship between technology and society. We are now...

Announcement for BERA Annual Conference 2020

Dear colleagues, All of us will have spent the past few weeks responding to the implications for our professional and personal lives of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the profound impact it...