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BERA statement on the UCU’s industrial action

BERA acknowledges that many of our members are currently engaging in further industrial action organised by the University and College Union (UCU). We express solidarity with those taking part in...

Gaynor Attwood

Gaynor Attwood is emeritus professor of education at the University of the West of England, where she was assistant vice chancellor. She was co-director (with Paul Croll) of the ESRC-funded...

Paul Croll

Paul Croll is emeritus professor of education at the University of Reading where he was the first director of the Institute of Education. He has served as editor of the British Journal of...

Sveta Mayer

Dr Sveta Mayer is a lecturer at UCL Institute of Education and member of Bloomsbury Colleges Centre for Educational Neuroscience. She is involved in interdisciplinary research, drawing upon...

Josie Maitland

Dr Josie Maitland is an ESRC-funded postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Brighton. She is a qualified teacher with eight years’ teaching experience, both in mainstream and special...

Sarah Adams

Sarah Adams is a Lecturer in Education Studies at the Open University. She has experience in various roles in education from early years teacher, assistant headteacher, lecturer to school...

Annita Ventouris

Dr Annita Ventouris is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Education, University of Hertfordshire. She is the Programme Leader of the BA/BSc Psychology in Education...

BERA Bites, issue 5: Research used or produced in schools: Which informs practitioners most?

BERA Bites

The BERA Bites series presents selected articles from the BERA Blog on key topics in education, presented in an easily printable and digestible format to serve as teaching and learning...

Curriculum orientations and the inclusion of immigrant parents

‘Curriculum is – or should be – at the heart of educational practice’, wrote Mark Priestley and Stavroula Philippou on BERA Blog earlier in 2019. What is taught in school, how curriculum...

Max Antony-Newman

Max Antony-Newman is a lecturer in Education at the University of Glasgow. Working from a critical sociological perspective, his main focus is on school–family partnerships, education policy and...

Celebrating differences: What’s in a name?

While working as a schoolteacher in Hong Kong, I was once assigned to teach the R(emedial) class. It may be more helpful to explain that most of my students were among the lowest achievers in...

Action research: Closing the gap between theory and practice

In order to conduct action research, Elliott (1991) advocates that a tremendous desire to innovate and improve is a fundamental requirement. As a teacher-researcher, I came to my doctoral study...