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Reflections on the hidden curriculum of sustainability at the BERA 50th Anniversary Conference and WERA Focal Meeting

Curriculum: Theory, policy and practiceBERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting

Attending the BERA 50th Anniversary Conference and WERA Focal Meeting in Manchester was a highlight of my year as an early career researcher (ECR) and provided important opportunities for academic...

BERA and the Kusuma Trust: Neurodiversity in mainstream schools grant programme

BERA is partnering with the Kusuma Trust to deliver 4 research projects with the aim to improve the school experience and academic attainment of young people who are neurodivergent.

Reading Rita and saving Arthur Seaton: Exploring mature students’ scholarly ‘becoming’ and the failures of working-class education

I was thrilled to present my research at the BERA ECR Journey: At Crossroads of Becoming Conference at the University of Leeds in June 2024. This event gave me the opportunity to discuss the...

Research Ethics Case Studies 2024

Designed to complement BERA’s Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research, fifth edition (2024)

Research Ethics Case Studies 2024: Classroom observation for ‘insider’ teacher-researchers

Research Ethics Case Studies 2024

This case study examines some of the ethical issues involved in ‘insider’ research. It highlights the importance of thinking through and anticipating potential conflicts of interest when...

Research Ethics Case Studies 2024: Frontlines of climate change education

Research Ethics Case Studies 2024

This case study considers some of the ethical issues related to sustainability and environmental responsibility in relation to educational research. It highlights how environmental implications...

Research Ethics Case Studies 2024: Negotiating power, participation and dissent with young-researchers in community dissemination

Research Ethics Case Studies 2024

This case study considers the ethical issues that can arise when conducting participatory research with young people. It highlights the nuanced nature of participation preferences and the ethical...

Research Ethics Case Studies 2024: Watch your language: Ethical issues when working with young people – meaning and power

Research Ethics Case Studies 2024

This case study explores ethical issues that arise for researchers working with young people. This includes the right of young people to contribute their experiences and opinions in a way that...

Co-authoring an academic paper with young people: The ethical next step in the students as researcher process

Curriculum: Theory, policy and practice

This blog post documents the journey to co-author outcomes of a Students as Researcher project (Fielding & Bragg, 2003) as a perspectives and reflections article for the Curriculum Journal (see...

Research with children: Ethical dilemmas regarding practice in the Chinese context

In 2023, as research assistants, we were involved in a project led by Dr Zhu Yan entitled ‘Tackling Ethical Challenges in Research with Children: Contextualizing Children’s Rights in China’....

Can data generation with children be democratic?

The widely cited United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child establishes the importance of children’s rights, including their freedom of expression (article 13). Research and policy...

Grappling with ladders: Perspectives on the field of students as researchers from a professional doctoral student

As a head teacher embarking upon research into students as researchers (SAR), I have been reflecting on the theoretical context in which my research sits. It is possible to see a pathway where...