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Rethinking reasons behind lower educational outcomes of looked after children

The lower educational attainment of looked after children compared with their peers not in care has long been the subject of interest and research. The dominant position is that the reason behind...

What has been the impact of recent domestic terrorist attacks on education policy in France?

France and the UK have typically taken divergent approaches to the schooling of the children of immigrants, and to migrant incorporation in general. My master’s dissertation found that these two...

UCET Annual Conference This year’s UCET annual conference will take place on 7-8 November 2017 at the Crowne Plaza, Stratford-upon-Avon. Keynote speakers include: Dame Alison Peacock...

Close-to-practice research project

BERA has identified close-to-practice research as an area of interest for the Association, and many BERA members are also committed to such work in the context of teacher education and...

Using research to change educational systems: possibilities and barriers

The UK education systems are involved in massive reform programmes. These developments open up new opportunities for researchers to contribute to and learn from the changes that are going on. Yet,...

The Research Evidence For and Against OFSTED

I have carefully reviewed the evidence for the benefits of inspection as well as for any undesirable consequences.  The former include the national monitoring of the quality of education,...

Autumn 2017

Research Intelligence Issue 134: Emerging Research Agendas: Conclusions from BERA's Research Intelligence: Featuring: Poverty and Policy Advocacy Teacher and Medical Education STEAM  

Why we all need liberating from education’s gender war

Statistics released last week show that almost half of all young people in the UK enter higher education. But some groups are still far more likely to go on to university than others.[1] Whereas...

Evidence-informed practice – much talk and little action

Evidence-informed practice in classrooms (EPiC practice) is a growing issue for teachers in schools and interestingly a Google search on the topic gives a million and a half returns. Over recent...

Pre-Service Teachers’ Multicultural Competence: Is It just about Course Attendance?

With multicultural classrooms currently forming the norm in most Western World societies, teacher training departments are constantly challenged to produce multiculturally competent educators...

Developing an ethics framework for school based research in the context of a large academy secondary school

Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre is a Secondary School Academy in rural Kent.  I have been working as a Teacher Researcher at Homewood since 2014, and during that time I have produced a...

Postgraduate Symposium Series – South West: Practical Issues in Conducting Educational Research

  South West Symposium: Dr. Tingting Yuan, Dr. Graham Downs, & Dr. Lindsay Homer, Bath Spa University     This event is now fully booked, however there are still bursary places...