Tree of Life
The existing research indicates a need for flexible psychosocial strengths based tool well suited to working with children and adults who have had traumatic or difficult life histories. The Tree...
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Knowledge, exam boards, and school subjects
The place of ‘knowledge’ in the school curriculum is highly contested. Schools Minister Nick Gibb recently claimed that in the thousands of lessons he has observed, knowledge is ‘relegated...
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Opportunity: Two Positions at the Centre for Research in Race and Education (CRRE)
The Centre for Research in Race and Education (CRRE) at Birmingham University is looking for two outstanding candidates to take forward its work on racism and education. The posts offer three...
Postgraduate Forum Series – South: Dilemmas in Educational Research
This event is now fully booked. There are still bursaries available to attend the event in the North (https://www.bera.ac.uk/event/postgraduate-forum-series-north) and Midlands...
Accountability in prison education: a need for better-designed measures as well as more transparency
Prison education has been high on the Government’s reform agenda recently, with Michael Gove bringing a focus on the area to the Ministry of Justice from the Department for Education and...
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The beginnings of school-led teacher training: New challenges for university teacher education
The School Direct Research Project undertaken by a team of academics from Manchester Metropolitan University concludes five years of research into the effects of school–led training on the...
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Asa Briggs – a champion of history and education
The first issue of the journal History of Education, published in 1972, was notable for the contributions of distinguished figures in the history of education itself and of social history more...
Continue reading blog postThe impact of the austerity agenda in Further Education
I don’t remember ever seeing a group of famous ex-alumni in the news protesting against cutbacks to their former schools’ funding, yet in the case of further education (FE) in England, a...
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BERA Annual Conference 2016 – Register now
Register now!Registration is now open, with the early bird deadline closing on the 1st May 2016. Register early and save up to £100 on registration fees.Don't forget to also book for the social...
The ‘nationalisation’ of schools
White Papers are unusual nowadays. Usually Secretaries of State rush too hastily to legislation which, in consequence of the haste, creates new and unforeseen problems. the Secretary of State...
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The 2016 Education White Paper – a response
Local education authorities have been a bulwark of Conservatism. They were established by Arthur Balfour’s Education Act in 1902. Their role in education was entrenched by Rab Butler’s 1944...
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Spring 2016
RESEARCH INTELLIGENCE ISSUE 129/SPRING 2016 The Future of Education Featuring Carol Monaghan MP John O'Dowd MLA Daniel Muijs Debbie Weekes-Bernard John Preston Barbara Merrill
