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BERA Bites, issue 10: Employability education – learning from the present: A cross-sector view

BERA Bites

In an era characterised by rapid technological advancements, globalisation and shifting labour market dynamics, the concept of employability has emerged as a central concern in education. As...

How can we simultaneously tackle the educational objectives of employability and social justice?

Employability has become a key metric for higher education institutions (HEIs) in the 21st century. For example, the Office for Students (OfS), the regulator of higher education provision in...

BERJ Early Career Reviewer Scheme: Call for mentors

The British Educational Research Journal (BERJ) is pleased to launch its Early Career Reviewer Scheme that aims to build early career researchers’ capacities in academic peer reviewing. This...

Inspiring Black students’ futures? Focus on agency

Increased participation and student diversity have led universities in the UK to enhance their academic support mechanisms to promote social and learning inclusion (Hallett, 2012). While...

Personal tutoring: A catalyst for equity and an antidote to the racial awarding gap?

Despite racially minoritised students entering UK-based higher education with similar entry qualifications to their white counterparts, they are more likely to leave the university with a lower...

Review of Education: Call for ‘State-of-Play’ special issues (2024)

The editors of the Review of Education (RoE) intend to publish a number of ‘State-of-Play' (SoP) special issues during their tenure, which commenced in January 2024. They are therefore seeking...

Young people’s mental health and wellbeing in the age of austerity and Covid-19: Are we all in this together?

Mental health difficulties in young people have been on the rise for over a decade now. In the past three years, the number of children referred to emergency mental healthcare in England has...

The BERA Guides: Critical Insights into Educational Research and Practice

Short, research-informed yet accessible introductions to key, interdisciplinary topics impacting education research and practice

Editorial: Doing cynefin: Exploring ideas on belonging, connectedness and community in the Curriculum for Wales

Wales is a small country that is distinctive in its landscape, culture and language. This gives the notion of place a particular resonance in Wales and reinforces the significance of local...

Doing cynefin: Exploring ideas on belonging, connectedness and community in the Curriculum for Wales

Wales is a small country that is distinctive in its landscape, culture and language. This gives the notion of place a particular resonance in Wales and reinforces the significance of local...

Diversity and Anti-Racist Professional Learning (DARPL): Establishing anti-racist education, through the lens of cynefin

It is clear that cynefin/belonging lies at the heart of the Curriculum for Wales and is at the core of DARPL. As a result, a sense of cynefin for Welsh learners and educators is a powerful...

Do I finally feel a sense of cynefin?

The Curriculum for Wales defines cynefin as ‘the place where we belong, where the people and landscape around us are familiar, and the sights and sounds are reassuringly recognisable’. My...