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Jiayi Cai

Jiayi Cai is an undergraduate research fellow at University College London. Her current research focuses on ethical challenges in research on children, particularly in the Chinese context. Her...

Anna Craft Memorial Lecture 2023: Creative ruptions for emergent educational futures

As a close colleague and friend of Anna, it was a real privilege to be asked to give the 2023  Anna Craft Memorial Lecture. Given how well I knew Anna, it was unlike any other lecture I have...

Christle Coxon

Dr Christle Coxon is a registered associate nutritionist (ANutr), lecturer and researcher at the School of Psychology, University of Roehampton. Her research focuses on the links between diet,...

Shauna McGill

Dr Shauna McGill Ulster University Course Director PGCE Primary se.mcgill@ulster.ac.uk @semcgilluucpgce

Generative artificial intelligence and a return to dialogue in education

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

Socrates famously held a low opinion of writing, believing it encouraged superficial understanding. True understanding, he argued, requires face-to-face dialogue. This is not found on the written...

Practitioner Research – Call for SIG Convenor 2024-2027

This SIG is a supportive and collaborative community of practitioner researchers working in a diverse range of contexts. It brings together those with a special interest in all those (closely...

Artificial and Human Intelligence – Call for SIG Convenor 2024-2027

This SIG seeks to bring together what are apparently disparate fields under the umbrella of intelligence as a whole, as a mechanism for supporting intra- and interdisciplinary research, leading...

Rupert Wegerif

Rupert Wegerif is a Professor of Education at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. He is also Academic Director of the Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI) at the University...

Alison Griffiths

My career began in the primary school, working across the key stages in schools located in North Wales and London. Since leaving the school classroom, I have worked in three universities and am...

Keisha Stewart

Keisha Ann Stewart is a PhD researcher and Graduate Teaching Assistant at Edge Hill University. With over two decades of experience teaching English both locally and internationally, she brings a...

The role of language models in student learning and assessment

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

Language models, such as ChatGPT, Google Bard, claude.ai and pi.ai, are artificial intelligence-powered chatbots that generate intelligent-sounding text when responding to user prompts. Students...

Chair Information

Information for chairs BERA would like to thank all chairs for their most valuable contribution to the conference. For most individual paper sessions, the final presenter for that slot will...