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How (post)digital are schools?

Education in a digital age: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

The use of digital media and technologies in schools increased gradually and then suddenly when the Covid-19 pandemic forced us all online. A growing body of research has emerged in the last...

What is a tutorial? Exposing the hidden curriculum of higher education

When undergraduate students start their university course their timetable probably shows a selection of lectures, seminars and tutorials, and perhaps other sessions such as workshops and...

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...

When ‘compassion’ is not enough: An argument for adaptive critical pedagogy in higher education

Compassionate pedagogy has gained international traction in recent educational discourse, advocating for empathy, understanding and flexibility in teaching practices and settings, particularly...

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...

Rooted learning: Education for roots and wings

Amid the timeless debate on the purpose of education, it strikes me that dominant perspectives on all sides continue to be crafted through the lens of future-focused production (Sleeter, 2015)....

How can we use GenAI pedagogically? Can we be led by (graduate) learning outcomes?

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

GenAI and its pedagogical potential The introduction of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has sparked a debate in the higher education sector about its benefits and pitfalls, as well as...

Building a secure future: The role of secondary education in cyber security preparedness

In today's digital world, cyber security, that is ‘how individuals and organisations reduce the risk of cyber attack’ (National Cyber Security Centre, 2024), has become a paramount concern....

Education and the climate crisis: A curriculum for sustainability

A BERA Blog special issue from the British Curriculum Forum

Editorial: Education and the climate crisis: A curriculum for sustainability – A BERA Blog special issue from the British Curriculum Forum

Over recent years, the climate crisis has become an accepted scientific fact, and around the world, children and young people have become some of the most vociferous activists for a more...

The double dividend of sustainable school food

Sustainability means different things to different people, depending on where they live and what they do, so context is king. In our work on sustainable foodscapes, we use the idea of a ‘double...