BERA Neurodivergent Researchers Network – Coffee Hour
This event was the inaugural meeting of the BERA Neurodivergent Researchers Network! We invited all neurodivergent individuals and allies to come together for our launch meeting to meet, chat,...
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Editorial: Exploring issues in secondary subject English: Reconnecting curriculum, policy and practice
The Victorian writer, philosopher and critic, John Ruskin, once invited his readers to ‘Commiserate [with] the hapless Board School child, shut out from dreamland and poetry, and prematurely...
Continue reading blog postRuth Till
Ruth Till is a postgraduate researcher at the University of Birmingham with 13 years’ experience in secondary schools. Her research interests are initial teacher education, teacher identity,...
Exploring issues in secondary subject English: Reconnecting curriculum, policy and practice
Evidence suggests that opportunities for students to enjoy talk, reading and writing in the subject of English are increasingly delimited in maintained secondary schools in England. The pressures...
Helen Carr
Helen Carr is a lecturer in Secondary History Education at the University of Birmingham with two decades of experience working in and with secondary schools. Her particular interests are in...
Donna Dawkins
Donna Dawkins is an associate professor in Science Education with a specialism in biology teaching and learning at the University of Birmingham. She has extensive secondary science teaching and...
‘Disciplinary consciousness’ and English
What is a discipline and why does it matter? Knowing about our disciplines is more and more important given the increasingly generic demands of teaching and assessment, the proliferating ‘lethal...
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Helen Crompton
Dr Helen Crompton is Executive Director of the Research Institute for Digital Innovation in Learning (RIDIL) at ODUGlobal and a professor of Instructional Technology at Old Dominion University...
An ideological wolf lurking in the metaphorical sheep’s clothing? The importance of metaphor analysis in English education
In the current era of regulation and regimentation, English teachers’ sense of professionalism is constrained by their ‘policy’ identities (Ball, 2003). Their sense of subject exists within...
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Neenaz Ichaporia
Neenaz Ichaporia is EdTech Lead at the British Council, currently based in Mumbai, India. She ensures quality standards and innovation in EdTech for English language teacher (ELT) development. She...
Decline and fall? Students’ perspectives on A-level English at 16
English A-level1 is in steady decline. In England, student numbers have dropped from 83,000 in 2013 to 54,000 in 2023. Research involving teachers suggests that the current GCSE specifications and...
Continue reading blog postAdam Edmett
Dr Adam Edmett is Head of EdTech Innovation for the British Council and currently based in Doha, Qatar. Adam has 27 years’ experience in English language teaching and digital learning...
