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LGBTQ+ Children and Young People in Education

Individual papers presented under the theme Sexualities and Gender Chair: Richard Harris IN THIS SESSION An examination of LGBTQ+ students’ lived experiences in secondary schools Prof...

Gender diversity in the school workforce across the UK home nations

Due to the budgetary pressures of the 2008 financial crisis the then UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, announced a public sector pay freeze in 2010. In 2013 the pay freeze was...

Year 3 student career choices: Exploring societal changes in constructions of masculinity and femininity in career choice justifications

Gender stereotypes continue to play a significant role in how children imagine their future careers, and in the long term, these stereotypes may limit opportunities for both boys and girls. We...

Researching Gender & Sexuality in Educational Settings: An event for PGRs and ECRs

Online registration for this event has now closed, please email events@bera.ac.uk to register. #BERA_Sexualities&Gender @BERANews There has never been a more important time for educational...

Has Athena Swan lost its way?

The Athena Swan charter was established in 2005 to advance the careers of female academics in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM). Yet it now discourages academic...

Highlights from the first 1,000 BERA Blog posts

This series celebrates our one-thousandth BERA Blog post by republishing some of our favourites from among the posts that have proven most popular since the blog began in 2015. The collection both...

BERA Blog post #1,000

Highlights from the first 1,000 BERA Blog posts

It hardly seems possible, six years after its creation of the BERA Blog, that this is its one-thousandth post. The brainchild of BERA CEO Nick Johnson, in 2015 the BB set out to provide...

Sexualities and Gender SIG Annual Meeting

This meeting is open to Non Members to also attend. Join the Sexualities and Gender SIG annual meeting to network with colleagues, learn about the activities of the SIG over the last year and...

Conducting research during the pandemic using an ‘ethics of care’

The Covid-19 pandemic has created economic and social instability for many people in Britain and around the world. As such, we might consider it an experience of ‘collective trauma’, combining...

Inclusive Relationships, Sex and Health Education in culturally and religiously diverse communities

This episode of the BERA podcast explores the challenges and opportunities of inclusive RSHE in culturally and religiously diverse communities.

Anna Carlile

Head of the Department of Educational Studies

Anna is the Head of the Department of Educational Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. She is a former youth worker and teacher and is now a Senior Lecturer in Inclusive Education. Her...

Sexualities & Gender – SIG Convenor vacancy

Call for SIG Convenor The Sexualities & Gender SIG provides a forum for educators and researchers with interest in sexualities in the context of education to discuss theory, policy and practice...