What are the drivers to inspire more girls to study computer science?

As our 21st century society evolves, computer science (CS) proves fundamental (Cotteleer & Sniderman, 2018) to our global communities’ economic growth, national security, sustainability and...

BERA Research Commission 2019/2020 – Competing Discourses of Early Childhood Education and Care

The first BERA Research Commission was Competing Discourses of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC): Tensions, Impacts and Democratic Alternatives across the UK’s four jurisdictions, led by...

Connecting and the Curriculum: Reflections from Northern Ireland on joining the dots

Reimagining a curriculum for teacher knowledge

As a teacher educator in Northern Ireland I was privileged to reflect about connecting learning, connecting times and cultures and, not least, connecting people, at the recent ‘Re-imagining a...

Remaking the curriculum of early-career teacher education

Reimagining a curriculum for teacher knowledge

As attention in England turns to the Early Career Framework, four expert authors consider the recent progress made in advancing professional learning in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

The impact of the prevent duty on schools: What does the evidence tell us?

The UK government has become influential in the field of countering violent extremism (CVE), and Kundnani and Hayes (2018) document how its legislation and policy framework has been exported...

What next for curriculum?

People are talking about curriculum again. Not just literacy and maths, but the whole curriculum. What’s more, there seems to be a real appetite for these discussions: organisations as diverse...

Faith schools, ‘twinning’ and inclusivity: what can England learn from Northern Ireland?

Following the release of the Department for Education’s Green Paper, “Schools That Work For Everyone”, commentary in the media and among educational commentators has focused primarily on the...

BERA/TACTYC 2016 Academic and User Reviews: Early Childhood Education Keynote symposium

Members of the Early Childhood SIG are presenting the BERA/TACTYC Academic Review of Early Childhood Education, bringing together specialists in BERA and TACTYC (Association for Professional...

Can We Stop It? Yes We Can! Stamping Out English Cultural “imperialism”

I subscribe to The London Review of Books (LRB). The main article on May 7th 2015 was about free schools and academies. It provoked a vigorous debate (on 21/5. 4/6 and 18/6) with serious...

Post 2015 general election thoughts…

In the post 2015 general election period there are a range of issues that we as researchers need to think about when we are writing about education policy. Let me illuminate these with one...

Prospects for Education Research in Education Departments in Higher Education Institutions in the UK

Final report of the BERA–UCET Working Group on Education Research

Research and Teacher Education

Research and the Teaching Profession: Building the Capacity for a Self-Improving Education System concludes that teachers across the UK should be supported to become research literate. This...