Collaborative learning within custodial education

The benefits of collaborative learning are clearly outlined in educational discourse, including: increased achievements, widening knowledge, improvement in teamwork skills and deeper critical...

Inequalities in the discipline of education in UK higher education

Across the globe, quantitative measures in higher education (HE) are drawn upon to identify, monitor and address structural inequalities. Countries differ in their conceptions of in/equality. The...

Editorial: A new ecology of higher education: Disability, access, participation and belonging

A new ecology of higher education: Disability, access, participation and belonging

On 25 May 2022, Plymouth Institute of Education ran an international webinar, ‘Matters of “access” and “disability”: exploring and affecting systemic and cultural change in and for...

Disabled students’ allowance: Enabling through degrees?

A new ecology of higher education: Disability, access, participation and belonging

The disabled students’ allowance (DSA) is a grant designed to remove barriers and improve participation in higher education of students with disabilities. The objectives of the policy are...

A new ecology of higher education: Disability, access, participation and belonging

This special issue of the BERA Blog aims to push higher education towards a new ecology that embraces the values and voices of disabled students, and places inclusion and equity at the forefront...

BERA Brian Simon Fund

BERA is pleased to issue a call for applications for a new grants scheme supported by use of the Brian Simon fellowship fund. These grants are made possible due to a gift from the family of Brian...

Education: The State of the Discipline. Staff equality in UK higher education

An exploration of existing statistical data relating to staff equality in UK higher education

School location and distributed leadership in the United Kingdom

Distributed leadership has increased in popularity worldwide (Harris & Spillane, 2008). Research has been conducted across a diverse range of countries on distributed leadership and its...

Where are the teachers’ voices in the reform of early career teacher induction?

England continues to have a long-standing problem with recruiting and retaining teachers. Despite high-profile policy discourses such as those in the 2022 initial teacher training (ITT) market...

Decolonising curriculum knowledge: A scholarly journey from the local, to national and international perspectives

I began decolonising curriculum knowledge 25 years ago. The tragic murder of the Black British teenager Stephen Lawrence in 1993 was the catalyst of my activism in education, research, teaching...

Editorial: Education research: Northern Ireland

Education research: Northern Ireland

Education in Northern Ireland (NI) is characterised by segregation along religious/sectarian lines underpinned by a long history of religious tensions and fractured politics. Ninety-three per...

A new agenda for teacher education research in Northern Ireland

Education research: Northern Ireland

The importance of teachers has long been recognised as central not only to the educational and personal development of children but also to societal wellbeing and economic growth (OECD, 2018)....