Publication series
This series of reports presents the findings and recommendations of three research projects funded by BERA’s 2023/24 Small Grants Fund (SGF) on the theme ‘education in a digital age: perspectives from policy and practice’. The aim of this year’s SGF was to support projects which explored different aspects of the way in which digital technology and practices are changing education, with a particular emphasis on how this impacts on practitioners and policymakers.
The three reports are as follows:
When generative artificial intelligence meets academic integrity: Educational opportunities & challenges in a digital age, Achala Gupta
How (post)digital are schools?, Michael Jopling & Tamzin Nobes
From optimism to caution: An analysis of the seemingly balanced policy discourse on artificial intelligence in education, Lulu P. Shi & Ted Palenski
Through the SGF, BERA awards funding annually to research on a different, pressing theme each year with the intention that each project will:
Lecturer at University of Southampton
Achala Gupta’s research focuses on investigating educational issues sociologically. Her published work has explored practices and processes involving education delivery systems (formal and supplementary) and schooling practices in Asia (India...
Professor of Education at University of Brighton
Michael Jopling is Professor of Education at the University of Brighton. He writes about and researches issues including education policy, vulnerable families and young people, collaborative school leadership and improvement, and (post)digital...
University Tutor & Research Assistant at University of Brighton
Tamzin Nobes is a qualified primary school teacher and during her career she has taught in early years foundation stage, key stage 1 and key stage 2. She has held subject leadership roles in computing, science and religious education, and has...
Lecturer at University of Oxford
Lulu Shi’s research focuses on digital education from a sociological perspective. Her work investigates the role of EdTech firms – who can be seen as the architects behind the technology – in shaping education by considering the...
PhD Student at University of Glasgow
Ted Palenski is currently completing his PhD at the University of Glasgow, under the ESRC project Digital Citizenship: Data Ethics in the Classroom and Beyond. His research explores the uses of digital technology in schools across the UK, with a...
Educational opportunities & challenges in a digital age
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...
An analysis of the seemingly balanced policy discourse on artificial intelligence in education
Through our Small Grants Fund, BERA awards funding annually to research on a different, pressing theme each year, with the intention that each project will: make important contributions to the...
An analysis of the seemingly balanced policy discourse on artificial intelligence in education
Educational opportunities & challenges in a digital age
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...
