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English as an additional language in schools: What are the Labour government’s priorities?

In this blog post I would like to raise a number of questions for the new government about English as an additional language in schools: What should the new Labour government do to reinstate...

Harnessing the power of poetry in academic research – the author’s use of poetry as a tool for analysis

BERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting

This blog post focuses on my approach to using poetry as an analytical tool in a recent empirical study. There is an exciting body of research highlighting the potential for incorporating poetry...

Curriculum in a Changing World

50 think pieces on education, policy, practice, innovation & inclusion

Guest editing opportunity for Research Intelligence, issue 162

International comparative education

BERJ Early Career Reviewer Scheme: Call for mentors

The British Educational Research Journal (BERJ) is pleased to launch its Early Career Reviewer Scheme that aims to build early career researchers’ capacities in academic peer reviewing. This...

BERA Educational Research Book of the Year

This award celebrates the publication of educational research and is awarded to a scholarly book on education deemed to be high quality, engaging and innovative.

Review of Education: Call for ‘State-of-Play’ special issues (2024)

The editors of the Review of Education (RoE) intend to publish a number of ‘State-of-Play' (SoP) special issues during their tenure, which commenced in January 2024. They are therefore seeking...

The BERA Guides: Critical Insights into Educational Research and Practice

Short, research-informed yet accessible introductions to key, interdisciplinary topics impacting education research and practice

The future of AI in English language teaching and learning

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

Artificial intelligence (AI) can bring immediate and long-term benefits, but also challenges and risks to education systems (UNESCO, 2023). This is a hotly contested topic in English language...

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...

Human superpowers: Talking in class

The spoken word wields immense power. Everyday conversation is the basis of human relationships: communication underpins collaboration, the engine that facilitated the success of our species...

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better (Beckett, 1983): GCSE English students’ relationship with failure

The pressure to ‘fail better’ weighs heavy in GCSE English resit classrooms, echoing Samuel Beckett’s famous words from Worstward Ho. However, this oft-repeated mantra, stripped of its...