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Research Ethics Case Studies: 2. Researcher wellbeing & international fieldwork

Research Ethics Case Studies 2019

Focussing on an early-career researcher embarking on her first academic role, this second entry in BERA’s  Research Ethics Case Studies series considers the ethical issues that arise not only...

Internationalisation Webinar: What does an internationalised curriculum look like?

The internationalisation webinar series has been running since 2007 as part of an initiative organised by Dr Joanna Al-Youssef (University of Nottingham). It is an open event during which...

Internationalisation Webinar: What does an internationalised curriculum look like?

The panel consists of: Dr Craig Whitsed, Curtin University, Australia Dr Carine Ullom, Ottawa University, US Dr Krishna Bista, Morgan State University, US Dr Shyam Sharma, Stoney Brook...

Autumn 2019

New perspectives on international, intercultural and global education

Should arts learning be ‘left to the community’? How the experiences of homeschoolers are shining a light on classroom arts learning

Although there exists a significant body of empirical evidence that demonstrates the value of the arts in education (Bamford, 2006; Ewing, 2010; Unesco, 2010), they nevertheless continue to be...

Twins and the relationship between homework and the academic progress of children: A Spanish case study

A wide range of literature has found that homework is positive for students’ academic achievement (see for example Murillo & Martínez-Garrido, 2013; Fernández-Alonso, Álvarez-Díaz,...

Culturally appropriate pedagogy in comparative contexts

Culture varies across different contexts, and so does pedagogy. The nexus of culture and pedagogy was one of the themes extensively discussed at the recent Comparative and International Education...

Critical thinking: An ambiguous concept in educational policy contexts

What is the role of transnational and national education policies in the realisation of critical thinking?

Nicola Savvides

Senior Lecturer in International Education

I am a Senior Lecturer in International Education and joined the Department for Education at the University of Bath in September 2017. I am Director of Studies for the MA International Education...

Pinky Jain

Senior Lecturer

Pinky Jain is Head of Teacher Education in the Carnegie School of Education. She has research interests in trainee teachers, exploring how they can be developed and supported to attain...

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...

Claire Needler

Claire Needler is an ethnology PhD student in the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen. Her current research area is contemporary use of the Scots language among young people in the north...