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2024 BERA Council Elections – Results Announced

Following a competitive election comprising of worthy candidates for the position of BERA council member, we are delighted to announce three new members of BERA council.  The successful...

Hannah Baumeister

Dr Hannah Baumeister joined Liverpool John Moores University as a Lecturer in Law in September 2021. Prior to this, she worked as a lecturer, teaching fellow, research assistant and tutor in...

Alex Carabine

Degrees of difference: Exploring degree-award gaps

At the BERA Conference 2023 our symposium was the first to examine attainment disparities in racially minoritised university students. Four papers showed how interpersonal relationships,...

Leading Women in Higher Education

In this Leading Women seminar, we will investigate the intersections of gender, race, and geolocation in shaping women’s experiences of leadership in Higher Education. We aim to identify...

A hidden curriculum of certainty: Inadequate education in an uncertain world

As educators in university education departments, we want to teach about the complex and contested nature of education and society. Furthermore, we are very conscious that our planetary...

Leading Women in Higher Education

In this Leading Women seminar, we investigated the intersections of gender, race, and geolocation in shaping women's experiences of leadership in Higher Education. We aimed to identify...

English in Multi Academy Trusts: the changing shape of the subject and its impact on teachers

In light of the DfE’s concern for teacher workload, seen through the Working Lives of Teachers and Leaders report, the government’s stated objective of making all schools academies by 2030,...

Orkun Yetkili

Dr Orkun Yetkili is a senior lecturer in Psychology at the University of Westminster (UoW). He is one of the BME Network’s research, learning and development officers and a member of the...

Deborah Husbands

Dr Deborah Husbands is a Chartered Psychologist and Reader in Psychology at the University of Westminster. She is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and an Associate Fellow of the...

English in Multi Academy Trusts: the changing shape of the subject and its impact on teachers

In light of the DfE’s concern for teacher workload, seen through the Working Lives of Teachers and Leaders report, the government’s stated objective of making all schools academies by 2030,...

Coherent lives: Making sense of adoptees’ experiences in education through narrative identity

‘Who am I? Where do I fit in? What do I want to be?’ These are common questions we associate with adolescent development. For young people who have left care through adoption, these questions...