Have Your Say: BERA Member Survey 2024
BERA is striving to continuously improve our services and better support our community of educational researchers. To help achieve this, we are launching the 2024 Member Survey, and we want to...
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Learning apart: An introduction to the Northern Ireland education system
The education system in Northern Ireland has many strengths. Teaching is valued as a career and the profession is generally held in high esteem in the community. Teacher education has remained...
Continue reading blog postJourneys beyond the divide: duplication, sustainability and choice in Northern Ireland’s education system
In an old Irish joke, a ‘city-slicker’ lost in the countryside asking for directions is advised, ‘If I were you, I wouldn’t start from here.’ This mirrors the complicated tale of the...
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Religion and education in Northern Ireland
Denominational Christianity is woven into the fabric of education in Northern Ireland (NI). Catholic, Presbyterian, Anglican and Methodist Churches, all Christian, are embedded in the framework...
Continue reading blog postAssessment at 11? Questioning the impact of academic selection in Northern Ireland
Imagine undergoing a high stakes education assessment at the age of 11, and that result dictating many of the options available to you for the rest of your life. The detrimental impact of academic...
Continue reading blog postEditorial – Unpacking the complexities and challenges of education in Northern Ireland: stimulating debate with Ulster University’s Transforming Education project
The rationale for how education operates is often contentious. There are varying views about academic selection, politicians disparage some degrees while lauding others, private schools’...
Continue reading blog postCitizenship education in Northern Ireland: an opportunity for transformation squandered?
The Independent Review of Education in Northern Ireland asserts that ‘education is the greatest investment any society makes in its own future’, bringing ‘societal benefits’ (Independent...
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Koulla Yiasouma
Koulla Yiasouma is a qualified social worker and worked as a probation officer in England. She established the first 24-hour telephone helpline for women who were experiencing domestic abuse in...
Matthew Milliken
Dr Matthew Milliken was a research assistant in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences at Ulster University, and is now an independent researcher. He is a former youth worker with a...
Sally Cook
Sally Cook is Course Director for the PgCert/PgDip/MSc in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at Ulster University, which has been running since 1999. Her teaching focuses on the science,...
Autism: The benefits of Monotropism and Flow States and its applications for the classroom
Despite the surge of the neurodiversity movement and tremendous efforts by schools, parents and SEND specialists, negative connotations around autism still pervade. One need only to look towards...
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BERA Public Engagement and Impact Award
The BERA Public Engagement and Impact Award recognises and celebrates the impact of research and practice in the education community and how both have demonstrably engaged the public.
