Rebecca O’Connell
Rebecca O’Connell is reader in the sociology of food and families at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education.
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Julia Brannen
Julia Brannen is professor emerita of the Sociology of the Family at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education.
Rethinking how we can improve the diversity of the teaching workforce in England
The lack of black and minority ethnic (BAME) teachers and headteachers in English schools is a growing concern facing policymakers in England. In a recent conference of school leaders, Nadhim...
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Selma Dogan
Selma Dogan has served as an English language tutor in higher education institutions in Turkey and the UK for many years. She has organised workshops on teaching essays to undergraduate students...
BERA Podcast Season 3 Review
On this week's episode Nick Johnson, BERA's Chief Executive, introduces some of the best moments from season 3 of the podcast. This episode contains clips of all the interviewees throughout...
Denise Miller
Denise Miller achieved a BA in education from the University of Greenwich. She taught in primary schools for eight years before training to become an educational psychologist. After achieving an...
A snapshot of 2021
Thank you to all our members, volunteers, partners and friends for supporting our work during the past year. Please find an overview of just some of our achievements.
The BERA Blog: Highlights of 2021
Yuletide greetings and festive cheer to all our readers and authors, wherever you may be. In these challenging times we thank all of you for your continued support of and engagement with the BERA...
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BERA ECR Network Symposium Series 2021: Overcoming challenges in educational research – December
The theme for 2021 is ‘Overcoming challenges in educational research’ Discussant: Professor Pete Boyd, University of Cumbria Who is it for? The ECR Network’s symposia series is targeted...
Playful creativity
‘Intelligence is what you use when you don’t know what to do.’ (Attributed to Jean Piaget) Learning is often compromised by competitiveness (Brown & Vaughan, 2009). Bred from the...
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How children’s play has adapted over the pandemic- Yinka Olusoga and Kate Cowan
Yinka Olusoga is a historian of childhood and education in the School of Education at the University of Sheffield. Herr research focuses on the discursive construction of children and childhood in...
Kate Cowan
Kate Cowan is an early years specialist researching children’s play and communication from a multimodal perspective. Based at UCL Knowledge Lab, her research covers areas including literacy,...