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Supporting Black students in Higher Education

Individual papers presented under the theme Race, Ethnicity and Education Chair: Pere Ayling IN THIS SESSION Academic reflections on experiences of BAME students in Higher Education during...

Ethics Positionality and Researcher Reflexivity

Individual papers presented under the theme Research Methodology in Education Chair: Ratha Perumal IN THIS SESSION Ethical Issues and Researcher Integrity: Balancing participant roles in...

Contesting contemporary policy in UK further education

Individual papers presented under the theme Post-Compulsory and Lifelong Learning Chair: Bill Esmond IN THIS SESSION Enriching the curriculum  Prof Liz Atkins, Associate Professor Bill...

Can we really trust socioeconomic measures used in PISA tests?

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conducts the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study of 15-year-old students’ academic achievement. In order...

School exclusions: What does research tell us about the scale of the problem and challenges?

School exclusion is a hot issue within education and there is growing concern about the numbers of exclusions and off-rolling in schools in England. In particular, a number of studies have drawn...

Philly Iglehart

Philly Iglehart is a second-year doctoral student at Plymouth Marjon University. She is interested in place-based challenges affecting school improvement, particularly in rural and coastal areas;...

Pallavi Banerjee

Pallavi Banerjee is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cambridge. Her research addresses inequalities in educational outcomes.

Nurullah Eryilmaz

Nurullah Eryilmaz is pursuing his PhD in Education at the University of Bath, and he is also a research assistant at the REAL Centre at the University of Cambridge. He holds a master’s degree...

Envisioning a gold standard: Understanding higher education institutions’ outlook for race equality policies, practices & future initiatives

Race & Education: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

Supported by BERA's Small Grants Fund, this study considered race, racism and racial equality within UK higher education institutions (HEIs). Although there has been significant progress in...

2023 BERA Masters Dissertation and Doctoral Thesis Awards Now Open

Every year BERA recognises academic excellence and rigour in research by a doctoral and masters student. This underscores our commitment to foster engagement with educational research, build...

BERA Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2022

Framing research: Theories, concepts and reflexivity in educational research

BERA ECR Network Symposium Series 2022: Framing research: Theories, concepts and reflexivity in educational research – March

BERA Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2022

I am very grateful to Yan Zhu (BERA Early Career Researcher [ECR] Regional Rep for Wales) for inviting me to act as a discussant for the March event in the BERA ECR Network Symposium Series 2022...