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Pamela-Zoe Topalli

Pamela-Zoe Topalli is a doctoral researcher and a university teacher in the Department of Teacher Education at University of Turku, Finland. She is a licensed psychologist with a diploma degree in...

BERA Statement on the Initial Teacher Training Market Review Report

BERA is extremely concerned about the recommendations made in the Initial Teacher Training Market Review Report (MRR) commissioned by the Department for Education. We are particularly troubled...

Craft elicitation: Connecting and finding meaning through craft

'The eldest ones said that the laughter and tears are sewn right into the quilt, part and parcel, stitch by stitch. Emotions, experiences, heartbreak, mourning, pain and regret, stitched into the...

Learning from lockdown: Experiences of autistic children and young people and their families

Research on the Covid-19 pandemic draws attention to its unequal impacts on differently positioned families, particularly highlighting the acute struggles of disadvantaged families (see for...

Teaching English when schools are closed: Experiences & lessons learned

Education & Covid-19: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

Following their closure to most students in March 2020, schools in England addressed the pedagogical challenge of remote learning using approaches that varied according not only to school culture...

Caroline Larmour

Caroline Larmour was a lecturer at the University of Cumbria (working with children and families) and a community-based practitioner responsible for co-ordinating the Baby Bundles outreach...

Lauren Larmour

Lauren Larmour is a specialist youth worker, qualified teacher and artist. She is continuing the Baby Bundles outreach programme started by her mother, Caroline Larmour.

Mathematics Education SIG Convenor Vacancy

BERA invites expressions of interest from those who would like to act as a convenor or co-convenor(s) of the Mathematics Education SIG The SIG is linked to the British Society for Research into...

The impact of Covid-19 on children in early years settings

In April 2020, senior managers from Kids Planet Day Nurseries[1] approached researchers at York St John University to explore the impact of Covid-19 on the young children in their care. Two...

How has Covid-19 affected how teacher educators engage their students in learning?

Education & Covid-19: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

This report presents a mixed-methods investigation of how Covid-19 affected the ways in which teacher educators in Wales engaged their students with learning, and how the switch to online delivery...

Thinking like a teacher: Is the early career framework the answer to early career teachers’ prayers?

It’s a declaration that every teacher educator has heard from their trainees: ‘I’ve passed all the teaching standards so now I am a teacher!’ The current structure of teacher education...

The BERA ECR Network presents: Conversation as a form of inclusive research

This episode of the BERA Podcast is the fourth in a series of podcasts focusing on Alternative Research Methods in Higher Education. Sharon Smith engages with Dr Sin Wang Chong to discuss how...