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International comparative education

Education in a digital age: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

This series of reports presents the findings and recommendations of three research projects funded by BERA’s 2023/24 Small Grants Fund (SGF) on the theme ‘education in a digital age:...

When generative artificial intelligence meets academic integrity

Education in a digital age: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

Educational opportunities & challenges in a digital age

Thriving in academia: Experiences of an international early career researcher

As an international PhD student and now an early-career researcher in education in the UK, I have experienced a range of emotional states that can be compared to a rollercoaster ride. For...

What is a tutorial? Exposing the hidden curriculum of higher education

When undergraduate students start their university course their timetable probably shows a selection of lectures, seminars and tutorials, and perhaps other sessions such as workshops and...

Pressing priorities for postdoctoral employability research

The employability and professional development of PhD graduates have become somewhat hot topics in recent years, driven by an increasing association of doctoral-level skills with economic growth...

Careers and academic support for employability: What are the research gaps to support higher education learners?

Twenty years ago, we lacked comprehensive data on learner employability and faced limited funding to assess its effectiveness. However, in 2024 we possess market insights, national data and...

BERA Bites, issue 10: Employability education – learning from the present: A cross-sector view

In an era characterised by rapid technological advancements, globalisation and shifting labour market dynamics, the concept of employability has emerged as a central concern in education. As...

How can we simultaneously tackle the educational objectives of employability and social justice?

Employability has become a key metric for higher education institutions (HEIs) in the 21st century. For example, the Office for Students (OfS), the regulator of higher education provision in...

(M)othering and the PhD: Re-imagining researchers as entangled multiplicities

PhD mothers frequently find themselves under-represented, a reality reflected in social media posts, literature and academic discourse concerning their experiences. The prevalent narrative...

(Too) late to the party? Doctoral research as a mature, disabled parent-carer

I never expected to resume my academic life in my forties. So ambivalent were my feelings after my undergraduate experience that it was a decade before I embarked on a teaching qualification,...

When ‘compassion’ is not enough: An argument for adaptive critical pedagogy in higher education

Compassionate pedagogy has gained international traction in recent educational discourse, advocating for empathy, understanding and flexibility in teaching practices and settings, particularly...