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How do concepts of gender emerge in the early childhood education and care environment? Thinking with furniture?

When one thinks of a nursery or preschool, the memory of sensory experiences such as sounds, smells and colours spring to mind. Although early childhood education and care (ECEC) spaces are...

Unboxing gender in the fungi collections at the National Museum Wales

In recent years, educational research into gender and sexualities has turned to creative methodologies to respond to the widely documented difficulties for educators seeking to open up...

Should I leave ‘those kids’ alone? Determining youth participants in gender and sexuality research

In recent years, educational research in gender and sexuality has shifted its focus from studying homophobia, biphobia and transphobia to examining the normative systems that make them possible....

Build your own gender and sexualities symposium: A networking and planning event

This online event enabled members and non-members to: Meet the SIG convenors Connect with SIG members virtually through online tools such as breakout rooms, Padlet, and a shared common...

Women curriculum theorists

Feminism is a concept and a practice. As a concept feminism is polysemic, semantically contested, networked, interactive, powerful and dynamic. An important binary that has had real effects in the...

Guest editing opportunity for Research Intelligence, issue 159

The future of academic publishing

BERA Conference 2023 Awards Announced

The BERA Conference 2023 was held at the Conference Aston/ Aston University, 12-14 September 2023. We are pleased to announce the conference award winners. Please click below to view the ECR Best...

BERA Conference 2023

12 September 2023 to 14 September 2023Aston University/ Conference Aston

The BERA Conference 2023 was held on the 12th-14th September 2023 at Conference Aston/Aston University. Keynote speakers included: Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith. The conference ended with three...

Sexualities Convenor 2023-2026

The Sexualities & Gender SIG provides a forum to critically engage with how gender and sexuality research matters in the inter-disciplinary field of education and how this research can inform...

Images from the edges

Learning for all: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

Girls’ experiences of being at risk of permanent exclusion

‘I just want them to feel safe and enjoy PE’: Experiences of teaching gender-questioning students in sport, physical activity and dance

In its 2018 LGBT Action Plan, the UK government made a commitment to publishing updated guidance for schools on how to apply the Equality Act 2010 regarding gender-questioning pupils. In July 2019...

Pride, Prejudice and Sensitivity: being and becoming a gender and sexuality education researcher and academic

Responding to feedback from our previous event on ‘what next for the SIG’, this themed workshop provided an opportunity for PGRs and ECRs to discuss what it means to survive and thrive as a...