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Joanna Haynes

Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Education Studies

Joanna Haynes is associate professor at Plymouth University Institute of Education, England. Her research interests are in community and democratic education, philosophy of childhood and...

Nathan Archer

Director of the International Montessori Institute

Dr. Nathan Archer is Director of the International Montessori Institute at Leeds Beckett University. He has a professional background as a Montessori Primary teacher and has worked in early...

Carol Wild

MA Programme Lead

Carol has worked across all phases of education as an artist, teacher, mentor, and researcher. She has led postgraduate programmes in education for many years, designing creative CPD for busy...

Todd Lubart

Todd Lubart is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Paris Descartes, France. His research focuses on creativity, with emphases on individual differences, measures of creative potential,...

James C. Kaufman

James C. Kaufman is a Professor of Educational Psychology at the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. The author/editor of 45+ books and several hundred papers, he is the...

Clare Lawrence

Clare Lawrence is the English subject lead on the secondary PGCE course at Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU). She is a graduate of York, Oxford, Northumbria, Birmingham and Sheffield Hallam...

Birth to three matters for schools: Attachment theory and readiness to learn

The role of attachment theory in education has frequently been questioned, as typified in the recent Twitter exchange on ‘edutwitter’ below. Figure 1: Anonymised screenshot of a tweet and...

Maria Stewart

Dr Maria Stewart is a Special Educational Needs (SEN) Link Officer in the Education Authority Northern Ireland and an associate lecturer at St Mary’s University College Belfast. Her PhD...

Ronan Kelly

Doctoral Researcher

Ronan Kelly is a Doctoral Researcher at Ulster University. His PhD explores language learning, identity and social cohesion for pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL) in secondary...

Predicted grades and prejudice

Across England, most secondary-level students will be receiving predicted grades at the end of this year. These grades may determine their entry into further education or a particular workforce....

Pupils with English as an Additional Language, their families and COVID-19: current challenges and finding a way forward

This episode of the BERA Podcast explores how how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted primary and post-primary pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL) and their families.

Orla Carlin

Orla Carlin is a member of the Society for Education and Training for further education teachers. She is currently enrolled on a ‘compassion for educators’ course run in conjunction with the...