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BERA Elections – BERA Council 2021

BERA is pleased to invite interested members to stand as candidates in the 2021 BERA Council Elections. There are two vacancies on our Council, (Board of Trustees). These positions would begin on...

The BERA ECR Network presents: Academic Writing and Publishing Experiences from an ECR

In this episode of the BERA Podcast Dr Yang Hu speaks to ECR Network Convenors Dr Oliver Hooper and Dr Yuwei Xu to share his experiences of publishing both during and after his PhD.

The BERA Annual Conference goes digital

The year 2020 will be remembered as one that brought many changes to both our personal and professional lives. It also gave us the opportunity to reflect on what is important to us: visits to our...

Mental Health, Wellbeing & Education SIG Annual Meeting

Join the Mental Health, Wellbeing & Education SIG annual meeting to network with colleagues, learn about the activities of the SIG over the last year and plans for 2021   This meeting will be...

Why open educational resources are failing to widen access to education

Open educational resources (OERs) are learning, teaching and research materials in any format and medium that are freely available in the public domain. Current discussions about OERs are...

Helen Beddow

Content Manager

Helen is Emerald’s Content Manager for impact services working on new resources to help immerse researchers and staff within the research office into impact culture.

Irina Rets

Dr Irina Rets is a doctoral researcher in educational technology at the Open University (UK). She also holds a doctorate in applied linguistics from Volgograd State University (Russia). Her...

Not another Cinderella story: Reflections on a collaboration to tell and imagine past, present and future stories of FE

For just over five years a unique project has examined the situation of further education (FE), mainly in England but also elsewhere in the UK, Australia and Ireland. The FE sector in England...

Neil Short

Director

Neil Short began his teaching in 1968 and his career in schools included three headships, the first of which was in a small school. In 2000 he began work as a consultant in a wide range of...

Ian Luke

Pro Vice Chancellor, Academic

As Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) I am responsible for strategic and academic development. I have cross-institutional responsibility for Learning & teaching. I have worked in several regions...

Andy Wolfe

Deputy Chief Education Officer

Andy oversees the programmes, networks and research of the Church of England Foundation for Educational Leadership – www.cefel.org.uk working with thousands of school leaders across the UK. He...

Sonia Blandford

CEO

Professor Sonia Blandford is one of the country’s foremost experts on social mobility and author of the influential publication: ‘Born to Fail?: Social Mobility and the Working Class’. Sonia...