As we move into the post-pandemic world, one word is becoming increasingly prevalent as a measure of people’s preparedness: resilience. Within a populist paradigm, the ability to ‘bounce...
Yang Hu is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, UK. He obtained his PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge (October 2015). His research focuses on...
Dr Deirdre Niamh Duffy is a Reader in Critical Social Policy at Manchester Metropolitan University. She specialises in feminist theory, political organising, and evaluation research. Her monograph...
In a BERA Blog this week,Julie Stirrup, Oliver Hooper, Rachel Sandford, Jo Harris,Ash Casey and Lorraine Cale from Loughborough University argue that the marginalisation of PE within the...
Bianca J. Baldridge is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. As a sociologist of education, Bianca’s scholarship...
Student-derived data remains a source of university intelligence and an arbiter of national quality assessment. But survey fatigue among students poses an enduring challenge as it can result in...
Rebecca Crutchley is a senior lecturer in early childhood studies at the University of East London (UEL), and is the early childhood and special education programme leader. Her research interests...
When we went into ‘lockdown’ because of the Covid-19 pandemic, and were denied access to face-to-face education, educators had to swiftly improvise. By transferring existing educational...
Long before Covid-19 altered the way learning and teaching takes place, the subject of physical education (PE) was somewhat marginalised in the school curriculum. Within the UK, as elsewhere,...
Aspa Baroutsis (PhD) is a senior lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Education. She is known nationally for her research in media sociology, focused on portrayals of teachers, teaching, and...
Dawn Bennett is John Curtin Distinguished Professor of Higher Education and director of the Developing Employability and Creative Workforce Initiatives at Curtin University, Australia. Her...