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Oscar Wilde is often quoted as suggesting that “there is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” Perhaps a corollary is that the worse...
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Keith Taber
In the wake of the Westminster Bridge attack (22/3/2017), teachers around the country face pupils’ questions and attempt to offer explanations that they, like everyone else, are unprepared for....
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Anna Lockley-Scott
BERA commissioned Andrew Pollard, Chair of the Education sub-panel in the last REF exercise, to draft our response to the HEFCE consultation on the second Research Excellence Framework. This was...
News28 Mar 2017
I have established a strong portfolio in the Game Science domain based on research and innovation carried out at Coventry University’s Serious Games Institute and Disruptive Media Learning Lab....
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Sylvester Arnab
Children in public, or Local Authority (LA) care, known in the U.K as looked-after children (LAC), often find remaining in education a challenge, are twice as likely to be permanently excluded,...
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Elisabeth Parker
Since devolution in 1999, the Welsh Government has developed a distinctive programme of education reform which needs to be underpinned by a strong evidence base. However, while the need for...
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Sally Power
It’s never been a safer time to be a child, in statistical terms, yet the perception is often very different. One reason for this is that people aren’t always very clear about the function of...
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Sandra Leaton Gray
Midlands Symposium: Prof. Qing Gu, University of Nottingham This event is now fully booked, however there are still bursary places available. Please complete the application...
Past event
Education policy studies has benefited greatly from work that interplays documents and interviews, where meanings and explanations are generated from the critical deployment of conceptual tools....
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Helen Gunter
Online registration has now closed. If you want to attend this event, please email events@bera.ac.uk for details of how to register onsite. This relaxed and friendly day event at Newman...
Past event10 Mar 2017
Governments in countries around the world are applying standards-based reforms to education in attempts to achieve future economic prosperity and social cohesion (Levin, 2010; Rizvi & Lingard,...
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Lisl Fenwick
On March 10th 2017, at Newman University, UK, an event attempting to better understand the interface of neuroscience and alternative education occurs. What happens? Well as we write this the event...