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Making School Design More Ethical and Useful for Teachers

When it comes to school buildings, the architect Peter Blundell Jones observed that in comparison to the “curriculum, the rule book, the head teacher’s policy, the staff hierarchy”, a...

Gender-related Violence (GRV) and Young People: Critical Responses in Research and Practice

GRV is a continuing issue in the lives of young people. Recent events include reporting widespread harassment in schools (Women and Equalities Report, 2016), the continued refusal to make PSHE...

Has business and accountability in education driven out creative curriculums leading to lack of provision of an inclusive broad-based social education for all?

The ever increasing presence of business and accountability in education at all levels to the point at which staff well-being and the real and true meaning of education has been severely damaged....

The Parlous State of Educational Research

When Donald Trump, the President of the United States of America, claimed during the recent presidential election campaign that his predecessor, President Barack Obama, ‘is the founder’ of...

The whys and why nots of taking primary pupils on a farm visit

In keeping with Scottish education historically, the importance of outdoor learning is emphasised in the Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) guidelines (Beames et al., 2009). There had been an...

How do we support beginner teachers to develop awareness and understanding of issues of social justice?

While we know that educational inequalities, often associated with social and economic disadvantage in general and with living in poverty in particular, impact on academic attainment (Cooper &...

Oxford Education Research Symposium

Registration for the 11th  and 12th Education Research Symposium is now open The  Education Research Symposium is a forum for presentation of papers and discourse by scholars who have a...

Do our universities create the political elite?

The 2017 UK general election has thrown up many interesting aspects, but if he had been elected, Jeremy Corbyn would have been just the 4th prime minister since 1945 to not be an Oxbridge...

Opportunity: BERA Publications Manager

OPPORTUNITY: BERA PUBLICATIONS MANAGER The British Educational Research Association (BERA) is expanding its core team and is looking for a Publications Manager to take on our expanding...

Complexity and education

    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.  Anyone familiar with education knows...

David Chatterjee

Finance and Governance Manager

I am BERA's Finance and Governance Manager. Contact me via d.chatterjee@bera.ac.uk David joined BERA as Finance and Administration Officer in April 2017, before moving into the role of Finance and...

Marie Moore

Events Manager

Marie manages the Annual Conference, as well as other BERA events run throughout the year include the SIG events. Working as a Project Manager at the PCO in her previous role, Marie managed a full...