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OXBOW Schools…and worse

What name would you give to a school or group of schools that won’t share? ‘Oxbow’ sounds a good name to me, after those lakes that were once part of the mainstream but are now cut off to...

Preventing Schooling: Muslims, Securitisation and Racialised Politics

The London bombings, 10 years ago this year, radically transformed the education policy framing of Muslim communities in Britain. The events signified a radical shift away from the politics of...

Academic educationalists need to engage with teachers online or risk being side lined

As a teacher in Further Education (FE), I read a cross section of teacher blogs and engage with the debate that is burgeoning on social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook and the new blogging...

How can educational researchers respond to the refugee crisis?

Building on discussions at ECER 2015 in Budapest, BERA members and delegates used the opportunity of being gathered at the annual conference in Belfast to discuss how they might individually and...

DfE Consultation on teachers’ professional development

The English DfE's Teachers’ Professional Development Expert Group is developing a standard for teachers’ professional development.They would like to hear about what makes for effective...

Schools’ use of technology linked to lower pupil test scores

Further questions about the impact of technology in the classroom are being raised today, as new research links frequent computer usage to lower test scores.A study being presented to BERA by Dr...

Number of children classed as having special needs falling dramatically

Number of children classed as having special needs falling dramatically

The number of children registered as having special educational needs is dropping sharply as schools in England respond to government policy changes and possibly, also, to pressures on their...

GTCNI Lecture 2015

The GTCNI Lecture 2015BEYOND IMPROVEMENT... an agenda for policy makers and the teaching professionPresented byProf Graham HC Donaldson CB MA MEd FRSAProfessor Graham Donaldson is an...

Speakers

Professor Siân Bayne   Sian is Professor of Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh, based in the Moray House School of Education. She directs the Centre for Research in Digital...

Conference 2015 photo gallery

Tuesday 15 September 2015 Please scroll through for all photos Wednesday 16 September 2015 Please scroll through for all photos Wednesday 16 September 2015 - Titanic Dinner Please...

Presenter and Chair Information

Information for presenters All presenters must register at the registration desk on arrival and check in at the speaker preview room. All meeting rooms will have a data projector, PC (PowerPoint...