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Young women have more career choices but why more anxiety?

BERA Conference 2023

Despite efforts to improve careers education, it is still seen to be largely ineffective. In addition, young people’s career aspirations have changed little in recent decades. OECD data from...

Education, mental wellbeing and the cost-of-living crisis: Bridging research and practice

The rising cost of living is causing high levels of stress and concern for millions of households. For educators, poverty is tangible in the growing numbers of hungry, cold and tired pupils...

Dyslexia misconceptions among dyslexia assessors

Dyslexia is a learning difficulty characterised by challenges in reading and spelling despite adequate learning opportunities, and in the absence of other cognitive (such as ADHD) or sensory...

School-based interventions for promoting social capabilities among students: Findings from a scoping review

In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the importance of holistic student development (Ansari, 2022; Rogers & Dawson, 2016). This shift arises from the limitations of focusing...

Learning for all: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

This series of reports presents the findings and recommendations of six research projects funded by BERA’s 2022/23 Small Grants Fund (SGF) on the theme ‘learning for all’. The projects...

Food banks in schools

Learning for all: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

Exploring the impact on children’s learning

Images from the edges

Learning for all: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

Girls’ experiences of being at risk of permanent exclusion

Grief matters

Learning for all: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

Exploring the impact of bereavement & grief on learning for all

How South Koreans remember tragedy through education

In the wake of tragic events, whether caused by natural or human-made hazards, education has a critical role to play as a beacon of hope, a catalyst for healing, and a pathway to resilience (Park,...

‘Being well’ and ‘doing well’: Exploring the relationship between student and teacher wellbeing

There is a tendency to see teacher wellbeing and student wellbeing as competing concerns in school leadership and culture. What teacher wellbeing and student wellbeing have in common is the...

Research interrupted: Reflections on school-based interventions during Covid-19

Covid-19 posed challenges for school life and for school research. It made researchers rethink the purposes and methodologies of scientific projects (DeMatthews et al., 2020). This was also true...

Pedagogical differences between school and university styles of study? The urgent need for information

There are many things about university which go unsaid with students. Academics write about them a lot; but the complaints, concerns and empirical and theoretical research about the university and...