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Fostering curiosity and inclusivity through early years creative encounters in a museum

Young children relish the opportunity to explore new spaces, especially when unusual and unexpected. A growing body of literature about the value of museums and art to the youngest members of the...

Dyslexia and artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

Most readers will now most probably have heard of ChatGPT. For some this word may fill us with hope and anticipation. Others may tremble. Before we describe the potential applications of ChatGPT...

PLENARY: Educational justice through inclusion: Promising practices and hopeful futures

IN THIS SESSION Educational justice through inclusion: Promising practices and hopeful futures Elizabeth Walton1, Sally Elton-Chalcraft2, Deborah Sabric3, Amber Fensham-Smith4, Vini...

BERA Conference 2023

12 September 2023 to 14 September 2023Aston University/ Conference Aston

The BERA Conference 2023 was held on the 12th-14th September 2023 at Conference Aston/Aston University. Keynote speakers included: Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith. The conference ended with three...

Family transitions, ‘special’ education and home education

BERA Conference 2023

In the decade before the first Covid-19 lockdown, the numbers of children deregistered from school to begin home education increased annually (ADCS, 2021). Concomitantly – as noted by Ofsted...

Widening participation in higher education: Reforming infographics beyond the visual through the eyes of sports coaching students

BERA Conference 2023

In this blog post, I explore the value of infographics beyond their visual aspect for widening participation students. The post draws on my PhD research, which focuses on the value of infographics...

Guest editing opportunity for Research Intelligence, issue 158

Unheard voices in education research

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...

Survey of dyslexia identification methods

Learning for all: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

Supported by BERA’s 2022/23 Small Grants Fund, this project sought to understand assessment procedures that professionals across the UK employ to identify students with dyslexia. Through a...

‘SEN Co’ or ‘SEN Do’? The future of special educational needs co-ordination without postgraduate study

BERA Conference 2023

Over the past 40 years the role and identity of the special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCo) in England has changed significantly from the remedial teacher pre 1980s to specialist teacher...

Call for reviewers for landmark BERA & BCF publication

BERA and the British Curriculum Forum (BCF) are currently editing an exciting landmark publication, Curriculum in a changing world: 50 think pieces on education policy, practice, innovation &...

A New Ecology of Higher Education: Disability, Access, Participation, and Belonging

Successfully attending higher education has become increasingly crucial for better work and life prospects. However, disabled students are likely to take longer to complete a degree (OfS, 2020a),...