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Mike Seal

Professor of Education and Social Mobility

I have three part-time roles: Director of the Centre for Research into the Education of Marginalised Children and Young Adults (CREMCYA) and Professor of Youth and Community Education at St Mary's...

Influencing student aspiration levels in FE and HE colleges: Does anybody care?

I am currently researching student aspiration levels at further and higher education colleges in England. Quaglia and Cobb (1996, 127) suggest that a student's aspirations can be defined as their...

What we can learn from degree apprenticeships and work-integrated learning

The British government’s introduction of degree apprenticeships (DAs) in 2015 marked a turning point in the delivery of both higher and vocational education in England. When announcing the...

Knowledge and expertise in technical and vocational education

This event has now been postponed. To be kept updated on when this will be reschedule for, please email events@bera.ac.uk. The knowledge that students engage with in vocational courses and...

Post-Compulsory and Lifelong Learning – SIG Convenor vacancy

This SIG aims to facilitate and stimulate debate amongst researchers in the field and assist them in communicating their work to inform understanding and to influence post-compulsory and lifelong...

Enabling research in post-16 and beyond

During my continuing professional development (CPD) evaluating digital learning in the further education (FE) environment a valuable piece of research emerged, which referenced Laurillard’s...

Independent educational researchers: Untying knots of ethical issues and gaining ethical approval

At the request of the Independent Researchers’ Forum (IRF), BERA recently hosted a vibrant event aimed at independent researchers. The topic, ‘Ethical Issues and gaining ethical approval’,...

Bill Esmond

Associate Professor

Bill Esmond is Professor of Professional Education and Training at the University of Derby. His work examines the policies, structures, institutions and discourses that shape the spaces and...

Post-Compulsory and Lifelong Learning – SIG Convenor vacancy

Call for SIG Convenor The Post-Compulsory and Lifelong Learning SIG aims:  to facilitate and stimulate debate amongst researchers in the field and assist them in communicating their work to...

Do you work in a school or in further education and have an interest in widening participation?

Professor Colin McCaig (Sheffield Hallam University) and Dr Jon Rainford (Open University) are guest-editing an upcoming special issue of BERA’s Research Intelligence magazine on the theme of...

Winter 2019

The latest issue of Research Intelligence showcases the strength and depth of recent research on post-compulsory and lifelong learning.

Towards ‘slow pedagogy’: Revaluing the reading seminar for professional development

How ‘old school’ can it get? A text on the table and a small group of people around it. All have read the text, and gather to discuss it together. That’s the setting of a reading seminar....