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Empowering teachers and young people through nature, outdoor learning and environmental sustainability education

This online webinar was co-hosted by two BERA SIGs, Nature, Outdoor learning and Play and, Education for Environmental Sustainability. Following a successful and engaging series of sessions at...

Sub-Saharan faces in Caucasian spaces: Black African international PhD students’ experiences in the UK

BERA Conference 2023

In the academic year 2020/2021, the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) documented a total of 605,000 international students who were enrolled in UK higher education institutions. Out of...

How we teach our teachers: The plight of initial teacher education in England and its global impact

‘Teaching is not a lost art but the regard for it is a lost tradition.’ (Barzun, 1954, p. 12)  As it was then for Jacques Barzun, so it is now for the state of teaching in England. How we...

Annual Conference Bursaries

We offer various bursaries to attend the conference.  Please visit the official bursary page for more information on current bursaries open. More information and apply

Julie McAdam

Julie McAdam is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow in Language and Literacies. She has developed teacher education programmes in Scotland and the Middle East, emphasising inclusive and...

Teacher agency: The missing data

There is a growing body of literature that reconceptualises teacher agency through an ecological lens, encapsulating the temporal, contextual and relational dimensions of agency (see for example...

Stephen McKinney

Stephen J. McKinney is a Professor in the School of Education, University of Glasgow. He has worked in Education for over thirty years. At the University of Glasgow, he has been the Head of...

Chantelle Boyle

Chantelle Boyle (she/her) is a current 3rd-year PhD student at the University of Glasgow. Her thesis is focused on the implementation of moral education in primary schools. Whilst studying...

Angela Jaap

Angela Jaap is a Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education at the University of Glasgow. She has a sustained career in teacher education and creative arts education, having taught across undergraduate...

Hermione Xin Miao

Hermione Xin Miao (she/they) recently completed her PhD viva in University of Stirling in January 2024. Her thesis has a focus on teacher agency and curriculum making. She used to be a geography...

Unlocking the power of immigrant teachers: Transforming education

Today’s superdiverse educational landscape, marked by a global teacher shortage crisis worsened by Covid-19, heightens the demand for educators, especially in countries like Australia and the...

Amanda French

Dr Amanda French is an Associate Professor in Teaching and Learning at Birmingham City University in the College of Education and Social Work. She has an established track record in research and...