Are you an early career researcher (ECR) who is hesitant about organising an academic conference? Are you a senior academic who has few occasions to collaborate with ECRs for such a purpose?

Elina Stylianou is a student development coach at the University of Leeds, supporting students at the Faculty of Social Sciences to thrive academically. She has a PhD in TESOL – she designed ...

This blog post reports on current and ongoing research into the identity of classroom music teachers and, in particular, whether the teachers think of themselves more as musicians who ...

Higher education is currently experiencing contrasting trends. First, academic performance prior to university entry is declining: the PISA 2022 results highlight a ‘decade-long ...

Chris Dalladay, now retired, has been the lead tutor for the secondary music initial teacher training programmes at the University of East London along with the Assessment Only Route to ...

Kristof De Witte is a full professor in Education Economics and Political Economy at the Faculty of Economics and Business at KU Leuven, Belgium, and he holds the chair in ‘Effectiveness ...

Objects in early childhood education Object-based learning is familiar in early childhood practice. Sociocultural theories of learning conceptualise objects as tools that support ...

This SIG offers a space for researchers, policy makers and practitioners located in a wide variety of settings, to discuss and interact on matters of interest pertinent to creativity in education.

The sector of post-compulsory education and lifelong learning is a wide and diverse one, covering areas such as the study of 14-19 education and training, further and higher education, adult education ...

This SIG is interested in the relationship between research and policy in education This SIG provides a space for BERA members interested in the relationship between research and policy in education.

With the UK Labour government commissioning Professor Becky Francis to review England’s national curriculum, we have an opportunity to reconsider not just what children should learn but how. As a ...

The Alternative Education SIG takes the broadest approach to ‘alternative’ that we can. We are interested in all forms of out of school educational provision and with ‘alternative’ approaches within ...