For Aristotle, wellbeing and happiness (eudaimonia) are the ultimate end and purpose of human existence. Yet, the United Kingdom demonstrated lower levels of life satisfaction and poor ...

The number of students who identify as disabled attending higher education (HE) in the United Kingdom has significantly increased over the past decade. According to recent data from the ...

Dr Lindsey Finch holds a Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts in Education, Doctorate of Education, and school-management qualifications. In addition, she is a qualified counsellor ...

Practising teachers in Northern Ireland (NI) operate within an idiosyncratic sociopolitical context characterised by a legacy of conflict, socioeconomic inequalities and interruptions ...

We invite you to join us for the annual BERA AGM, Awards and Keynote lecture in London!  To kick off the event, we will hear from the BERA Committee Chairs who will give us an update on ...

Sam Dexter is undertaking his PhD at UCL’s Centre for Research in Autism and Education and is exploring how special schools are using careers guidance to help prepare their autistic young ...

For many young people, the final years of secondary education are a mix of excitement and uncertainty. The question of ‘what's next?’ looms large, and the choices – whether to pursue ...

Education policy debates often centre on the immediate: what can be achieved within a political term, or what’s feasible in response to a current crisis. But the future of education will ...

The University and the Professions: shall we dance? Vivienne Baumfield1, Chris Brown2, Rachel Lofthouse3, Morag Redford4, Alis Oancea5, Graham Handscomb6 1University of Exeter, United Kingdom.

I teach and research in the field of primary education. My research centres around ethnography and actor-network theory, exploring a variety of influences on the development of teachers' professional ...

The Children and Families Act 2014 in England provided a major transformation to the system for identifying special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Ten years on, the National Audit Office ...

BERA, in collaboration with Emerald Publishing, invites book proposals for new titles in The BERA Guides series. This series aims to provide short, accessible, research-informed guides on key issues ...