The current conflict in the Deep South of Thailand (DST) is reflected in centuries-long clashes between the Thai-Buddhist state and Malay-Muslim minority. Since the ...

Meg Maguire is Professor of Sociology of Education at King’s College London. Meg's research is in the sociology of education, urban education and policy. She has a long-standing interest in ...

This series celebrates one decade of the BERA Blog, as an important and growing space to explore current and varied issues and questions of concern to the education community. To mark ...

Education policy in the UK is characterised by change, churn and disruption as successive governments somewhat inevitably recognise ‘problems’ in education to be ‘fixed’ with ...

Two of BERA’s journals, British Educational Research Journal and Curriculum Journal , have announced their annual Editors’ Choice Awards, recognising papers published in their 2024 ...

The relationship between poetry and philosophy is ineluctable (unavoidable and inescapable) and widely understood. Although in this blog post we won’t go as far as to claim, like Coleridge, ...

The Social Justice SIG promotes dialogue on educational policies and practices at all levels in terms of supporting or inhibiting social justice. We are committed to developing a range of theoretical ...

This SIG is a supportive and collaborative community of practitioner researchers working in a diverse range of contexts. It brings together those with a special interest in all those (closely related) ...

The British Curriculum Forum aims to bring together all those with an interest in collaborative curriculum, research and development. Through events, awards and grants, the BCF supports communication ...

The new Labour government has made a commitment to support the early years sector, as well as launching a curriculum review. This presents us with an opportunity to revisit Labour’s 2007 ...