In their work on neighbourhood policing, Wilson and Kelling (1982) discuss the ‘Broken Windows’ theory. They outlined that visible sign of neglect, such as unrepaired windows, signal ...

As master’s students in the field of educational leadership we were ready to navigate the field in pursuit of our development as researchers and future educational leaders. Our ...

Introduction What is an effective school leadership in a system that is predetermined by inequality and structural limitations? Educational reform in Pakistan occurs in a diverse, but ...

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.

It is now more than half a decade since Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) became statutory in England. In this blog post, I explore what nationwide research reveals about how young ...

Gillian is a teacher educator and teacher education researcher at Liverpool John Moores University, where she is also Deputy Director of the Liverpool Institute for Educational Research ...

The fact that student teachers commonly perceive educational research and theory to be far removed from practice is well documented in initial teacher education (ITE) research. Teacher ...

What does it mean to ‘understand’? Despite its centrality to most, if not all educational endeavours, what is meant by ‘understanding’ is not clear and is highly contested (Ross, ...

How can we make educational research meaningful for teachers working in busy classrooms? At Nottingham Trent University (NTU), we explored this question through a close-to-practice ...

Across the world, the importance of foreign language learning (FLL) at school tends to be taken for granted. Or at least it is when the language being learned is English, given its vital role ...

Funding Announced: BERA Small Grants Fund 2026/2027: Professional development for a flourishing early years sector News 15 Jul 2026 Help shape the future of BERA: Trustee vacancies now open News 9 Jul ...