Introduction Off-the-job training (OTJ) has long been central to apprenticeships, combining hands-on work with structured, theory-based learning to build a skilled, adaptable ...

Introduction Mentorship is a key driver of entrepreneurial success, particularly in apprenticeship systems that turn potential into business competence. Globally, models such as Germany’s ...

What happens when a nationally mandated, play-based early years curriculum meets the realities of schools in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities? The Welsh Foundation Phase (FP) offers ...

The British Educational Research Association (BERA) has continued to grow and diversify its awards, grants and funding portfolio in recent years, supporting a wide range of ...

Recognising the emotional dimension is critical to understanding university educators’ professional lives. For example, Leutwiler et al.’s international scoping literature review ...

Catherine Atkinson-Ross is a senior lecturer at the Manchester Institute of Education, with a background in Sociology and Gender Studies. Her research and teaching are concerned with issues ...

Tee McCaldin is a former high school teacher and a senior lecturer at the Manchester Institute of Education. They are interested in inclusive education, with a research focus that spans ...

LGBTQIA+ young people face significant discrimination in the UK, reporting higher levels of school bullying and poorer mental health outcomes than their heterosexual and cisgender peers (Wilson ...

Social media use among young adults is nearly universal worldwide. For instance, 95 per cent of teenagers (13–17) in the United States are on social platforms, with about a third ...

Since the Bologna Process in 1999 reshaped the landscape of higher education (HE) in Europe, English medium instruction (EMI) has become a prominent fixture in universities across the continent. But ...

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.