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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dr Nikki Jones recently completed her doctoral research at Cardiff University, where she investigated the impact and enactment of the Welsh Foundation Phase with a particular focus on ...

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 ...

The Sexualities & Gender SIG provides a forum to critically engage with how gender and sexuality research matters in the inter-disciplinary field of education and how this research can inform policy, ...