Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly visible in education. Teachers are using generative AI for lesson ...

The UK government’s response to the Curriculum Review calls for pupils to develop the essential skills and knowledge needed to become active, informed and responsible citizens from an early ...

Current discussions of LGBTQ+ resistance in education, particularly in Western contexts, often centre on visibility and coming out (Lee, 2020). Yet for many LGBTQ+ teachers in China, ...

This blog post draws on our experience recruiting schools for the From the Centre to the Periphery project, a large-scale, independent evaluation of the Department for Education’s ...

As Generative artificial intelligence (AI) prompts higher education to seek more authentic forms of assessment, reflection has become an increasingly attractive way of evidencing ...

Elle Young joined Durham University in 2025 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the ‘From the Centre to the Periphery’ project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. She ...

Dr Rebecca Simpson-Hargreaves is a senior lecturer in education at the University of Manchester. She has worked in education for more than 25 years, starting out as a classroom teacher ...

The BERA Neurodivergent Researchers Network co-convenor, Adam Hart, shares insights from the Neurodiversity in Mainstream Schools Grant Programme reports funded by the Kusuma Trust. Click below to ...

This research focuses on the best environment for neurodivergent students, introducing the idea of educational niche analysis – a framework for designing ‘better-fitting’ learning environments.

This project provides an analysis of over 500 studies to identify which specific components of targeted interventions most improve outcomes for students with special educational needs and disabilities ...

A major new report series published by the British Educational Research Association (BERA) sets out practical, evidence-informed approaches to improving the education experience of neurodivergent ...

This project worked with neurodivergent young people in mainstream education, particularly those at risk of exclusion or disengagement, to test how outdoor learning combined with creative digital ...