John Hogan teaches Irish politics in Technological University Dublin. John is a Research Fellow and Politics Lecturer in the College of Business. He is also a founding director of the ...

Sharon Feeney teaches Strategic Management at Technological University Dublin. Sharon is the Head of Learning Development in the College of Business at the Dublin Institute of Technology, ...

In this blog post, we examine the UK secondary schools and universities that educated Cabinet ministers between 1922 and 2022. The UK seems widely relevant, as every country possesses ...

Compulsory languages teaching for primary teachers in Scotland Following the introduction of the Scottish Government’s 1+2 language policy in 2012, all primary teachers in Scotland are ...

Michèle Vincent is a lecturer in Modern Languages and Education and is the subject lead for Education at the University of Glasgow’s School of Social and Environmental Sustainability.

Academic outputs, conference and journal papers, are the primary mode of communication for academics, whether with other researchers, policymakers, or practitioners and the wider public.

Historically, education has played a vital role in identity formation, especially when looking at minority groups. Group threat theory (Stephen & Stephen, 2000) suggests that minority ...

Autoethnography holds significant relevance as a methodology in social justice work within educational research and practice (Boylorn, 2006; Ellis, 2002; Skousen, 2022). It is defined as ...

Telling stories has been part of my upbringing since birth. My Jamaican immigrant grandparents used stories to shape my identity, build character, and share their histories – stories of ...

Mel Green is a lecturer in Education Studies and EdD doctoral researcher at the Open University (OU). Her current EdD research explores the intersections of OU associate lecturers’ personal ...

In this blog post I report on my Winston Churchill Foundation research fellowship study on the adultification of Black girls in state care in 2023 (Ikomi, 2024). Adultification can occur in ...

In April and July of 2023, the BERA Social Justice special interest group (SIG) held an event titled ‘Beyond “Navel-gazing”: Autoethnography as a Catalyst for Change’. This event ...