In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, attention has focused on young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or behavioural challenges (see for example the ...

Introduction As a teacher with more than 20 years’ experience across mainstream and alternative provisions, I now lead Primary Literacy at New Barn School in Horsham, England, which ...

This BERA Blog special issue responds to increasing concerns around school exclusions that have risen to almost 1 million in England and a government announcement in 2024 to phase out ...

Youth work as relational practice Youth work is a relational practice (NYA, 2025). The relationship between a youth worker and the young people they engage with is not incidental – it ...

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 ...

Phil Brunton is a teacher with more than 20 years’ experience across mainstream and alternative provisions. After training as a secondary Geography teacher at Southampton University in 2003, ...

Kevin Jones is the Head of Workforce Development and Training for the National Youth Agency. A professionally qualified youth worker, he has more than 30 years’ experience throughout the ...

Dr Shaalan Farouk is a senior lecturer in psychology at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD). Before taking up his current position, Shaalan taught at University College London (UCL), ...

Simon Edwards is a senior lecturer in the School of Education, Languages and Linguistics at the University of Portsmouth. Starting as a baker, Simon later qualified as a local ...

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 ...