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 ...

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 ...

Michela Gronchi is an adjunct professor in Educational Linguistics at Ca’ Foscari University and a research fellow on the EU-funded EcoStories Content and Language Integrated Learning ...

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 ...

Xinran Cheng is currently studying for a BA (Hons) in International Tourism and Hospitality Management at Oxford Brookes University. Her research focuses on the interconnections between ...

the press officer for BERA’s annual conference.

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2025 BERA Public Engagement and Impact Award is the Digital Empowerment in Language Teaching (DELTEA) project, a partnership between University of ...

Chang Liu is a postgraduate student reading MPhil Research in Second Language Education at the University of Cambridge. She is interested in sociolinguistics and ESL/EFL education with a special focus ...

Simon is a Lecturer and Professional Experience Co-ordinator in Secondary Education with the Faculty of Education at the Durham street city campus at the University of Waikato. He teaches in the ...

Elaine Matchett joined Birmingham City University (BCU) in 2010 after teaching in a range of primary and secondary schools across the West Midlands. She initially worked as part of the primary English ...