Autistic children face unique challenges in forming and maintaining relationships with their peers. They are also more exposed to peer bullying (Morales-Hidalgo et al., 2024). These challenges ...

Dr Lai-Sang Iao is a chartered psychologist and the Lead of the Autism and Neurodiversity Research Group at Nottingham Trent University. Lai-Sang’s primary research focus is autism. Her ...

As generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT become embedded within higher education (HE), we must ask not only how they shape student practices but also how they shift ...

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In January 2025, the BBC published an article about the paediatric mental health crisis in England (see Triggle, 2025). Official figures show that one in five children and young people between ...

Cross-cultural collaboration in educational research is more than a methodological choice, it is a key pathway to understanding the diverse cultural meanings that shape early ...

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Every year BERA recognises academic excellence and rigour in research by a Master of Education student. This underscores BERA’s commitment to championing educational research, and celebrating and ...

Working together for a whole-education approach to mental health and wellbeing The Mental Health, Wellbeing and Education SIG (launched in 2018) provides a dynamic and inclusive forum for academics, ...

Several years after ‘finishing’ collecting data for my ethnographic case study, I still can’t think about leaving the field without worrying about my exit. In 2020 I began my Education ...

Dr Gisselle Tur Porres is programme director for the BA in Early Childhood Studies that sits in the Department of Education and Childhood Studies at Swansea University. Gisselle was convenor ...

Juan Carlos Brito is an anthropologist and Doctor of Education from the University of Santiago de Compostela. He is associate professor and main researcher at the National University of ...