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Maarten Koeners

Maarten Koeners studies and teaches integrative physiology at the University of Exeter. He integrates insights in the physiology of play and playful learning with his academic practice. Recently...

Rebecca Hooker

Rebecca Hooker is a researcher and teacher with an extensive experience of teaching mixed groups of differing students of various ages and backgrounds (age 5–85). This has included teaching...

Steph Comley

Steph Comley is an academic advisor at the University of Exeter and has been involved with online learning and technology enhanced learning in further and higher education for almost 20 years. She...

Pete King

Pete King is the programme director for the MA developmental and therapeutic play and MA childhood studies programmes at Swansea University. Pete has a professional background in play and playwork...

Tom Nancarrow

Tom Nancarrow is an intercalating medical student at the University of Exeter Medical School. Following four years of his medical degree, he has taken the opportunity to study Sports and Exercise...

Rent strikes and the continuing relevance of Paulo Freire at 100

Against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, student rent strikes took place in many universities in England. Lockdowns and moves to online learning meant that students were at times required to...

Alison James

Alison James is a national teaching fellow, principal fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (now AdvanceHE), LEGO Serious Play facilitator and professional coach. She has worked in higher...

Sze Wa Ho

Sze Wa Ho is currently a Teacher of Biology at a UK independent school. Her professional development began with a double bachelor’s degree in Education and Science at the University of Hong...

Ian Gilbert

Ian Gilbert is an educator, entrepreneur and award-winning writer and editor based partly in the UK and partly in the Netherlands. Described by IB Magazine as one of its 15 top ‘educational...

½¿É«µ¼º½ Conference 2021 – Keynotes now Available

For our first venture into a fully online annual conference, we were delighted to have secured four outstanding keynote speakers to present alongside the full range of symposia, workshops and...

Sharing the ambition: Play and parental interest in Scottish early years education

BCF Curriculum Investigation Grant Research Reports

This report provides evidence from the Sharing the Ambition project, which investigates parents' perceptions of early years education in Scotland, what their priorities are in terms of settings'...

½¿É«µ¼º½ update and AGM 2021

Online registration for this event has now closed, please email events@bera.ac.uk to register.  ½¿É«µ¼º½ Members only - you will need to be logged in to see the register button   The 46th ½¿É«µ¼º½...