This special issue arose from critical dialogue about injustice in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector in England between diverse people engaged in practice, research ...

Government policy for early childhood education and care (ECEC) in England often focuses on group-based settings such as nurseries (Penn, 2024). However, much childcare takes place within ...

A crisis exists relating to the status of qualifications and pay in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce in England (Nutbrown, 2021) marked by both low pay and morale. In ...

We know that more teachers are desperately needed in England, and that some subject specialisms experience particularly ...

The BERA Educational Research Book of the Year Award recognises and celebrates excellence in educational research publishing.

Special Interest Group Race, Ethnicity and Education The Race, Ethnicity and Education Special Interest Group challenges systems of oppression that demean and threaten to erase educators and learners ...

Rosa Schling works for On The Record. We write as activists, advocates and historians about the ongoing impact of strike ...

Lavern Johnson is a final-year undergraduate student on the Early Childhood Studies BA(Hons) at the University of East London ...

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Both in England and internationally (for example Australia and Ireland), there has been renewed policy emphasis on supporting early career teachers (ECTs) to develop teaching strategies that ...

Geoff Lewis is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Education Studies at the University of Warwick. His PhD focused on understanding the fine-grained factors that shape the work of ...