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 ...

Theatre education, as an educational form that integrates multiple disciplines, is an effective tool to address several ...

Associate Professor Dr Frances Hunt has been appointed as the new Director of IOE’s Development Education Research Centre (DERC). Young people worldwide increasingly want a role in addressing global ...

Clare Melford and Imran Ahmed, who have campaigned against hate speech and disinformation online, have been banned from entering the US Two British campaigners are among five people denied US visas ...

Two British campaigners are among five people denied US visas after the State Department accused them of seeking to "coerce" American tech platforms into suppressing free speech. Imran Ahmed, an ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer had “personally” objected to social media ban for kids under the age of 16 years. Although UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has publicly expressed opposition to a blanket ...

Sir Keir Starmer does not have a "coherent approach to social mobility", a top government adviser has said. Social mobility commissioner Alun Francis told the Guardian there was no "overarching ...

Several European nations are already planning similar moves while Britain has said ‘nothing is off the table’ Australia is taking on powerful tech companies with its under-16 social media ban, but ...

The UK is "rapidly developing" plans to prepare the whole country for the possible outbreak of war, the armed forces minister has said. Underlining the role civilians would have to play in a major ...

A “world-leading” social media ban has been enforced by the Australian government, to prevent under-16s from accessing social media sites, including Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube. Platforms that ...

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Lisa Nandy has issued an update regarding the possibility of the UK government following Australia's lead and implementing a social media ban for users ...