Home - EERA Blog Facebook X RSS Home EERA Member Associations Networks Write for us Editorial and Style Guidelines AI Guidance for EERA Blog Contributors Contact Back to EERA Select Page EERA Blog European Educational Research Association The unfixable university? Equity, politics, and Higher Education reform by Richard Budd | Aug 12, 2026 Universities in crisis: courses closing, staff redundancies, and equity progress that remains painfully slow. In this post, Richard Budd — keynote speaker at the Emerging Researchers Conference 2026 in Tampere — examines the structural contradictions driving the UK higher education crisis, who holds power in the system, and why reform is so hard to achieve despite the evidence pointing the way. read more The well of resilience is running dry, but universities keep drawing from it by Dr Sabrina Fitzsimons | Aug 5, 2026 Resilience is often praised as a professional virtue, but what happens when it becomes something the job quietly depends on? Research with teacher educators in Ireland and the UK reveals how universities have built working conditions that rely on staff absorbing excessive pressures. read more Who gets to collaborate? Diversity and inclusion in a decade of research into higher education at ECER by Mariana Gaio Alves | Jul 22, 2026 A new study by EERA Network 22 maps ten years of international cooperation in higher education research at ECER — and finds a landscape shaped as much by language and geography as by shared academic interest. read more Introducing a new series: Exploring Physical Education curriculum across European borders by NW 18 PE Curricula Seminar Series | Jul 8, 2026 Physical education has long been criticised for being narrow and exclusionary — but what happens when researchers and teachers from across Europe come together to question it? A new EERA-funded seminar series is doing just that, creating a space for cross-border dialogue to critically examine PE curricula and co-create more inclusive approaches to the subject. read more Empowering racialised women in European academia: Collaboration across borders by Prof. Victoria Showunmi, Dr. Anne-Sophie Godfroy, Dr. Edna Costa, Dr. Marian Blanco-Ruiz | Jul 1, 2026 Across Europe, racialised women in postgraduate education face overlapping barriers rooted in colonial histories and gendered exclusion. This transnational project — spanning England, France, Portugal, and Spain — investigates their experiences and builds capacity through solidarity, intersectional research, and cross-border collaboration. read more Positioning universities as conduits for social justice – Charting the way forward by Dr Bulgrin, Dr Singh, Dr Wieners | Jun 17, 2026 From Cape Town to Chemnitz, higher education is shaped by global hierarchies. Institutions in the Global South often feel pressure to emulate those in the Global North—adopting ranking systems, productivity targets, and competitive frameworks that can sideline local needs. Meanwhile, political polarisation and the rise of right-wing movements in many Northern countries feed into neocolonial dynamics, making the pursuit of global educational justice an uphill battle. Moreover, global warming has become an urgent issue for all contexts, as our world is interconnected and interdependent. In the context of increased globalisation, neoliberalism, stark inequality, factionist behaviours, and the... read more How a board game can help future teachers work better with parents by Zsófia Kocsis | Jun 3, 2026 What if future teachers could practise tricky parent conversations — without the real-life stress? A new board game lets teacher trainees do exactly that, simulating the everyday challenges of home–school collaboration in a fun, cooperative setting. read more From outsider to researcher: Making the invisible barriers to education progression visible by Melissa Lynch | May 20, 2026 Research reveals why students from disadvantaged backgrounds in Ireland remain underrepresented in higher education despite policy initiatives. Financial aid isnt enough – we must address the invisible barriers of social and cultural capital that block educational progression. read more Making participation part of everyday childhood: the Everyday Model of Children’s Participation (EMCP) by Dr Jacky Tyrie & Lauren Henderson | May 6, 2026 Children have the right to be heard—but in early childhood classrooms, this too often remains an aspiration rather than reality. A three-year research project with Welsh educators produced the Everyday Model of Childrens Participation (EMCP), a practical framework that helps teachers move beyond tokenism to make young childrens voices genuinely matter in daily practice. read more Perspectives on intercultural approaches to education and social justice: impressions from an emerging researcher by Charaf El Bouhali | Apr 22, 2026 An emerging researcher shares reflections from ECER in Belgrade, exploring how intercultural and social justice research must critically engage with power dynamics and researcher positionality. read more Inclusive education – between policy and practice by Marit Uthus, Fenna Verkerk, Hanne Kristin Aas | Apr 8, 2026 Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, (NTNU) presented their INCLUSCHOOLproject, funded by the Research Council of Norway, at ECER 2025. The project’s main objective is to gain new knowledge about inclusion and inclusive practices in schools. Inclusive education is high on the global agenda and is described by UNESCO (2003) as an ongoing process grounded in the conviction that it is the responsibility of the mainstream school system to educate all children. The UN Sustainable Development Goal on Quality Education (goal no. 4) emphasizes that “Access to inclusive, high-quality education is one of the most important conditions for welfare, health and equality... read more Reflections on teacher protest in Serbia — When educational change becomes political by Jovanović, Mićić, Radulović, Vučković, Rajčić, Tadić | Mar 25, 2026 In Serbia, the 2024/25 school year began with teachers protesting for better working conditions. But something shifted: what started as professional demands evolved into a call for broader social change. This story, told by a group of Serbian teachers and teacher educators, traces how educators moved from the picket line into civil disobedience, joining students demanding government accountability after a national tragedy. read more « Older Entries Subscribe Keep up to date with all the latest from the EERA blog. Pop your details in this box and we'll send you a quick email when a new blog post goes live on the site. Success! First Name Last Name Email Subscribe to the EERA Blog Write for the EERA Blog If youd like to contribute to the EERA blog, take a look at our Submission Guidelines to find out how to successfully pitch a blog post to our Editorial Team. Then send us a quick email to [email protected] We look forward to hearing from you Submission Guidelines Facebook X RSS Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress This website uses cookies to improve the visitor experience. 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