Education and Childhood Research Group (ECRG)
The Education and Childhood Research Group (ECRG) encompasses four strands of research: Equity in education; Pedagogy; Childhood, children and young people; and Sustainability in education.
These four Strands are committed to deliver UWE Bristol's values, vision and strategy through real world research and scholarship that seeks to transform futures.
ECRG is made up of researchers, associates and doctoral researchers throughout the School and welcomes active membership and collaboration from across the University. The ECRG is led by Professor Alpesh Maisuria (alpesh.maisuria@uwe.ac.uk), Professor of Education Policy in Critical Education at UWE Bristol.
Details of the activities of the Group are advertised on LindkedIn and our blog posts. Please subscribe to both if you would like to know about our events and how you can be involved.
Research theme and strands
ECRG's research theme and portfolio of projects within our inter-connected research strands.
Postgraduate research
Current and completed postgraduate research activity within ECRG.
Events and activities
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Publications
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Education blog
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Dr Tim Clark (UWE Bristol/ECRG Strand Lead) and Professor Tom Dobson (York St John University) originally featured on the Society for Research into Higher Education blog. Arts-based research (ABR) encompasses work which draws on aspects of visual, literary or performative arts as ‘methodological tools… during any or all phases of research’ (Leavy, 2018). There has … Continue reading "Going against the grain? Arts-based research and the EdD: resistance, activism and identity"
Going against the grain? Arts-based research and the EdD: resistance, activism and identity
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Schools, Learning and Assessment APPG meeting with Becky Francis, February 2025. Source: X @Appg_Schools By Professor Alpesh Maisuria Speaker: Professor Becky Francis CBE, Chair of the Curriculum and Assessment Review Discussant: Sarah Kilpatrick, National Education Union President APPG Chair: Peter Swallow MP Date: 25 February 2025 Today, I attended the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Schools, Learning and … Continue reading "All-Party Parliamentary Group for Schools, Learning and Assessment: Curriculum and Assessment Review Update"
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Schools, Learning and Assessment: Curriculum and Assessment Review Update
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Thursday 16 January 2025 saw the successful launch of a children’s exhibition at Bristol Cathedral, funded by a Higher Education Impact Fund (HEIF) bid and also the Early Childhood Research Group (ECRG), who funded the event’s refreshments, with a focus on the understanding of the value of tolerance and how this could be applied to … Continue reading "Successful launch of the ‘Tolerance’ children’s exhibition at Bristol Cathedral"
Successful launch of the ‘Tolerance’ children’s exhibition at Bristol Cathedral
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On 15 January 2025, ECRG hosted Dr Roi Silberberg, Director of School for Peace – Wahat al-Salom – Neve Shalom, for a research seminar. In the seminar, he explained the School for Peace (SFP) approach to fostering dialogue between Jews and Palestinians during conflict. Rooted in social justice pedagogy, this method emphasizes identity exploration, power … Continue reading "Dialogue in times of war: The School for Peace method and social justice pedagogy in education"
Dialogue in times of war: The School for Peace method and social justice pedagogy in education
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On Monday, 14 October 2024, the Secondary PGCE Programme launched a week of university-school partnership activities focused on oracy: how to promote oracy skills among teachers and young people, and how to use pedagogy which generates rich classroom talk. This week of lectures, reading, discussions, observations and cooperative learning tasks coincides with the release of … Continue reading "Montpelier High student group, Tackling Diversity in Teaching, give PGCE Secondary students a masterclass on diversity and oracy in the classroom"
Montpelier High student group, Tackling Diversity in Teaching, give PGCE Secondary students a masterclass on diversity and oracy in the classroom
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Once in a while, an opportunity presents itself to spend a few hours in the company of someone inspiring. For many in education and academia, Gert Biesta is one such individual. I’m pretty sure he would fit Malcolm Gladwell’s criteria for an ‘Outlier’, having definitely clocked up more than ‘ten thousand hours’ of practice in … Continue reading "ECRG Pedagogy Strand: Showcase ‘In conversation with Professor Gert Biesta’, 13 November 2024"
ECRG Pedagogy Strand: Showcase ‘In conversation with Professor Gert Biesta’, 13 November 2024
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By Stephen Beresford and Anna Burchfiel, PhD candidates and members of ECRG In July 2024, we were lucky enough, alongside the ECRG Lead and our PhD supervisor, Alpesh Maisuria, to have the opportunity to attend the International Conference of Critical Education (ICCE)at Ankara University in Türkiye. In its 13th year, the conference is an opportunity … Continue reading "The 2024 International Conference on Critical Education (ICCE): connecting with global struggles for education"
The 2024 International Conference on Critical Education (ICCE): connecting with global struggles for education
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On 28 June 2024, UWE Bristol hosted the third annual South West Anti-Racist Education Forum (SWAREF), an event organised in partnership between UWE Bristol and the University of Bristol. The 2024 SWAREF aimed to build on the previous two events in 2023 and 2022 and provide informative participatory sessions on issues which local practitioners have … Continue reading "South West Anti-Racist Education Forum"
South West Anti-Racist Education Forum
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