We're calling all early years practitioners, researchers and students to submit their research proposals for presentation at the 16th annual BECERA Conference.
The call for papers deadline is 12pm, Monday 15th December 2025. buff.ly/2QOJZRW
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Young children and ethical encounters in research: learning for sustainability in the early years. — CREC In this guest post Dr Opeyemi Osadiya discusses her BECERA presentation which aimed to highlight how ethical encounters with young children were successfully navigated during research whilst learning…

In this guest post Dr Opeyemi Osadiya discusses her BECERA presentation which aimed to highlight how ethical encounters with young children were successfully navigated during research whilst learning for sustainability in an EY setting in England.
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My first academic conference presentation: a gift that has kept on giving — CREC In this guest post, Daniel Kuria shares his experiences of attending BECERA Annual Conference and presenting his research for the first time.

In this guest post, Daniel Kuria shares his experiences of attending BECERA Annual Conference and presenting his research for the first time.

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BECERA 2025 Poster Presentations — CREC Below you can browse some of the posters that were displayed during our poster sessions at BECERA 2025.

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Who gets what? How Early Childhood Education shapes developmental inequalities in the early years — CREC In his guest post, Dr James Hall discusses a new tool to model how selection effects influence both access to ECE and its impacts towards developmental equalities.

Another post-conference piece from a BECERA 2025 presenter; this time it's the turn of Dr James Hall, Associate Professor of Psychology of Education at the University of Southampton. 📑 buff.ly/3QAHfTA #BECERA2025

Children should be seen and heard! — CREC In this guest post Melanie Yates-Boothby talks about her PhD research that aims to understand motivation and behaviour from the children’s perspective, and what inspired her to help create a more…

The conference may be over, but the learning is not! Thanks to our guest writer and BECERA 2025 presenter, Melanie Yates-Boothby. 📑 https://buff.ly/4iftPrM #BECERA2025

Symposium IV/ B - ethics and identity at #BECERA2025

How ethical encounters with young children are embedded holistically throughout practice in the Inspiring Foundations (IF) Team of maintained nursery schools — CREC In this guest post authors discuss why ethical encounters are an essential part of their research and practice; they explore what this means to their team and how it is integrated within practice.

📑 The final guest post in our series from BECERA 2025, to round off an amazing day in Birmingham. #BECERA2025 #EarlyChildhood

Symposium III/D ethical entanglements and autoethnography - an interesting thread through this symposium about the complexity and richness of narrative methodologies. #BECERA2025

Music and Matrescence: A Developmental Exploration of the Facilitator’s Role, Working with Groups of Mothers and their Babies and Young Children — CREC by Aimee Gardner

📑 The penultimate guest post from BECERA 2025 - a little something to read on your train home from today in Birmingham?

#BECERA2025 #Music #EarlyChildhood

BECERA would like to thank all presenters and attendees at today's conference. We would love to hear your feedback on the event; if you would take a few moments to leave us a comment or review on any of our platforms we'd really appreciate it. We use LinkedIn, BlueSky, and Facebook.


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SET IV/C: PERPSECTIVES ON INCLUSION IN EARLY YEARS - Room: Show, 1st Floor
Chaired by Claire Butterly, Mary Immaculate College/ LINC programme, Ireland
For the full programme and more detail of all of the symposium sets you can visit the website:

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SET IV/D: CAPTURING VARIED VOICES AND IDENTITY IN ECE - Room: Tell, 1st Floor

Chaired by Janet Hetherington, Birmingham City University, England

For the full programme and more detail of all of the symposium sets you can visit the website here:

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The first book-length critical reception of Barrie Thorne’s classic, Gender Play. Thirty years later, Gender Replay celebrates and reflects on this classic, extending Thorne’s scholarship into a new generation.

Shop the book📚 https://buff.ly/42Milrs

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Inspiring time at today’s BECERA Conference in Birmingham. First time giving a poster presentation. Some great conversations and new contacts made. #BECERA2025

SET IV/A: USING RESEARCH TO CHALLENGE INEQUALITIES IN THE SYSTEM - Room: Explore, 2nd Floor

Chaired by Carmel Ward, Early Childhood Ireland, Ireland


For the full programme and more detail of all of the symposium sets you can visit the website:

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Time for a little caffeine to help us through the final Symposium of the day, Set IV, starting just after 16.00.

Details to follow shortly, but for the full programme you can visit the website here:

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SET III/C: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES AND IDENTITIES - Room: Show, 1st Floor

Chaired by Dr Nathan Archer, Independent Researcher, United Kingdom

For the full programme and more detail of all of the symposium sets you can visit the website here:

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SET III/B: ETHICAL PARTICIPATION AND ASSENT WITH YOUNG CHILDREN - Room: Smile & Think, 2nd Floor
Chaired by Dr Opeyemi Osadiya, University of Plymouth, England
For the full programme and more detail of all of the symposium sets you can visit the website:
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A resource for educators interested in spending time in nature with their students. Bringing over two decades of experience working outdoors with teachers and students, Butler offers curricular guidance on nature-based lessons.

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Is your brain full yet? Hopefully not, because after a stretch of the legs it's time for Symposium Set III!

Details to follow shortly, but for the full programme you can visit the website here:

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Symposium II/ C generating knowledge by working with practitioners - the relational aspects of researching alongside educators. #BECERA2025

The @childpart.bsky.social team talking to @lauralundy.bsky.social whose model we (and many others) have used in our research around #childadvisorygroup #BECERA2025. So many ideas to take away and do some thinking.

SET II/D: SUPPORTING YOUNG CHILDREN'S MATHEMATICAL DEVELOPMENT - Room: Tell, 1st Floor
Chaired by Elizabeth Carruthers, Children's Mathematics Network.

For the full programme and more detail of all of the symposium sets you can visit the website:

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SET II/C: GENERATING KNOWLEDGE BY WORKING WITH PRACTITIONERS - Room: Show, 1st Floor
Chaired by Jenny Shaw, Busy Bees, United Kingdom
For the full programme and more detail of all of the symposium sets you can visit the website here:

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SET II/B: ETHICS IN PRACTICE - Room: Smile & Think, 2nd Floor
Chaired by Zoe Raven, Acorn Early Years, England
For the full programme and more detail of all of the symposium sets you can visit the website here:
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SET II/A: LISTENING TO CHILDREN - Room: Explore, 2nd Floor

Chaired by: Caroline Wright, Bright Horizons, United Kingdom
For the full programme and more detail of all of the symposium sets you can visit the website here:

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SET III/D: ETHICAL ENTANGLEMENTS AND (AUTO)ETHNOGRAPHY - Room: Tell, 1st Floor

Chaired by Victoria Jefferies, Edge Hill University, England

For the full programme and more detail of all of the symposium sets you can visit the website here: https://buff.ly/3XW5P5P

and please use #BECERA2025

Just rehearsing the practicalities at the end of Symp 1/C #BECERA2025

Symposium 1/C mindfulness and well-being - thinking mindfulness for children, parents and educators across three linked projects. #BECERA2025