I've really enjoyed my time at the #BERAWERA2024 conference this week. It was a real pleasure to hear such a range of global voices and great to be able to present my own research. A super way to start the term.

Really enjoyed our Symposium at #BERAWERA2024 on Decoloniality and Cultural Difference in the UK School Meals Service.Thanks to everyone who came and asked questions! #histed

OOOOOOOOOOOoooooooook that’s enough of that. Wonderful conference! Thanks for having me! #BERAWERA2024

A photo of a computer screen in an empty seminar room that has a slide on it that says “exploring gendered constructionism within noise music”

SET UP AND READY FOR THIS TWO OCLOCK BERA JAWN TO KICK OFF LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! #BERAWERA2024

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DIGGING INTO THIS ABSURD BLOCK OF CHEESE LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! #BERAWERA2024

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BACK IN THIS LECTURE HALL AND REALIZING HOW SERIOUS THIS FURNITURE DESIGNER TAKES GOOD POSTURE LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! #BERAWERA2024

A photo of a man in cardigan and a backpack and a mask looking deeply forgettable in a bathroom that is red and white and grey. It’s not very exciting, honestly.

ILL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT THAT MY CONFERENCE FIT IS PRETTY MID BUT I DIG THE COLOR SCHEME IN THIS BATHROOM AND WILL HOLD MYSELF AESTHETICALLY ACCOUNTABLE BY FOLLOWING CONFERENCE RELATED SOCIAL MEDIA NORMS LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! #BERAWERA2024

P10.39 At the Intersection of Philosophy and Poetic Inquiry Wednesday, Sep 11 ©14:00 - 15:30 Roscoe Building - Room 1.009 At the Intersection of Philosophy and Poetic Inquiry Victoria I. Ekpo, Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan, Sharon Louise Smith, Daisy Pillay

Are you at #BERAWERA2024 #BERA2024 #bera and have nothing to go to at 2pm today? Come and listen to our symposium about philosophy and poetry… we would love to see you…

For anyone who needs to access a copy of my slides in advance of the session please see bit.ly/m/SharonLSmith

Slide from the presentation 'Ethical Challenges of Netnographic Research' with the title, presenter's name Dr Lynne Taylerson and an image of a grey and white network of interconnected nodes on the right. At the bottom left is the quote: The digital revolution ‘has outpaced parallel developments in research governance and agreed good practice’ from Williams et al, 2017:1150

Early o'clock train up to Manchester for @beranews.bsky.social #BERAWERA2024 conference.
Excited to be on a panel discussing ethical conundrums of social media research at 4 with Carmel Capewell, Iryna Kushnir and Kanayo Dike-Oduah.
#netnography #FEResearch #AmplifyFE

A photograph of a man making a deeply stupid face in front of a BERA conference banner. It’s a very bad photo, don’t look at it.

OH YOU THOUGHT WE WERE COOKED WELL GUESS WHAT GOONERS ITS DAY TWO AND WE ARE SO BACK LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! #BERAWERA2024

A photo of my bepantsed legs and naked feet in what looks like the inside of a wooden cupboard with a mattress and a curtain.

CRASHING AT A HOSTEL TONIGHT SO IM SLEEPING IN THIS CUPBOARD LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! #BERAWERA2024

BERA - Kevin Joyce Clair Jo

What do you get if you cross:
a university academic
a sixth form college educator
a further education practitioner and an
11-18 teacher?
This awesome panel at BERA, that’s what!
#BERATeachers
#TeacherEducation
#BERAWERA2024
#furthereducation #CAIRN #LSRN #PractitionerResearchSIG

Amazing opening two days at the British Educational Research Association/ World Educational Research Association conference. Great keynotes, panels, papers & people. Looking forward to the next few days! #berawera2024 #educationalresearch

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It was a privilege to Chair the World Educational Research Association poster session at the BERA/WERA conference today Incredible commitment, scholarship and presentation skills on display by colleagues from across the globe. #berawera2024 #educationalresearch

A photo of 2 people sitting underneath a very large projection screen. The screen says “education as a utopian project. Kris D Gutierrez. Carol Liu Chair and Distinguished Professor. University of California, Berkeley.”

OFF AND RUNNING WATCH YIUR BACK DARK KNIGHT LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! #BERAWERA2024

A photo of a lecture hall with a large screen that has the Bera conference and sets focal meeting logo. It also, inexplicably, has bright red lighting pointing up from the base of the wall.

GETTING SET UP TO WATCH THE GOAT DR KRIS GUTIERREZ AND THEY BUSTED OUT THE 2000S BATMAN MOVIE LIGHTING FOR THIS RIPPER LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! #BERAWERA2024

A picture of a slide with multiple art works and the following text: DARTAPHACT | a mash-up of ‘data, ‘art,’ and ‘act’/ivism to describe the posthuman agency of objects crafted from and carrying experience into different places and spaces.

GETTING MY MIND BLOWN BY EJ RENOLD’S CONCEPT OF THE DARTAPHACT LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! #BERAWERA2024

A photo of the same white dude from before this time making a wild ass face in front of a red BERA banner

I MADE IT TO THE SOCIOACADEMIC EVENT WHERE WE WILL BOTH BE IN COMPANY WITH EACH OTHER AND SHARE OUR CURRENT INTELLECTUAL LABOR LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! #BERAWERA2024

Manchester-bound for #BERA2024. Looking forward to presenting our @leverhulme.bsky.social funded project on religion and citizenship in primary schools as part of a panel on spirituality, relationships and connectedness later this afternoon #berawera2024

A photo of a white dude in a blue shirt with a mask and a hair cut that screams “middle management.” He’s on a train and has those wild eyes underneath them fivehead wrinkles.

JUST GOT ON THE TRAIN TO MANCHESTER THAT WILL TAKE ME TO THE BACCHANAL THAT IS THE BRITISH EDUCATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! #BERAWERA2024

Excited to present with colleagues from the ESRC School Meals project at #BERAWERA2024 as part of a Symposium sharing our initial findings!
#schoolmealmemories #histed @ioe.bsky.social