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EDI Week

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Week at BGU is an annual event aimed at raising awareness and promoting understanding of the importance of equal rights and opportunities in education.

Trans inclusion in secondary school PE and dance

We are investigating current practice through capturing the voice of trainee teachers, Early Career Teachers (ECTs) and mentors within our partnership schools. Early data was shared at the Teacher Education Advancement Network (TEAN) conference 2023.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) as explored in a Secondary PGCE course

As presented at the UCET conference in September 2023, this research explores the ongoing evolution of work from an initial focus on ‘Diversity’ to more recent explorations of inclusion and belonging.

Black History Month

Using Black History Month to develop knowledge and increase cultural understanding.

This reports on our annual work showcasing BHM as pedagogy, resource, celebration and visibility.

Creative approaches to exploring autistic identity

This is an ongoing project that foregrounds the voice of autistic people in explorations of what it means to be autistic. The exploration includes this year’s exhibition at the Learning & Teaching Conference.


Some examples of recent BRIDgE outputs

  1. Abdulrahman, H. K., Lawrence, C., Peart, S. (2022). Being autistic and Black. Black History Month Magazine.
  2. Beardon, L., Lawrence, C., Muir, L., Thompson, S., Thornalley, H., McNichol, S., Howe, S., ... & Tasker, J. (2019). Teacher Education and Autism: A Research-Based Practical Handbook. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
  3. Collyer, E., Peart, S., Abdulrahman, H. K., Lawrence, C., & Mahon, C. (2022). Representation of Black autistic people in children’s picture books: different perspectives. Advance HE Race and Equality Colloquium.
  4. Gachago, V., & Peart, S. (2022). ‘One step forward, one step back ’inclusive education in Kenya. In International Issues in SEND and Inclusion (pp. 61-74). Routledge.
  5. Lawrence, C. (2022). Dancing with the daffodils: using a Shared Reading approach to explore autistic identity. Good Autism Practice (GAP), 23(1), 5-13.
  6. Lawrence, C. (2022). Who are the experts? Why autistic voices should be central to autism training in schools. BERA blog.
  7. Puttick, S., Nye, Z., Wynn, J., Muir, L., & Hill, Y. (2021). Student teachers’ beliefs about diversity: analysing the impact of a ‘diversity week’ during Initial Teacher Education. Teacher Development, 25(1), 85-100.