In this episode of the BERA Podcast BERA Chief Executive Nick Johnson speaks to Dr Olivene Burke (University of the West Indies) about educational research in the Caribbean and her academic work in marginalized community development.
Dr Olivene Burke is the Executive Director of the Mona Social Services, UWI, Jamaica.
Along with her colleagues Tenneisha Nelson and Vanessa Ellis Colley, Olivene Burke is a recipient of the BERA Covid-19 Small Grant Award 2020 for their research project: Access to education in a time of pan(dem)ic in Jamaica rural and urban primary (K-6) schools’ experience.