Awards
This page lists information about the:
• BERA/SAGE Award
• Brian Simon Educational Research Fellowship
• Dissertation Award
• Meeting of Minds Award.
Rules, criteria and submission dates are given below.
Further information is also available through the BERA Office by emailing admin@bera.ac.uk or by phone on 01625 504062.
Downloaded a BERA Dissertation Award 2010 Nomination Form in Word.
The BERA Dissertation Award is made for the best PhD, DPhil or EdD thesis for research in education awarded by a United Kingdom university.
The award for 2010 is for a degree granted during the period 1st January to 31st December 2009.
Nominations must demonstrate a significant contribution to education research in one or more of these criteria:
• Research quality, including rigour, transparency and validity;
• New area of research;
• Methodological innovation;
• Significant conceptual or theoretical contribution to its field;
• (Potential) impact for policy-makers, practitioners and other research users.
Submissions should be sent by email to the BERA Office (admin@bera.ac.uk) and must include the following:
- nomination form
- proposer’s statement
- copy of the dissertation / thesis abstract
The BERA Dissertation Award Panel will request comments from an external examiner who assessed the dissertation or thesis on behalf of the awarding University.
The deadline for receipt of submissions is 12.00 (midday) on 1st June 2010.
BERA/SAGE Practitioner Awards
Downloaded BERA/SAGE Practitioner Award 2010 Guidance and Rules as a pdf.
BERA is pleased to confirm submissions for the prestigious BERA / SAGE Practitioner Awards are now open for 2010.
Please note that the closing date has been extended to 4th August 2010.
The aims of the award are:
• To support and encourage excellence in the application of research in practice;
• To disseminate the results of practitioner research and practice;
• To help practitioners to improve the quality of their work by example.
Download BERA/SAGE Practitioner Research Awards 2010 Submission Guidelines as a Word document.
Call for applications – the deadline has now passed.
Download BERA Meeting of Minds Fellowships 2010 Call for Applications
Download BERA Guidance and criteria for applications for Meeting of Minds Fellowships