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The British Educational Research Association (BERA) is the leading authority on educational research in the UK, supporting and representing the community of scholars, practitioners and everyone...
2025/2026 BERA Small Grants Fund
Researching Additional Support Needs (ASN)/Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) £5000 per project available
Raising Critical Confidence as a root to knowledge of self
hooks (1994, p. 34) advises us to ‘renew our minds if we are to transform educational institutions and society so the way we live, teach, and work can reflect our joy in cultural diversity, our...
BERA 2024 Annual Report: Celebrating 50 Years of Educational Research
We are pleased to announce the release of BERA’s 2024 Annual Report, marking our 50th anniversary year! This milestone provided an opportunity to reflect on our rich history while looking ahead...
BJET Call for Special Section proposals
The BJET call for Special Section proposals, for publication in the latter half of 2026, is now open for submissions with a deadline of 31 March 2025. Please submit proposals using the online...
BERA Conference 2025
The 2025 BERA Conference will be held 9th-11th September 2025 at the University of Sussex. Registration open. Early bird deadline: 1 May 2025
Upcoming events
English Across the Divides: Investigating perceptions of ‘English’ across the Key Stages in England
The Common English Forum’s (CEF) recent Manifesto for English in England (2024) states that subject English is an ‘eco-system’ that stretches from the Early Years and Ks1 to KS5 and beyond....
Exploring pupil achievement and underachievement by place and socioeconomic disadvantage in England and Wales
The event will focus on ‘place’ and it aims to highlight how socioeconomic disadvantage and geographical context shape educational outcomes in England and Wales. It will focus on the varying...
Perspectives from Ireland – Opening the Black Box of Alternative Education Provision in Ireland
While the right to education is guaranteed under the Irish constitution (Kennedy & Smyth, 2018) educational inequality is a continuing feature within the education system (Cahill, 2020). On...
ECR Symposium Series 2025: Generating, Sustaining and Rebuilding Momentum
Who is it for? The ECR Network’s symposia series is designed for early career researchers (ECRs), including Master’s and Doctoral students, as well as those in the early post-doctoral phase....
BERA Teacher Network
The BERA Teacher Network is an inclusive community of educators from early years, primary, and secondary schools and further, adult and vocational education in the UK. The network serves as a...
Early Career Researcher Network
The BERA Early Career Researcher (ECR) Network aims to offer support to those who are in the process of completing their masters or doctorate in education, as well as those who have completed...
Neurodivergent Researchers Network
The BERA Neurodivergent Researchers Network is a new initiative launched by the British Educational Research Association (BERA). The network is intended to provide a platform for neurodivergent...
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Raising Critical Confidence as a root to knowledge of self
hooks (1994, p. 34) advises us to ‘renew our minds if we are to transform educational institutions and society so the way we live, teach, and work can reflect our joy in cultural diversity, our...
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What lessons do students infer from Holocaust education?
‘The premier demand upon all education is that Auschwitz not happen again. Its priority before any other requirement is such that I believe I need not and should not justify it.’ —Adorno,...
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Neoliberal metrics and a curriculum for competence
Neoliberalism – the free market ideology of individual liberty and choice, combined with limited government interference in a competitive marketplace – has been a growing international trend...
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Breaking barriers: The journey of women’s sports in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
For decades, sports in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) were a male-dominated domain. Women’s participation in physical activity was limited by cultural barriers, societal expectations and a...
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