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BERA is a membership association and learned society committed to advancing research quality, building research capacity and fostering research engagement. BERA aims to inform the development of...
Reimagining a curriculum for teacher knowledge
This special issue of the BERA Blog, presented by the British Curriculum Forum, aims to reimagine a curriculum for teacher knowledge for the 21st century, across the four nations of the UK and...
BERA 2020 Doctoral Thesis Award and Masters Dissertation Award Now Open
Every year BERA recognises academic excellence and rigour in research by a Masters of Education student and a Doctoral student. This underscores BERA’s commitment to developing capacity,...
Artificial intelligence and multimodal data in the service of human decision-making
The question, ‘What is an appropriate role for Artificial Intelligence(AI)?’, is the subject of much discussion and interest. There is little doubt about the great potential and the disruptive...
Upcoming events
Collaborative Agency: policy enactment or resistance?
This one-day seminar is the second part of the BERA Research Commission 2019 – 2020. Competing Discourses of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC): Tensions, Impacts and Democratic...
Small schools, big issue? Exploring the future for small schools in England
The BERA SIG for School Effectiveness and Improvement, in partnership with Plymouth Marjon University, the National Association of Small Schools and the Diocese of Truro, invites school leaders,...
BERA ECR Network Symposium Series 2019: Analytical Approaches in Educational Research (Staffordshire)
Discussants: Dr Jane Rowley and Sharon Inglis BERA wants YOU if you: • Are a postgraduate research student (PGR) or early career researcher (ECR) in education; • Have issues around data...
BERA Annual General Meeting 2019
The 44th BERA AGM will take place at 5:00pm on Monday 9th September 2019. This will be held in the Hotel Novotel Manchester Centre, 21 Dickinson St, Manchester M1 4LX. All members are invited...
BERA Conference 2019
The BERA Annual Conference 2019 will be held at the University of Manchester, Tuesday 10th September 2019 – Thursday 12th September 2019.
Early Career Researcher Network
The BERA ECR Network supports those in the process of completing their masters, doctorate or EdD in education, as well as those who have completed their studies within the past 3 years.
2019 John Nisbet Fellows Announced
Since 2014 BERA has awarded the John Nisbet Fellowship to one or more people who are deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to educational research over their career. Named in honour of...
Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research, fourth edition (2018)
This extensively revised, expanded and updated fourth edition of BERA's Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research is designed to support educational researchers in conducting research to the...
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The language that affirms gendered violence in schools
Those who study and work within education know that it is not just the explicit, intentional content that is taught in schools and that results in learning. Moment-to-moment transfers of meaning...
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Curriculum development: The practitioner’s view
Attending the BERA/BCF Re-Imagining A Curriculum for Teacher Knowledge event enabled me to develop a deeper and broader understanding of recent thinking about the curriculum in England. ...
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Towards an understanding of curricular justice: A provocation
There are a number of premises that underpin this think piece about ‘reimagining a curriculum for social justice’. They include the assumptions that we need an education system with broad...
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