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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...
Digital Resources
The new BERA Digital Resources page for members features videos and presentations from BERA events, as well as podcasts and more.
Is it okay to HIIT in primary physical education?
High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is a form of exercise that involves repeated bouts of near-maximal effort often followed by short (60 seconds) recovery times (ACSM, 2014). HIIT is popular...
A curriculum for wellbeing: Improving all aspects of wellbeing in curricula & schools
How should the wellbeing of both pupils and staff be integrated into curriculum development? This collection, edited by Victoria Pugh, presents answers to this question from a diverse range of...
The ACSS and BERA respond to UKRI announcements on funding cuts
Alongside other learned societies and the Academy of Social Sciences BERA has co-signed a letter that strongly urges the UK government to reinstate funding for UKRI’s Global Challenges Research...
Registration fees and bursaries
BERA Conference 2021 is 13 September 2021 to 16 September 2021. Apply now for conference bursaries. Available for Students, Teachers, Practitioners and Independent Researchers. Deadline 19th...
Upcoming events
Contemporary curriculum debates in Early Childhood Education and Care – 1
#BERA_EYFS @BERANews @ececsig With the revised Early Years Foundation Stage guidance being used by early adopters we argue that now is a good time to focus on revisiting the function of Early...
Literacy and Language SIG Annual Meeting
Join the Literacy and Language SIG annual meeting to network with colleagues, learn about the activities of the SIG over the last year and plans for 2021 This meeting will be hosted on Zoom,...
BERA ECR Network Symposium Series 2021: Overcoming challenges in educational research – April
The theme for 2021 is ‘Overcoming challenges in educational research’ Discussant: Professor Hayo Reinders, Anaheim University, USA Who is it for? The ECR Network’s symposia series is...
Contemporary curriculum debates in Early Childhood Education and Care – 2
#BERA_EYFS @BERANews @ececsig With the revised Early Years Foundation Stage guidance being used by early adopters we argue that now is a good time to focus on revisiting the function of Early...
COVID-19
BERA is closely monitoring the developments around the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. Our position as a charity is to do our best to continue the delivery of our activities in as safe and...
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...
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...
BJET Early Career International Fellowship 2021
Applications are invited for the British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET) Early Career International Fellowship. This one-year fellowship, which includes funding of up to £5,000, will be...
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Is it okay to HIIT in primary physical education?
High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is a form of exercise that involves repeated bouts of near-maximal effort often followed by short (60 seconds) recovery times (ACSM, 2014). HIIT is popular...
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Not CRED-ible
On 31 March, the government published the report from its Commission for Race and Ethnic Disparity. It had briefed the headlines the day before and did a full media round before journalists, let...
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Empowering marginalised parents to undertake home-schooling during Covid-19
The strains on the education system caused by the Covid-19 pandemic have forced many parents to have to contend with significant changes in their daily routines. A study of seven countries in...
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Can Montessori education raise peaceful children?
In 2013, the Ernst Strungman Forum assembled a thinktank of academics with representatives from the fields of anthropology, economics, psychology, neuroscience, education and peace studies to...
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