About
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...
BERA Research Commissions 2020/2022
The aim of the BERA Research Commissions is to identify and address issues of current importance to the study and practice of education which may have future consequences for the discipline and...
Education, #BlackLivesMatter and racial justice in the UK and beyond
This special series of the BERA Blog addresses the BlackLivesMatter movement and questions of racial justice in both the UK and beyond, as we celebrate Black History Month amid deepening...
In Conversations with…Professor Paul Miller
In this episode of the BERA Podcast BERA Chief Executive Nick Johnson interviews Professor Paul Miller, the President of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management...
Digital Resources
The new BERA Digital Resources page for members features videos and presentations from BERA events, as well as podcasts and more.
BERA Appoints Members to the College of Reviewers
As an organisation we are committed to principles of openness, integrity and transparency and seek to uphold ethical values in all our activities and processes. The newly established BERA College...
Upcoming events
Arts Education Research Re-drawn
#BERA_ArtsEd Online event – pre-registration essential The COVID-19 lockdown has highlighted the importance of the arts in providing social cohesion and wellbeing. From videos of socially...
Shifting Perspectives on Nature through Pedagogical Practices
#BERA_nolap Online event – pre-registration essential Come and join us as we ask critical questions around how we may combine science- and arts-based approaches to shift perspectives away from...
Taking stock of social theory in education research: Hybridity, methodology and critical reflexivity
#BERA_theory Online event - pre-registration essential In this talk we argue that educational researchers should consider more fully the ways in which social theory is utilised in contemporary...
President Roundtable Seminar Series: Wellbeing – Schools and pupil mental health: do we fix the child or do we fix the school?
Lead: Professor Jane Hurry, UCL Institute of Education BERA Presidential Roundtables provide compelling research reviews offering a state-of-the-art position on topics that are of interest to...
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...
2021 Masters Dissertation and Doctoral Thesis Awards Now Open
Every year BERA recognises academic excellence by awarding the BERA Masters Dissertation and Doctoral Thesis Awards This underscores BERA’s commitment to developing capacity, advancing quality...
The latest from the BERA Blog
The impact of Covid-19 and the UK public lockdown on postgraduate research students in the UK
While disruption to educational ‘norms’ has received coverage since the public lockdown, less attention has been shown to the impact of the public lockdown on postgraduate research students....
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Is placing beginning teachers into challenging schools actually supporting school improvement, or is it jeopardising our future teachers?
The University of Exeter was selected to take part in the ‘Expanding ITE’ project, in which the Department for Education’s (DfE) aim was to ‘support our best teacher trainer providers ......
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Advancing posthumanist perspectives on technology-rich learning
Picture your favourite childhood toy. What was it? What did you learn from it? How did you know it was for you? These questions, and others like it, underpin the questions raised by posthumanist...
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Education: An academic discipline or a field?
What is the problem? Education research has periodically been sharply criticised for being weak in comparison with research from other disciplines. Some of this criticism has implied, or...
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