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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...
Digital Resources
The new BERA Digital Resources page for members features videos and presentations from BERA events, as well as podcasts and more.
Why we need a manifesto on education for environmental sustainability
Our research commission, recently announced by BERA, will bring teachers and young people together to co-produce a manifesto on education for environmental sustainability. The manifesto will...
BCF Curriculum Investigation Grant
The BCF Curriculum Investigation Grant is intended to support research led by schools and colleges with a focus on curriculum inquiry and investigation. The grant, awarded biennially, is worth up...
Tackling widespread myths and misconceptions through transformatory teacher training and sustained support for schools: The UCL Centre for Holocaust Education
In this episode of the BERA Podcast Nick Johnson, Chief Executive of BERA speaks to Ruth-Anne Lenga and Alice Pettigrew of the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education.
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
Leadership in schools during the pandemic
#BERA_Leadership @BERANews @BERA_TED This session will reflect on the challenges in carrying out research during a time of national lockdown. It will use a real example of a study which...
Annual Prevent and Extremism Webinar
#BERA_Prevent&Extremism @BERANews Current initiatives in counter-terrorism, the fear of extremism in education and the requirement for schools to promote fundamental British values have...
Independent Researchers’ Forum Annual Meeting
Join the Independent Researchers’ Forum annual meeting to network with colleagues, learn about the activities of the SIG over the last year and plans for 2021. This meeting is open to Non...
BERA ECR Network Symposium Series 2021: Overcoming challenges in educational research – May
The theme for 2021 is ‘Overcoming challenges in educational research’ Discussant: Dr Melissa Jogie, University of Roehampton Who is it for? The ECR Network’s symposia series is targeted...
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...
BERA 2021 Undergraduate Award
This award is for recent graduates who have completed their undergraduate degree in a field related to educational research.
The latest from the BERA Blog
Why we need a manifesto on education for environmental sustainability
Our research commission, recently announced by BERA, will bring teachers and young people together to co-produce a manifesto on education for environmental sustainability. The manifesto will...
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Is ‘lost learning’ the new crisis in education?
Concerns around lost learning have been a pervasive and recurrent theme of late – all of which can be traced back to the closing of schools over the past year in response to the Covid-19...
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Education for sustainability: Connecting learners with nature
Education has become an increasingly important part of the international agenda to raise awareness of how we can support action to shape a more sustainable way of life (Rieckmann, 2012). Enshrined...
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The Skills for Jobs white paper: A chance to provide ‘flexibility’
The UK government’s Skills for Jobs white paper is clearly an attempt to realign post-16 education around the needs of employers. It presents a challenge for higher education to develop an...
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