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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
Financial forecasts in England’s multi-academy trusts could have a lasting impact on children’s learning
Budget planning in schools is like navigating a ship through unpredictable seas, awash with rising costs, fluctuating pupil numbers and financial vulnerability. All schools must balance resources...
BERA celebrates 10 years of the BERA Blog
2025 marks 10 years of the BERA Blog, and we’re so proud of all that it has accomplished! Thank you to all those who have contributed to the Blog, whether as authors, editors, or readers. The...
BERA Equality in Education Award
The BERA Equality in Education Award recognizes an individual whose work has sought to address wider issues of inequality and discrimination in education. The nominee’s work will not only...
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
SIG Meet & Discuss: Creativities in Education
This SIG offers a space for researchers, policy makers and practitioners located in a wide variety of settings, to discuss and interact on matters of interest pertinent to creativity in education....
ICAIE 2025: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education
Bring tomorrow's technologies today The BERA Digital Education Special Interest Group (SIG) and the British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET) are supporting the upcoming International...
Artful Leadership
Artful Leadership – transforming leadership through playful and artistic thinking and doing Dedicated to research with and by leaders shaping the educational landscape, this webinar emphasises...
Defining ‘Social Justice’ in Education and Educational Research: what do we, as practitioners and academics, mean? Part 2
This event will provide a forum to engage in important discussions, reflections and debate on ‘social justice’ in education and development of next steps with attendees in terms of action...
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...
Event Videos
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Financial forecasts in England’s multi-academy trusts could have a lasting impact on children’s learning
Budget planning in schools is like navigating a ship through unpredictable seas, awash with rising costs, fluctuating pupil numbers and financial vulnerability. All schools must balance resources...
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Editorial: Potential pathways towards an integrated tertiary education system in England
This BERA Blog special issue examines possible futures for tertiary education in England and the challenges that are faced by policymakers, institutional leaders, educators and researchers in...
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What might a unitary tertiary education system mean for England?
‘Tertiary’ is a wide-ranging term used increasingly by policymakers and commentators as a panacea for a future post-16 education and training system in England (Hazelkorn, 2023). What could...
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How can reforms towards a tertiary education system support adult lifelong learning across all dimensions of society?
A ‘seamless’ system (Bathmaker et al., 2008), that integrates further and higher education under one umbrella, and brings together vocational, professional and academic education and training,...
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