About
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...
A Political Sociology of Education Policy
The provision of and access to school places in England is structured through segregation, and yet influential research takes place without due recognition of how selection and choice operate. For...
Pedagogical differences between school and university styles of study? The urgent need for information
There are many things about university which go unsaid with students. Academics write about them a lot; but the complaints, concerns and empirical and theoretical research about the university and...
Education: The State of the Discipline. Survey of education researchers
A survey of education researchers’ work, experiences and identities
BERA Bites, issue 8: Toward a digital future of curriculum, pedagogy & assessment
In the last three decades, digital technologies have become an integral part of our lives, societies and education systems worldwide. The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns since early...
BERA 2023 Educational Research Book of the Year
This award celebrates the publication of educational research and is awarded to a scholarly book on education deemed to be high quality, engaging and innovative.
Upcoming events
SIG Forum Meeting – Philosophy of Education
Join the Philosophy of Education SIG annual meeting to network with colleagues, learn about the activities of the SIG and plans for 2023 and onwards. This meeting will be hosted online, where you...
Creative pedagogies, research and practice in conversations
This online event will offer insightful conversations with three creativities in education experts including those with academic and practice-based experience. The conversations will focus on how...
BERA ECR Network Symposium Series 2023: Making decisions in educational research: ethics and methodologies
Who is it for? The ECR Network’s symposia series is targeted at early career researchers (ECRs) – be they current Masters or Doctoral students or those in the early post-doctoral phase....
Applying Social Theory to Educational Research in the new, pandemic normal
Covid-19 has recalibrated academic experiences of their work, cultures and institutions, and enabled the entangled relationship between theory and practice to be rethought. The purpose of this...
BERA Conference 2023
Welcome to the BERA Annual Conference 2023 The programme is now live online. We have a fantastic array of presentations! The mobile app will soon be launched, which will allow you to favourite...
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...
Digital Resources
The new BERA Digital Resources page for members features videos and presentations from BERA events, as well as podcasts and more.
The latest from the BERA Blog
Pedagogical differences between school and university styles of study? The urgent need for information
There are many things about university which go unsaid with students. Academics write about them a lot; but the complaints, concerns and empirical and theoretical research about the university and...
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The teacher recruitment freefall: Opening the parachute requires us to understand our prospective teachers better
In their BERA Blog post ‘Dropping off a cliff’ Innes et al. (2023) break down four areas of policy which they suggest are the ‘real driver’ of frighteningly low teacher training...
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Beyond performance: Increasing teacher capabilities through a distributed leadership coaching model
When academics talk about coaching in schools, often the focus is on teachers’ and pupils’ performance (Knight, 2007; Bresser & Wilson, 2010). While there are laudable achievements of peer...
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Singing from the same hymn sheet? The Irish primary curriculum framework and convergences with global curricular trends
A significant milestone in Irish education history was achieved by the launching of the primary curriculum framework on 9 March 2023. Curriculum policy has been influenced by the prevailing...
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