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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...
Ethnicity and the Early Years Workforce in Maintained Nursery Schools across England
In this webinar, we presented findings from the BERA-funded project ‘Ethnicity and the Early Years Workforce: A Census of Maintained Nursery Schools in England’. The project has examined how...
Achieving mastery: Pupils’ perspectives on engaging with feedback and assessment in secondary school
Introduction Assessment and feedback play a key role in pupils’ learning at all levels of education. However, there is much debate about whether feedback, in particular, is given in a way...
2022/2023 BCF Curriculum Investigation Grant Awarded to 3 Schools
BERA and the BCF are pleased to announce that the 2022/2023 BCF Curriculum Investigation Grant has been awarded to 3 UK schools. The BCF Curriculum Investigation Grant is intended to support...
BERA Public Engagement and Impact Award
The BERA Public Engagement and Impact Award recognises and celebrates the impact of research and practice in the education community and how both have demonstrably engaged the public.
Education for Environmental Sustainability
The new Education for Environmental Sustainability (EfES) SIG aims to encourage and support research and scholarship focused on EfES.
Upcoming events
BERA Conference 2022
BERA 2022 Welcome A Welcome from Professor Mhairi C Beaton, Conference and Events Committee Chair As I begin to write this welcome text to our 2022 BERA Annual Conference, my thoughts have...
Journal Peer Review: The Case of an Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics Journal
Doctoral students and Early Career Researchers often struggle to navigate journal peer review (here are two BERA ECR Network podcasts (1)/(2) on the topic) because it is not a skillset that is...
The Voice of Ukrainian Educational Research Association across Borders or is there Educational Solidarity during Russian-Ukrainian War?
In this webinar we will hear from a panel of Ukrainian academics who will discuss their current work amidst the current war crisis with Russia. The platform is one to engage in support for...
EMC Masterclass – How to blog about your research
Run by the Education Media Centre this highly interactive small group online training session is aimed at early career researchers who want their work to reach non-academic audiences. Participants...
Summer 2022
Pandemic, protests, recovery, opportunities: Repositioning of educational research, teaching & learning Research Intelligence issue 151 This second decade of the 21st century continues to...
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
Achieving mastery: Pupils’ perspectives on engaging with feedback and assessment in secondary school
Introduction Assessment and feedback play a key role in pupils’ learning at all levels of education. However, there is much debate about whether feedback, in particular, is given in a way...
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Majority of British Pakistanis are actually Kashmiris (who speak Pahari)
Since 1991 our schools have been gathering ethnicity data. This has helped us to know how many children were from which ethnic group and what language they spoke. The exception has been children...
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When the object becomes the subject: Redefining the Teachers’ Standards as ‘learner standards’
In England, the Teachers' Standards are often used formatively to guide quality improvement towards a final summative, quality assurance process which takes place to ensure that the standards have...
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Pedagogical space(s): The benefits of collaboration with forest school providers for the early years classroom teachers and pupils
In 2022, the Foundation Phase in Wales will be replaced by the new Curriculum for Wales (CfW), a national framework for children aged between three and 16. One of its aims is to provide...
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