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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...
Independent researchers: The challenges of accessing ethical approval
Independent educational researchers, unaffiliated to higher education institutions, often face great difficulty in gaining ethical approval to carry out their research – which means that the...
A Curriculum For Wellbeing
With more young people than ever struggling with their mental health there has never been greater urgency than now to ensure a curriculum that embeds health, well-being and resilience in formal...
Curriculum Investigation Grant research reports
The three reports in this series, published in January 2020, were supported by the Curriculum Investigation Grant for 2018–2019. Learning from variation, by Ruth Trundley and Helen J....
Action research: Closing the gap between theory and practice
In order to conduct action research, Elliott (1991) advocates that a tremendous desire to innovate and improve is a fundamental requirement. As a teacher-researcher, I came to my doctoral study...
Upcoming events
A Professional Workforce for the Early Years? Policy, practice and sector responses
This event is now fully booked. To be placed on the waiting list please email conference@bera.ac.uk including a contact phone number. This Seminar is the 4th in the Research Commission, Competing...
A Curriculum For Wellbeing
With more young people than ever struggling with their mental health there has never been greater urgency than now to ensure a curriculum that embeds health, well-being and resilience in formal...
Childhood on the move
Please join us for the BERA Children and Childhood special interest group one-day conference. This one-day event will bring together academics, practitioners, teachers, policy makers, students and...
Heads of Department Meeting 2020
Following the successful event last year, we are delighted to be hosting the next seminar for Heads of Department or their equivalent on 23 March 2020. The day will include discussions on the REF...
Education for our planet and our future
Climate change is arguably the most pressing educational imperative of modern times, yet in our universities and communities – and within BERA itself – it remains relatively underdiscussed....
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...
BERA International Representation Funding Scheme
One of the most important drivers of BERA’s international strategy is to facilitate exchanges of ideas and understandings between colleagues in different regions. This strategy acknowledges the...
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...
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Action research: Closing the gap between theory and practice
In order to conduct action research, Elliott (1991) advocates that a tremendous desire to innovate and improve is a fundamental requirement. As a teacher-researcher, I came to my doctoral study...
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When ‘good enough’ isn’t good enough: Ethical dilemmas of a netnographic researcher
Ethnography has evolved for digital contexts in the form of netnography – researchers working with data originating from digital imprints of natural, public conversations (Kozinets, 2015). This...
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Enabling research in post-16 and beyond
During my continuing professional development (CPD) evaluating digital learning in the further education (FE) environment a valuable piece of research emerged, which referenced Laurillard’s...
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Independent educational researchers: Untying knots of ethical issues and gaining ethical approval
At the request of the Independent Researchers’ Forum (IRF), BERA recently hosted a vibrant event aimed at independent researchers. The topic, ‘Ethical Issues and gaining ethical approval’,...
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