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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...
2020 BERA Council Elections
BERA is pleased to invite interested members to stand as candidates in the 2020 BERA Council Elections. We are seeking applications between 16th December 2019 and 23rd January 2020. BERA...
Winter 2019
The latest issue of Research Intelligence showcases the strength and depth of recent research on post-compulsory and lifelong learning.
The challenges and solutions for qualitative researchers in gaining ethical approval and consent
A special series of blogs asks the difficult questions about current informed consent and ethical approval practices and assumptions, critically exploring the work and philosophy of both ethics...
Upcoming events
BERA ECR Network Symposium Series 2020: Framing Research – Aberystwyth
The theme for 2020 is ‘Framing Research: Theories, Concepts and Reflexivity in Educational Research Discussant: Dr Andrew James Davies, Aberystwyth University Who is it for? The ECR...
Great Expectations – what should artificial intelligence be doing for us?
Artificial intelligence seems to be everywhere at the moment, but it is hard to pin down exactly what this means for educational research. The second in a series of three events, the overarching...
BERA Conference 2020 – Call for abstract reviewers
Please note you will need to be logged in as a member to see the ‘register’ button Would you be willing to act as a reviewer for abstracts submitted to the BERA Annual Conference 2020? To be...
Exploring ways forward in English: Building the curriculum in theory and practice
What are the pressing issues affecting English teaching in classrooms today? This question is explored from the perspective of curriculum development in practice and in theory. The aim of the day...
2019 BERA Public Engagement and Impact Award
The British Educational Research Association Public Engagement & Impact Award recognises the important impact of research and practice in the education community and celebrates significant...
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 Blog highlights from 2019
A seasonal ‘yo-ho-ho’ to all our BERA Blog readers here in the UK and around the world in this, our fourth end-of-year-highlights special edition. The BB continues to grow, with more special...
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...
The latest from the BERA Blog
Editorial: The challenges and solutions for qualitative researchers in gaining ethical approval and consent
BERA members, through informal conversation, recognised that there was a danger that qualitative studies may become under threat from not being approved by ethical committees in an increasingly...
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How do we enact ‘informed consent’?
As researchers we have a responsibility not just to inform participants about our research and its possible consequences, but to have confidence that participants are giving informed consent. So...
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Being a ‘chameleon’: The role of ethical reflexivity in becoming a more virtuous teacher-researcher
Engaging in a hot topic session at the 2019 BERA Conference, we explored the notion that ethical dilemmas in the field are dynamic and constantly evolving, heavily dependent on both context and...
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When walking on marshland, occasionally expect to lose your wellies
A consistent refrain of colleagues is that research ethics committees seem to be committed to stopping research. Nothing could be further from the truth. The contemporary research ethics committee...
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