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BERA Conference – Final week to submit your abstract – Deadline 31st January 2020
The deadline for Conference abstract submission is 31st January. More information on abstract submission can be found here. Submit an abstract Abstract types Symposium Alternative Format...
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....
Editorial: Education for our planet and our future
This special issue of the BERA Blog will publish in two parts, with the final four blogs forthcoming on Tuesday 28 January. I am fortunate to serve as one of two members of the BERA Council...
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 This event has now been postponed. To be kept updated on when this will be reschedule for,...
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: Education for our planet and our future
This special issue of the BERA Blog will publish in two parts, with the final four blogs forthcoming on Tuesday 28 January. I am fortunate to serve as one of two members of the BERA Council...
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How inaction on climate chaos has forced our kids to become the vanguards of change
As educators, we are cognizant of the mantra ‘education is an investment in the future’. Our future, quite frankly, is looking bleak in terms of our inaction in the face of the impending...
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A war for our world: Reframing the climate crisis
At the time of writing, I notice poppies are on sale for Remembrance Day. It strikes me that ignoring the effort to defeat Hitler would have been unthinkable – it framed everything we did. It...
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The renaming of time and the timing of the name
Geologists divide time ‘according to marked shifts in Earth’s state’ (Lewis & Maslin, 2015, p. 171). It has been argued that the impact humans have had and are having on the planet’s...
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