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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 Vice-President Election
Could you be the next BERA President ? We are currently looking for expressions of interest for the next BERA President between 2021-2022 succeeding Dominic Wyse when his term finishes. You would...
2020 BERA Publications Chair Election
We are pleased invite our members to apply to become BERA's Publications Committee Chair, succeeding Vivienne Baumfield whose term will shortly come to an end. The role will commence in September...
General Election 2019: Where do the Tories, Labour and Lib Dems stand on education?
What can we expect from the three main UK political parties if elected to government? I have compared the education sections of the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat manifestos. (All...
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 2020 Doctoral Thesis Award and Masters Dissertation Award Now Open
Every year BERA recognises academic excellence and rigour in research by a Masters of Education student and a Doctoral student. This underscores BERA’s commitment to developing capacity,...
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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The success of Finnish schools: Lessons from a high-performing system
I have recently returned from Tampere University in Finland as part of an Erasmus project called Academic Adventures, and in this blog post I want to share some reflections from that week about...
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Gender and sexual identities in early childhood curricula: The case of Canada
Research concerning the intersections between early childhood education and subjectivities has been ubiquitous (see for example, Olmedo & Wilkins, 2016; Ritchie, 2008); yet despite prominent...
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The new Ofsted framework
Curriculum may be back in vogue, but it augments rather than replaces the standards agenda
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