About
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...
A Virtual Journal Club Meeting
As practitioner researchers we are keen to support modes of professional development that empower teachers and support their sense of autonomy. Journal Clubs are democratic in nature and allow...
Year 3 student career choices: Exploring societal changes in constructions of masculinity and femininity in career choice justifications
Gender stereotypes continue to play a significant role in how children imagine their future careers, and in the long term, these stereotypes may limit opportunities for both boys and girls. We...
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...
HE Education Research Census 2022
The UK-wide census of all HE-based education researchers has just been launched. It is a nationwide census examining the characteristics, experiences and attitudes of education researchers...
ECR Coffee Hour
Come along to the BERA ECR Network’s coffee hour during which time you’ll have the opportunity to find out more about the ECR Network and its activities as well as getting to know a little...
Upcoming events
SIG Forum Meeting – Social Justice
Unfortunately this event has now been postponed. We will confirm when a new date has been confirmed. Join the Social Justice SIG annual meeting to network with colleagues, learn about the...
ECR Coffee Hour
Come along to the BERA ECR Network’s coffee hour during which time you’ll have the opportunity to find out more about the ECR Network and its activities as well as getting to know a little...
Creativity as spaces of resistance & Anna Craft Memorial Lecture
As we emerge from a period of dominantly virtual events, this in person event aims to inspire and provoke conversations and action between delegates. Developed in response to previous SIG...
Creative Methods – part II
The final session of our Researching Youth Seminar Series re-visits Creative Methods. As a growing field in youth research that takes a participatory approach, creative methods privileged other...
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
Year 3 student career choices: Exploring societal changes in constructions of masculinity and femininity in career choice justifications
Gender stereotypes continue to play a significant role in how children imagine their future careers, and in the long term, these stereotypes may limit opportunities for both boys and girls. We...
Continue reading
Evaluating curricular and pedagogical practices of internationalisation in higher education: A postcolonial perspective
Problem Many British and Sino-British universities offer postgraduate programmes in education to contribute to internationalisation in higher education. These programmes have recently been...
Continue reading
‘Challenging’ reflexivity in the transition between practicums: A practical and gamified approach to embed ‘big ideas’ into the teacher education curriculum
Like all teacher educators in England, we are conscious that our practice is increasingly located in turbulent and changing political and managerial landscapes for teacher education (see Murtagh &...
Continue reading
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the academic, psychological and sociocultural adaptation of international students in the UK
Although there is a well-established literature on the international student experience (Schartner & Young, 2020), we know relatively little about what ‘being an international student’ has...
Continue reading