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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...
BERA Announces the 2025 BERA Public Engagement and Impact Award Winner
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2025 BERA Public Engagement and Impact Award is the Digital Empowerment in Language Teaching (DELTEA) project, a partnership between University...
Editorial: Relationship-centred pedagogies: The route to ‘education for all’
This BERA Blog special issue responds to increasing concerns around school exclusions that have risen to almost 1 million in England and a government announcement in 2024 to phase out ‘cruel...
Winter 2025/26
Research Intelligence issue 165: Integrating inclusiveness and accessibility in education: Emerging technologies and learning in people with disabilities
BERA Conference 2026
Welcome to the BERA Annual Conference 2026 It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the BERA Annual Conference 2026, returning to the University of Manchester. We are delighted to bring...
Call for Members: BERA College of Reviewers
The British Educational Research Association (BERA) has continued to grow and diversify its awards, grants and funding portfolio in recent years, supporting a wide range of high-quality...
Upcoming events
BERA Skill Builder Series: Standardisation for Abstract Reviewers
This online session is aimed at those who: are new to peer review BERA abstracts would like to peer review for BERA in future are more experienced but would like the reassurance of a...
SIG Meet & Discuss: Sexualities and Gender
This Sexualities & Gender SIG provides a space to critically engage with how gender and sexuality research matters in the inter-disciplinary field of education and how this research can inform...
SIG Meet & Discuss: Philosophy of Education
The Philosophy of Education SIG represents those engaged in research and teaching in theoretical and empirical philosophy of education and those seeking to further their understanding of the...
TEAN Webinar: Anti-racism and Teacher Education in a Post-Truth World
This special panel event is intended for anyone interested in anti-racism and teacher education. It will feature experts in this area who will give their perspectives, linking research to...
BERA Teacher Network
The BERA Teacher Network is an inclusive community of educators from early years, primary, and secondary schools and further, adult and vocational education in the UK. The network serves as a...
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...
Neurodivergent Researchers Network
The BERA Neurodivergent Researchers Network is a new initiative launched by the British Educational Research Association (BERA). The network is intended to provide a platform for neurodivergent...
Event Videos
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The latest from the BERA Blog
Editorial: Relationship-centred pedagogies: The route to ‘education for all’
This BERA Blog special issue responds to increasing concerns around school exclusions that have risen to almost 1 million in England and a government announcement in 2024 to phase out ‘cruel...
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Beyond the school gates: Rethinking support for families and education post-Covid
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, attention has focused on young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or behavioural challenges (see for example the Education...
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Nurture and relationship-based approaches in SEN education
Introduction As a teacher with more than 20 years’ experience across mainstream and alternative provisions, I now lead Primary Literacy at New Barn School in Horsham, England, which supports...
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School culture, relationships and exclusion
This blog post explores links between school exclusions, teacher–pupil relationships and school culture. Specifically, it considers how what is prioritised and considered normal within a school...
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