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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...
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,...
Educational Leadership and Management in the Commonwealth: Making a Difference
The first BERA/CCEAM Annual Lecture. ‘Tony Bush is Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Nottingham and previously held professorial positions at the universities of...
Children’s awareness and understanding of conflict-related groups in divided education systems
Over 420 million children live in conflict-affected areas (Save the Children, 2019). Conflict greatly disrupts education, with long-lasting negative effects even after peace agreements are signed...
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What is the future for artificial and human intelligence?
Artificial intelligence seems to be everywhere at the moment, but it is hard to pin down exactly what this means for educational research. The first in a series of three events, the overarching...
BERA ECR Network Symposium Series 2019: Analytical Approaches in Educational Research (Strathclyde)
Discussants: Professor Kate Wall, Dr Alan Huang and Dr Saima Salehjee BERA wants YOU if you: • Are a postgraduate research student (PGR) or early career researcher (ECR) in education; •...
Educational Leadership and Management in the Commonwealth: Making a Difference
The first BERA/CCEAM Annual Lecture. ‘Tony Bush is Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Nottingham and previously held professorial positions at the universities of...
Changing Britannia Through Schooling and Education by Professor Augustine “Gus” John
This is a free lecture held at the University of Huddersfield, Thursday 5th December 2019, between 17:15 and 18:30 Professor Augustine "Gus" John was born in Grenada and has lived mainly in the...
Educational Leadership and Management in the Commonwealth: Making a Difference
The first BERA/CCEAM Annual Lecture. ‘Tony Bush is Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Nottingham and previously held professorial positions at the universities of...
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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Children’s awareness and understanding of conflict-related groups in divided education systems
Over 420 million children live in conflict-affected areas (Save the Children, 2019). Conflict greatly disrupts education, with long-lasting negative effects even after peace agreements are signed...
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School readiness, early years education and neoliberal subjectivities
This symposium built upon BERA’s research commission, Competing Discourses of Early Childhood Education and Care, and critically explored why and how early childhood education and care (ECEC)...
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Pastoral care: a whole-school approach to creating the ethos of wellbeing that culminates in better engagement and improved academic achievement of learners.
How effective is your school’s pastoral care? ‘Pastoral care’ was a term once used exclusively to describe the role of shepherds caring for their sheep in the pasture in Christian...
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Chinglish versus China English: A need to determine ‘correct’ English among our Chinese students
Mention ‘Chinglish’ to Chinese students and they’ll probably giggle nervously. The term was coined to describe the attempts of Chinese people to use English, with the implication being that...
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