Pre-Conference Workshop: Collage as method of research inquiry
The term ‘collage’ derives from the French verb coller which means ‘to stick’ and refers to ‘the process of cutting and sticking found materials onto a flat surface’ (Butler-Kisber,...
Upcoming Events
BERA hosts seminars, symposia series and workshops online and in person across the UK. Find out more about our upcoming events below.
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BERA Conference 2025
The 2025 BERA Conference will be held 9th-11th September 2025 at the University of Sussex. Hot topic proposals now being accepted: Deadline 9 June 2025
SIG Meet & Discuss: Social Justice
Come and join the Social Justice SIG to discuss and plan activities for the next academic year. You will have the opportunity to suggest ideas we can work on in the future. We will also make sure...
Leadership in a Time of Monsters: Responding to Contemporary Challenges
We live in an era when the old-world order has passed but a new world order is yet to fully take shape: evocatively described by Antonio Gramsci as a time of monsters. Marked by profound global...
Teacher Network Coffee Hour – Fall
The Teacher Network is a 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 platform...
Neurodivergent Researcher Network Coffee hour Fall
The Neurodivergent Researcher Network is intended to provide a platform for neurodivergent researchers to come together, collaborate, offer mutual support, and share experiences. Our coffee hours...
ECR Coffee Hour – Fall
This BERA ECR Network’s coffee hour will give you the opportunity to find out more about the ECR Network and its activities, as well as getting to know a little more about the team behind it...
Writing retreat for EfES: BERA Blog focus
The writing retreat is aimed at providing a friendly space for writing and networking between the BERA SIG members. We would like to encourage members from all parts of the UK and beyond to...
Encouraging Intercultural Sharing and Community Building through Embodied Learning in an Alternative Education Space
Emily Dobrich was awarded best presentation for Alternative Education at the 2024 BERA/WERA conference for her presentation: An Embodied Educational Research Project to Build Solidarity and...
SIG Meet & Discuss: Post Compulsory and Lifelong Learning
Our upcoming SIG meeting promises to be a thought-provoking session featuring the introduction of our new convenor, a deep dive into the intriguing 'Cinderella Sector', and exciting opportunities...
Presidential Seminar Series – Anti-racist education in Northern Ireland: Progress, Problems and Prospects
On Tuesday 4th November 2025, the BERA Presidential Seminar Series will hold an online event to focus Northern Ireland. During a period of significant educational transformation, and in the...
SIG Meet & Discuss: Higher Education
The aim of the Higher Education special interest group is to contribute towards and enhance critical debates and perspectives on higher education policy, pedagogy and practice. This is a broad...
SIG Meet & Discuss: Research Methodologies in Education
We invite you to join an informal meeting with the BERA Research Methodologies in Education SIG, where we will come together to share research findings, practical insights, and discuss key aspects...
SIG Meet & Discuss: Comparative and International Education
The BERA Comparative and International Education SIG exists to provide a forum within BERA for academics, practitioners and students from a range of disciplines who are involved in research in...
Making the Right Call Together: Poster Impact – Where Research Meets Design
Conference Poster Design for Early Career Researchers: Communicate Your Research with Impact Introduction Are you preparing for your first academic conference or looking to improve how you...
ECR Symposium Series 2025: Generating, Sustaining and Rebuilding Momentum
Who is it for? The ECR Network’s symposia series is designed for early career researchers (ECRs), including Master’s and Doctoral students, as well as those in the early post-doctoral phase....
SIG Meet & Discuss: Alternative Education
We warmly invite members of the BERA Alternative Education SIG—and anyone with an interest in alternative education—to join us online this November for our upcoming Meet and Discuss session....
SIG Meet & Discuss: Nature Outdoor Learning and Play
This forum meeting is a chance for us to discuss as a SIG what is happening across our SIG community. We would like to hear from our members what they have been up to in terms of teaching and...
Arts-based research and the ‘truth’: lessons from composing songs about and with research
In what ways does, or could, arts-based research shape our understanding of ‘truth’? How can creative methodologies expand traditional research paradigms? This online workshop invites...
Neurodivergent Researcher Network Coffee hour Winter
The Neurodivergent Researcher Network is intended to provide a platform for neurodivergent researchers to come together, collaborate, offer mutual support, and share experiences. Our coffee hours...
The ECR Journey: Developing Criticality and Confidence: Becoming a Decisive Educational Researcher
Call for Abstracts: Submission deadline: 20 November 2025
Research making a difference in the classroom: BERA Teacher Conference
The inaugural BERA Teacher Network Conference is dedicated to teachers and teacher-researchers, and will spotlight the transformative power of educational research in educational practice. The...
BERA TEAN Conference 2026
The BERA Teacher Education Advancement Network (TEAN) conference provides a powerful professional development experience for teacher educators and for researchers into teacher education and...
