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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 celebrates 10 years of the BERA Blog
2025 marks 10 years of the BERA Blog, and we’re so proud of all that it has accomplished! Thank you to all those who have contributed to the Blog, whether as authors, editors, or readers. The...
Editorial: Should I stay or should I go? International perspectives on workload intensification and teacher wellbeing
This special issue of the BERA Blog introduces research-informed articles addressing teachers’ work and wellbeing across seven national/regional education systems: Scotland; England; Wales;...
2025 BERA Academic Citizen of the Year
The BERA Academic Citizen of the Year is an award intended to recognise a colleague working in educational research who has made a significant contribution to the discipline as a whole and the...
TEAN Joins the British Educational Research Association (BERA)
We’re delighted to announce that the Teacher Education Advancement Network (TEAN) is joining the British Educational Research Association. From summer 2025, it will become the BERA Teacher...
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
Upcoming events
The Anna Craft Memorial Lecture
This panel discussion marks the culmination of a decade-long series celebrating the profound contributions of Anna Craft to the field of creativity and education. This final session aims...
Eco-English: exploring the potential of secondary English to support sustainability and Climate Change Education, and prepare citizens of the future
This English in Education SIG conference responds to the DfE's 2023 strategy for sustainability and climate education which perpetuates disciplinary boundaries by locating sustainability education...
Neurodivergent Researcher Network Coffee Hour
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...
Learning about Race Equality in Education from Scotland
This event supports BERA’s ambitions of addressing racial inequity within the Association and the wider research community. It is important to showcase and learn from the best practices of...
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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Editorial: Should I stay or should I go? International perspectives on workload intensification and teacher wellbeing
This special issue of the BERA Blog introduces research-informed articles addressing teachers’ work and wellbeing across seven national/regional education systems: Scotland; England; Wales;...
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Teaching on the edge: Teacher mental health and workload pressures in Wales
The landscape of teaching in Wales has changed significantly post-Covid-19, with educators reporting increased workload pressures, rising Additional Learning Needs demands (Conn & Hutt, 2020),...
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‘Parents are clients and students are the product’: Secondary English teachers’ workload as moral injury
Teacher workload and its contribution to insufficient recruitment and retention is a prominent theme in recent research on teachers’ work (Heffernan et al., 2022; Stacey et al., 2024). In...
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Navigating the future of Alberta’s teaching profession: Insights from teachers and school leaders
In this blog post I demonstrate how research data from the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) draw a picture of increasing teacher attrition in Alberta, Canada, and identify potential...
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