BERA Announces the 2025 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...
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BERA & Black History Month 2025
To celebrate Black History Month this October, the British Educational Research Association (BERA) will be highlighting a range of noteworthy contributions in our latest work promoting race,...
2025 Early Career Researcher Career Development Fund Recipients
The BERA Early Career Researcher Career Development Fund is a flexible package of benefits designed to support early career researchers in the first three years following completion of their...
BERA journals virtual issue: Evaluating the worth of race, ethnicity and education over the last five years
Racism is a shapeshifter that adapts to silence minoritised ethnic voices, unless it is continually made visible. Race research therefore needs continuous development to challenge pervasive...
Announcing the 2025 BERA Educational Research Book of the Year shortlist
The BERA Educational Research Book of the Year Award recognises and celebrates excellence in educational research publishing. It is presented to a scholarly book that demonstrates exceptional...
BERA passes £500,000 in research funding since 2020
With the announcement of the 2025/2026 Small Grants Fund recipients, BERA is proud to share that we have now awarded over £500,000 in research funding since 2020. These investments have supported...
BERA Announces Professor Heidi Safia Mirza as the 2025 John Nisbet Fellow
Since 2014 BERA has awarded the John Nisbet Fellowship to recipients who are deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to educational research over their career. Named in honour of our first...
New Members Join BERA’s Publications Committee
BERA is pleased to welcome several new members to its Publications Committee, bringing fresh perspectives and a wealth of experience to help shape the future of BERA’s publishing strategy. The...
Call for book proposals: The BERA Guides series
Call for book proposals: The BERA Guides series BERA, in collaboration with Emerald Publishing, invites book proposals for new titles in The BERA Guides series. This series aims to provide short,...
2025 BERA Undergraduate Award Winner
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the BERA Undergraduate Award Winner 2025 is Brooke Armstrong for her outstanding thesis: “Educational support for secondary school students with...
Funding Announced: BERA Small Grants Fund 2025/2026: Researching Additional Support Needs (ASN)/Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
Announcing the Recipients of the BERA Small Grants Fund 2025 The British Educational Research Association (BERA) is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2025/2026 Small Grants Fund, which...
BERA announces the 2025 BERA Equality in Education award recipient
BERA is delighted to announce that Professor Mel Ainscow has been selected as the winner of the 2025 Equality in Education Award, in recognition of his exceptional and sustained contribution to...
