BERA is dedicated to supporting and promoting teacher research.  We believe practitioners, academics and policy makers must collaborate to help shape a future curriculum in schools.

Over the past year BERA has been working to strengthen our support for teachers working in schools. In 2018 we announced a new partnership with the Chartered College of Teaching, offering their Chartered teacher programme participants BERA membership.

Last month we announced £12,000 in funding for school based research to take place 2018-2019. We also now offer over 20 teacher bursaries to attend our annual conference.

 In two weeks we will be publishing the outcomes of a research project looking at dimensions of quality in close-to-practice educational research. This is designed to build a collective recognition of the characteristics of high quality close-to-practice research.
 
In addition to the above BERA is pleased to announce that for 2019 onwards we will now be offering a concessionary membership fee for full time teachers in schools and colleges.

 Gerry Czerniawski, Chair of the BERA Engagement Committee says
“I am really excited about this latest initiative from BERA. It is yet another indicator of how keen we are to champion teacher-led research and its transformational impact on education”
 
If you are currently a full member and wish to switch to the teacher rate for next year, please visit www.bera.ac.uk/renew
If you have a direct debit, please email membership@bera.ac.uk

To join as a member for the first time, please visit www.bera.ac.uk/join

We currently have an offer where if you buy 2019 membership you will get the rest of the year free!
 
SAVE THE DATE: On February 23, 2019 we will hold the next British Curriculum Forum Saturday event for teachers. To find out more about the BCF and past events click here