Black History Month at BERA
In recent months the killing of George Floyd and the events that followed have prompted all of us to reconsider the nature of racial and ethnic discrimination and bias, and what both individuals...
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2021 Masters Dissertation and Doctoral Thesis Awards Now Open
Every year BERA recognises academic excellence by awarding the BERA Masters Dissertation and Doctoral Thesis Awards This underscores BERA’s commitment to developing capacity, advancing quality...
BERA Appoints Members to the College of Reviewers
As an organisation we are committed to principles of openness, integrity and transparency and seek to uphold ethical values in all our activities and processes. The newly established BERA College...
BERA awards over £50,000 of funding for COVID-19 research
In response to the challenges imposed by the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown BERA created the Small Grants Fund. This is a fund aimed at supporting Educational Research into timely issues, and we...
New BERA Blog series: Framing research: Theories, concepts and reflexivity in educational research
The BERA Early Career Researcher (ECR) Network planned a series of events throughout 2020 on the theme, ‘Framing research: Theories, concepts and reflexivity in educational research’, with...
BERA funds £12,000 of school based research
The BCF Curriculum Investigation Grant is intended to support research with a focus on curriculum inquiry and investigation. The grant acknowledges the importance of research led by schools and...
Review of the PhD: open consultation and publication of an evidence review
ESRC has just launched an open consultation to inform their Review of the PhD in the Social Sciences. Through the consultation they have asked to capture views on the strengths and limitations...
As “PE With Joe Wicks” comes to an end, a BERA Blog highlights the marginalisation of PE within the Curriculum
In a BERA Blog this week,Julie Stirrup, Oliver Hooper, Rachel Sandford, Jo Harris,Ash Casey and Lorraine Cale from Loughborough University argue that the marginalisation of PE within the...
Additional nominations to the REF sub-panel
As a formal nominating body, BERA has been invited to nominate additional panel members for the REF sub-panel for education. This is specifically to address gaps identified by existing members of...
Record-breaking new impact factors for BERJ and BJET
In the latest Journal Citation Reports for 2019, released this week by Clarivate, the two BERA journals listed in the Social Sciences Citation Index both received their best ever impact factors...
New fund to support research on COVID-19 and education
As part of our response to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, BERA is establishing a small grants fund for research into the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). This fund aims to support a...
BERA response to UKRI Open Access consultation
BERA has submitted its response to the current UKRI consultation on its proposed open access (OA) policy. The full response can be found below. As with previous open access interventions, BERA...
