Prestigious award for Prof. Joanne Hughes
BERA Council member, Professor Joanne Hughes from the Queen’s University Belfast Centre for Shared Education has been appointed as the first ever UNESCO chair in globalising a shared education...
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New Editors for BJET
We are pleased to announce a new interim editorial team for BJET. This team will edit the Journal from 1st January 2016 until a longer-term appointment is made. BERA is grateful to this team for...
New issue of Research Intelligence out now
The Winter issue of Research Intelligence has just been published. This issue looks at “Framing Excellence in Teaching: Towards a TEF For higher education” as well as all the usual BERA News...
New Virtual Issue of BERJ
“In praise of the British Educational Research Journal” - a virtual issue of some of the most important papers appearing over the past 40 years has recently been published. Edited by Stephen...
New Editor for Research Intelligence
We are delighted to announce that Prof. Kalwant Bhopal has been appointed as the incoming editor of Research Intelligence. Kalwant starts her term with the first issue of 2016 and comes to the...
How can educational researchers respond to the refugee crisis?
Building on discussions at ECER 2015 in Budapest, BERA members and delegates used the opportunity of being gathered at the annual conference in Belfast to discuss how they might individually and...
Number of children classed as having special needs falling dramatically
The number of children registered as having special educational needs is dropping sharply as schools in England respond to government policy changes and possibly, also, to pressures on their...
Schools’ use of technology linked to lower pupil test scores
Further questions about the impact of technology in the classroom are being raised today, as new research links frequent computer usage to lower test scores.A study being presented to BERA by Dr...
Scottish and English teenagers split on whether university should be free
A difference of opinion between English and Scottish young people on how higher education should be funded has been captured in a study being presented to BERA today.Around three quarters of...
High take-up of private tuition by primary school pupils revealed
Nearly half of 11-year-olds among some minority ethnic groups in the UK are receiving private tuition outside of school, research has revealed.Children categorised as from Chinese, black or Indian...
BERA SAGE Public Impact Award
BERA in collaboration with SAGE Publishing, are pleased to confirm the winners of this year's Public Impact Award: Dr Alice Bradbury and Dr Guy Roberts-Holmes: (UCL-IoE).They were nominated...
Schools ‘need a moral purpose beyond exam results’
Schools are failing to set out a coherent moral purpose for their pupils beyond the achievement of good grades, research being presented tomorrow (Wednesday) claims.Education institutions should...