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...
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Want to get a good night’s sleep, kids? Turn off Facebook and Twitter, say researchers
The impact of social media on young people’s lives has been underlined starkly as a new study reports that more than one in five teenagers say they “almost always” wake up during the night...
Key facts on educational research in 2015
Ahead of the BERA 2015 Conference, we have published a fact sheet based on the outcomes of REF2014 and the forthcoming BERA Observatory. This gives an overview both the strengths of UK educational...
New Issue of Research Intelligence now online
The autumn issue of Research Intelligence is now online. Members can download the interactive version here.
Becky Francis appointed Standing Advisor to Education Select Committee
BERA congratulates long-standing BERA member Prof. Becky Francis on her appointment as Standing Advisor to the Education Select Committee for the new Parliament.
Final Countdown to the 2015 BERA Annual Conference
Have you registered yet?It is now less than a month to the BERA Annual Conference being held at Queen's University Belfast, 15-17 September 2015.The programme and all abstracts are now online....
BERA Doctoral Thesis Award Winner 2015
BERA is delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s Doctoral Thesis Award is Dr Carla Finesilver.Carla’s thesis examined the particular difficulties with multiplicative thinking...
BERA Masters Dissertation Award Winner 2015
BERA is delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s Masters Dissertation Award is Alvin Leung, University of Cambridge.Alvin’s dissertation took a critical look at discourses of...
Independent Researchers’ Forum Launches
We held the first meeting of BERA's new Independent Researchers' Forum on Wednesday 22nd July. Bringing together a diverse range of researchers, the group looked at priorities for action over the...
2015 BERA/BCF/Routledge Taylor-Francis Curriculum Journal prize
BERA and the British Curriculum Forum are delighted to announce that this year’s BERA/BCF/Routledge Taylor-Francis Curriculum Journal prize has been awarded to a team from Anglia Ruskin...
WISERD Toasts Another Successful Annual Conference
Last week the 6th Annual Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD) Conference took place at Cardiff’s iconic Millennium Stadium. The WISERD Conference is the largest...
New Editors for Review of Education
We are delighted to announce the appointment of a new editorial team for Review of Education. The new team comes from the School of Education and the CEM Centre, Durham University and consists...