New Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences
Many congratulations to both Prof. Becky Francis and Prof. David James who have had the honour of Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences conferred. Both were nominated by BERA through our...
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New Issue of Research Intelligence – SPRING 2015
The latest issue of Research Intelligence looks at ‘Changing Educational Landscapes’ and features contributions from Andrew Pollard, Debra Myhill, Becky Francis, John Cater and John Leach...
Academic flight: how to encourage black and minority ethnic academics to stay in UK higher education
New research commissioned by the Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) into the push and pull factors causing black and minority ethnic (BME) academics to consider leaving the UK and what the UK higher...
ESRC Committee Vacancies
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is currently seeking to appoint new members to its Committees. Further details, including vacancy specifications and application forms are...
John Furlong’s report on Teacher Training in Wales is published
Prof. John Furlong, who led BERA's own Inquiry into Research and Teacher Education, has produced a major independent review for the Welsh government on initial teacher education and training. The...
2015 BERA COUNCIL ELECTIONS
Play a key role in helping to shape the future of BERA by voting in the BERA Council Elections. Voting opens Monday March 9th and closes March 27th. There are currently 4 vacancies on BERA...
AERA Honours Geoff Whitty
Former BERA President, Geoff Whitty has been awarded the prestigious AERA Fellowship. AERA Fellows are selected on the basis of their notable and sustained research achievements. Fellows are...
2015 BERJ Editor’s Choice Award
Every year the editors of the British Educational Research Journal (BERJ) celebrate success by presenting the annual Editor's Choice Award to an outstanding paper published in BERJ in the previous...
‘Ideology’ undermining standards in education, warn researchers
Ian Menter, president of the British Educational Research Association and director of professional programmes at the University of Oxford, has said that a teacher education system based on...
2015 BJET Fellowship Award Winner
BERA is pleased to announce the winner of the 2015 BJET Felloswhip is Christothea Herodotou of the Open University. Her project will look at the role that touchscreen mobile game applications can...
Heads of Department: REF 2014 – What does it mean for education and educational research?
On the 3rd February 2015, at Friends House, we held a successful session for Heads of Department. Led by Andrew Pollard and members of the REF sub-panel, we looked at the process, the outcomes and...
Spring 2015 International Exchange Award Winners
Spring 2015 International Exchange Award Winners We are pleased to announce that the recipients of the First BERA International Exchange Award are Dr Pam Alldred (Brunel University London) and...