BERA Council
Marlon Lee Moncrieffe (BERA President 2024-2026) is a leading expert on decolonising curriculum knowledge – advancing anti-racism in education. In producing groundbreaking research through publications such as 'Decolonising the History Curriculum – Eurocentrism and Primary Schooling', Marlon has shared evidence with UK parliament committees, led training for leading educational networks and learned societies. Marlon has led multiple large-scale UKRI AHRC international and interdisciplinary research projects as the Principal Investigator crossing the fields of social sciences, the arts and humanities, and sport. He presents his findings through keynotes and symposia for industry and at global educational conferences. Marlon is a UCI world cycling champion and International Sports Book of the Year award-winning author for 'Desire Discrimination Determination – Black Champions in Cycling'. He is a Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Beginning the day we will hear from the BERA Committee Chairs who will update on the year of BERA activities and finances. This will lead into our keynote, Heike Wendt delivering a talk...
On Tuesday 4th November 2025, the BERA Presidential Seminar Series will hold an online event to focus Northern Ireland. During a period of significant educational transformation, and in the...
This blog post presents decoloniality as education in being emancipated ontologically in sense and epistemological enlightenment. Seeing and knowing beyond the locus of enunciation What is the...
Continue reading blog postIf you would like to view this in Welsh, please click here. Following on from the previous seminars in Edinburgh and Leeds, the BERA Four Nations Presidential Seminar Series will be held in...
In July 2024 a newly elected Labour government announced an independent curriculum and assessment review for England spanning from Key Stage 1 through to Key Stage 5. The purpose of this exercise...
Yn dilyn y seminarau blaenorol yng Nghaeredin a Leeds, bydd Cyfres Seminarau Llywyddol y Pedair Gwlad BERA yn cael ei chynnal yng Nghymru ar 1 Mai 2025. Gan gymryd gwrth-hiliaeth yn gyd-destun,...
This year’s CCEAM / BERA seminar argued that teachers were crucial in promoting equity in education by fostering democratic languages and cultures (inclusive practices that promoted equity,...
A BERA & CCEAM joint event This year's CCEAM / BERA seminar argues that teachers are crucial in promoting equity in education by fostering democratic languages and cultures (inclusive practices...