Ongoing project
BERA’s 50th Anniversary
2024 holds many exciting developments as we celebrate our 50th anniversary year.
This year we will:
- Launch more awards and funding opportunities – please keep a eye on our awards page for more information
- Publish the outcomes of various projects including our Small Grants fund and Brian Simon fund
- Partner with Emerald Publishing to launch a new series of books, titled The BERA Guides: Critical insights into educational research & practice
- Launch our own book Curriculum in a Changing World: 50 think pieces on education policy, practice, innovation & inclusion
- Continue our ambitious events programme online and in person
- Celebrate Early Career Researchers at the 2nd Annual ECR Conference
- Launch the BERA Teacher Network
- Launch the BERA Neurodivergent Researchers Network
- Publish the updated fifth edition of the BERA Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research
- Collaborate with WERA to host our longest and largest ever annual BERA Conference 2024 in Manchester
- Welcome our Vice-President Marlon Moncrieffe as he assumes his Presidency in September
- Launch an expert panel, the broad remit of which will be to investigate the situation regarding funding for educational research. This is a continuation of the BERA State of the Discipline initiative where the funding for educational research was identified as a priority area for BERA to develop work in.
BERA at 50: A personal view by Sara Delamont BERA President, 1983–1984
Sara Delamont, BERA President, 1983–1984
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BERA’s History
Founded in 1974, BERA has spent the past 50 years advancing research quality, building research capacity and fostering research engagement.
BERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting
The BERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting will take place September 9th-12th 2024. Early bird deadline and all presenters to register by the 1 May 2024.
Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research, fifth edition (2024)
The fifth edition of BERA’s Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research has been revised and updated to enable researchers to conduct their work to the highest ethical standards in any and all...
Neurodivergent Researchers Network
The BERA Neurodivergent Researchers Network is a new initiative launched by the British Educational Research Association (BERA). The network is intended to provide a platform for neurodivergent...
The ECR Journey: At Crossroads of Becoming
On this 2nd ECR Annual Conference we continue to celebrate the ECR journeys and welcome educational researchers and practitioners to join us in Leeds. This year’s conference is anchored on the...
BERA–Emerald book series: First four books announced and call for proposals
Updated: 6 March 2024 We are delighted that BERA is working in partnership with Emerald Publishing to launch a new series of books, titled The BERA Guides: Critical insights into educational...
