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Tell me what to think! Reflections of an early career researcher on my first conference at BERA 2023

BERA Conference 2023

Two years after leaving classroom teaching and moving into the academic world of higher education, I was filled with optimism for my first ever conference. I was ready to be surrounded by some...

Marta Sobocinski

Dr Marta Sobocinski is a postdoctoral researcher at the Learning and Educational Technology Research Lab (LET) at the University of Oulu, specialising in self-regulated learning and...

BERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting – WERA Invitational Symposia

Submission is now open The World Education Research Association (WERA) 2024 Focal Meeting will be held in-person from 8-12 September 2024 at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom (UK) in...

Meet and Discuss – Inclusive Education

This Inclusive Education SIG meeting was held to network with colleagues, learn about the activities of the SIG and plans for 2024 and onwards. This meeting was hosted online, with the...

BERA’s 50th Anniversary

In 2024, we marked the significant milestone of our 50th anniversary. This occasion gave us an opportunity to honour our history while looking ahead to the future. Together, BERA made exciting...

Call for Papers: Research and evidence informed practice in schools

Impact is the award-winning termly journal of the Chartered College of Teaching. It connects research findings to teaching practice. The Autumn 2024 issue of Impact will be edited in association...

Ethical citizenship and young people’s food choices

At a time of climate and ecological emergency, children are faced with a multitude of complex, interconnected choices through which they navigate. The introduction of a new Curriculum for Wales in...

Ruth Graham

Ruth Graham is an assistant professor on the teaching and curriculum pathway at the University of Nottingham, UK. She works with international educators on the PGCE International. Previously, she...

The road to BERA 2023

BERA Conference 2023

The sun was setting on the final days of summer in Aotearoa New Zealand as the UK was looking forward to spring. My academic friends and I, separated by time, space and seasons, dreamed of when we...

BERA Annual Conference 2023 – ECR Presentation Award

BERA aims to celebrate and promote the work of our Early Career Researcher Network. We presented a prize to the best Early Career researcher presentation at the conference. The top scoring ECR...

Teachers are doing it for themselves: Developing Beach School approaches to support an effective climate change curriculum

Zac Goldsmith’s controversial resignation letter in 2023 was interesting for its ‘insider’ revelation about the apathetic attitude of the present political leadership towards the...

Christopher Bear

Christopher Bear is reader in Human Geography at Cardiff University’s School of Geography and Planning. His research explores the changing food system, focusing particularly on the study of...