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BERA John Nisbet Fellowship

Since 2014 BERA has awarded the John Nisbet Fellowship to one or more people who are deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to educational research over their career. Named in honour of...

Heidi Safia Mirza

Heidi Safia Mirza is Emeritus Professor of Equalities Studies, UCL Institute of Education and Professorial Fellow of Race, Faith and Culture at Goldsmith’s College, University of London. She is...

The BERA Podcast

The BERA podcast features educational leaders and experts speaking about hot topic issues in Education. Our aim is to produce and promote episodes that attract policymakers, parents, teachers,...

Podcast Series

BERA hosts various podcast series to give our members a voice to promote their research. We also produce The BERA podcast which features educational leaders and experts speaking about hot topic...

Victoria I. Ekpo

Dr Victoria I. Ekpo is an educator specialising in English Language, Linguistics and Literature Education, as well as Philosophy of Education and currently works as a college liaison for Leeds...

‘SEN Co’ or ‘SEN Do’? The future of special educational needs co-ordination without postgraduate study

BERA Conference 2023

Over the past 40 years the role and identity of the special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCo) in England has changed significantly from the remedial teacher pre 1980s to specialist teacher...

School-based interventions for promoting social capabilities among students: Findings from a scoping review

In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the importance of holistic student development (Ansari, 2022; Rogers & Dawson, 2016). This shift arises from the limitations of focusing...

Nicola Preston

Dr Nicola Preston is deputy head of Education at the University of Northampton, UK. She lectures in inclusive studies special educational needs, disability and diversity, educational mental health...

Education for Environmental Sustainability ECR Convenor

The Education for Environmental Sustainability (EfES) SIG aims to encourage and support discussion, research, practice and scholarship focused on EfES in its broadest sense. The SIG will support...

Funding Announced: BERA Small Grants Fund 2023/2024: Education in a digital age: Perspectives from policy and practice

Through our Small Grants Fund, BERA awards funding annually to research on a different, pressing theme each year, with the intention that each project will: make important contributions to the...

Carina Girvan

Dr Carina Girvan works at the intersection of education and computer science, focusing on the use of emerging technologies in education. She is interested in the potential of these technologies to...

Lulu Shi

Lulu Shi’s research focuses on digital education from a sociological perspective. Her work investigates the role of EdTech firms ­– who can be seen as the architects behind the technology –...