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BERA AGM Papers Published

Ahead of the BERA AGM to be held on 9th December 2021, the papers and agenda have been published. The papers include the launch of the revised BERA Strategic Plan 2021-2026 and a progress update...

Does money motivate teachers?

Labour economists have long been interested in investigating how wages affect worker productivity. Specifically, does paying a worker a higher wage make them work harder, or more productively, in...

Martyn Ware

Head of Policy and Analysis

Martyn Ware is Head of Policy and Analysis at the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). In previous roles with SQA Martyn has led its work on e-assessment, managed a diverse portfolios of...

Ken Thomson OBE

Principal and Chief Executive

Dr Ken Thomson joined Falkirk College of Further and Higher Education in 1994 following eight years in environmental education. He became Principal and Chief Executive of Forth Valley College in...

Tom Dower

Principal

Tom is a Cambridge University engineering graduate. He started his career at ICI on Teesside and spent 5 years as a chartered mechanical engineer, project manager and manufacturing consultant. He...

Nansi Ellis

Assistant General Secretary, Education Policy & Research

Nansi Ellis is assistant general secretary for the National Education Union, with responsibility for education policy and research. Nansi began her teaching career as a primary teacher in a...

Action Research – Research into Action

Online registration for this event has now closed, please email events@bera.ac.uk to register.   #BERA_ActionResearch @BERANews Action Research – Research into Action is a follow-up to our...

Andrea Bradley

Assistant General Secretary

Andrea Bradley is Assistant General Secretary of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), Scotland’s largest teacher trade union and professional association. With lead responsibility for...

The Impact of COVID 19 on children – Emily Marchant

On this week's episode of the BERA podcast Nick Johnston (Chief Executive of BERA) interviews Dr. Emily Marchant from Swansea University. Emily's research focuses on primary school-aged children...

Emily Marchant

Dr Emily Marchant from Swansea University. Emily’s research focuses on primary school-aged children and examines the relationship between epidemiological factors and lifestyle behaviours with...

Reflecting on ethical dilemmas as a teacher-researcher: Taking a virtues-based stance

Insider forms of research typically present unexpected and ongoing ethical dilemmas for a researcher. These dilemmas often stem from pre-existing and ongoing working relationships with...

Joshua Fullard

Joshua Fullard is an assistant professor at the Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, and a research associate at the Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, University of Essex. His...