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SEND and education, health and care plans in England: In the fast lane to overtake 10 per cent

The Children and Families Act 2014 in England provided a major transformation to the system for identifying special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Ten years on, the National Audit...

BERA Educational Research Book of the Year

This award celebrates the publication of educational research and is awarded to a scholarly book on education deemed to be high quality, engaging and innovative.

Asking teachers to clean kids teeth is still a bad idea, and here’s why

As a qualified early years teacher, an academic interested in teacher retention, and also as a person who recently had an extremely decayed wisdom tooth removed at Birmingham Dental Hospital, I...

Addressing education inequality for Black and ethnic minority students in schools

One of the most challenging debates in education among schools, academic researchers and policymakers in the past three decades has been how to close the achievement gap of Black and ethnic...

Should I stay or should I go? International perspectives on workload intensification and teacher wellbeing

This special issue of the BERA Blog introduces research-informed articles addressing teachers’ work and wellbeing across seven national/regional education systems: Scotland; England; Wales;...

The environmental ethics of Generative AI: Artificial intelligence or real ignorance?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly present in debates about education, including at policy level. Earlier this year, the UK Education Secretary (with responsibility for education in...

A new national curriculum: Better learning principles and practices

The new UK Labour government, elected in 2024, almost immediately commissioned a Curriculum and Assessment Review, with the intention of developing a broader, cutting-edge curriculum in England...

Bridging the rural–urban divide: The role of community colleges in Pakistan

Education is vital for a nation’s development to ensure socioeconomic progress. Pakistan, however, faces educational crises, including limited access to quality education and rural–urban...

Challenges for climate change and sustainability education in England: Reflections on teachers’ practices and priorities for policymakers

Climate Change and Sustainability Education (CCSE), including school-based education, is widely understood as a vital response to the triple environmental crises of climate change, biodiversity...

Breaking the link between poverty and lower educational outcomes: Some reflections from Wales

10 years of the BERA Blog

Context Throughout the history of BERA and indeed the BERA Blog, research on the association between living in poverty and not doing well educationally has been a continuing focus. In Wales,...

Research Ethics Case Studies 2024: Thinking it through or thinking through ‘it’? The ethics of research involving artificial intelligence and education

Research Ethics Case Studies 2024

This case study considers some of the ethical issues related to research involving artificial intelligence and education. It highlights balancing the need for data with obligations to protect...

Beyond research findings: The value of knowledge exchange

All researchers are motivated by the desire to create new knowledge, to reframe the terms in which a particular topic is understood or suggest new insights that could be acted on in the real...