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10 years of the BERA Blog

This blog series celebrates one decade of the BERA Blog, as an important and growing space to explore current and varied issues and questions of concern to the education community. To mark this...

BERA journals announce Editors’ Choice Awards for 2024

Two of BERA’s journals, British Educational Research Journal and Curriculum Journal , have announced their annual Editors’ Choice Awards, recognising papers published in their 2024 volumes....

50@50 – A portrait of 50 years of educational research through 50 studies

As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, BERA has collected together a set of 50 landmark studies that have had a significant impact on educational policy, educational practice, research...

Learning about Race Equality from Norway

This event will have a clear international and anti-racist perspective.  The speaker is Kristin Gregers Erikson, an Associate Professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway.   Her...

Learning about Race Equality from Norway

This event had a clear international and anti-racist perspective.  The speaker was Kristin Gregers Erikson, an Associate Professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway.   Her experience...

The BERA Guide to Decolonising the Curriculum

The BERA Guides: Critical Insights into Educational Research and Practice

Equity and Inclusion in Educational Research and Practice

Presidential Seminar Series – Anti-racism in Education: Actions for next steps-Learning from Research, Policy and Practice

Presidential Seminar Series 2024–2026

Supported by Race and Inclusivity in Global Education Network (RIGEN) The murder of George Floyd in the US in May 2020 galvanised a shift in ‘discourses’ around race in education from...

Black History Month: Moving beyond tokenism

I was inspired to write this blog post after contributing to a social media soundbite for Black History Month, specifically addressing the challenges Black researchers face. The cognitive...

Black History Month 2024: What progress has been made to celebrate and support Black colleagues’ excellence in Educational Research?

As part of Black History Month 2024, BERA is releasing a series of three videos, recorded at the 2024 BERA Annual Conference and WERA Focal Meeting, featuring the voices and insights of Black BERA...

The Value and Meaning of STEAM Education and the Anna Craft Memorial Lecture

This event is hosted by four SIGs: STEAM Education, Creativities in Education, Arts-based Education, and Race and Ethnicity and Education Research.  It invites delegates to engage with a panel of...

The perceptions and challenges of East Asian students in UK higher education

Over the past two decades, the total enrolments in UK higher education (HE) from China, Hong Kong, Japan and other East Asian countries have risen from fewer than 100,000 in 2002/03 to a record...

‘Black-led protests’ and ‘white-led riots’: How might these public actions steer the review of the national curriculum for schools and pupils in England?

Curriculum: Theory, policy and practiceBERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting

This blog post provides a brief consideration of ‘Black-led protests’ in comparison to ‘white-led riots’, and their possible powers of influence for reforming educational...