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Multi-academy trusts in England: What drives them to grow?

Multi-academy trusts (MATs) are now a common feature of the English educational landscape. Yet numerous high-profile failures indicate that they present a substantial challenge in terms of...

Call for Nominations: 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...

Claire Tyson

Teacher Researcher

Claire Tyson is a teacher researcher based at Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre, where she combines teaching science with her research post. Her PhD was obtained by studying part time with...

Jacqueline Baxter

Associate Professor

Jacqueline Baxter is Professor of public policy and management and Director- The Centre of Innovation in Online Business and Legal Education (SCILAB). She is principal fellow of the Higher...

Fereshte Goshtasbpour

Fereshte Goshtasbpour is a doctoral researcher in the School of Education, University of Leeds, and a lecturer in Digital Education at Manchester Metropolitan University. She has a strong interest...

History – SIG Convenor vacancy

Call for SIG Convenor The History SIG is: a broad church for researchers and practitioners situated within the fields of history of education and history education to consider areas of...

Social Theory and Education – SIG Convenor vacancy

Call for SIG Convenor The Social Theory and Education SIG aims: to support and develop theoretically informed educational research, to engage with and facilitate new social theory and to...

Evaluating the increased importance of the impact component in the UK’s research excellence framework

The research excellence framework (REF) evaluates the quality of the research produced by the higher education institutes (HEIs) in the UK in three areas: quality of research outputs, the impact...

Join the Curriculum Journal editorial board

The Curriculum Journal – BERA’s international peer-reviewed journal featuring original contributions to the study of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment – is refreshing the membership of its...

Threshold concepts and troublesome transitions

I attended school in the county of Staffordshire, England, and can still clearly recall starting Sixth Form as being one of the most significant periods in my life. Transitioning from the General...

Tips for Journal Authors – Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Impact

Our publishing partner, Wiley, have provided a guidance sheet for journal authors to assist with SEO. This is to help your work get read, get shared and get cited.  Title Tips Keyword...