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What do our children spend their time doing when they put in all those hours studying for big exams? Cognitive psychology tells us that the techniques they choose can have a substantial impact on...
Continue reading blog postWilliam Wadsworth is an independent researcher and consultant who strives for his research, focussed on effective study and revision methods, to be relevant and to influence current practice in...
This special edition of the BERA Blog highlights a problem: independent educational researchers are unable to access an ethics panel for approval to carry out research. Approval is necessary for...
Continue reading blog postEthnography has evolved for digital contexts in the form of netnography – researchers working with data originating from digital imprints of natural, public conversations (Kozinets, 2015). This...
Continue reading blog postIndependent educational researchers, unaffiliated to higher education institutions, often face great difficulty in gaining ethical approval to carry out their research – which means that the...
During my continuing professional development (CPD) evaluating digital learning in the further education (FE) environment a valuable piece of research emerged, which referenced Laurillard’s...
Continue reading blog postAt the request of the Independent Researchers’ Forum (IRF), BERA recently hosted a vibrant event aimed at independent researchers. The topic, ‘Ethical Issues and gaining ethical approval’,...
Continue reading blog postBERA’s Independent Researchers’ Forum’s recent meeting to discuss the challenge of ethical review clearly demonstrated the gap faced by researchers working outside academic institutions....
Continue reading blog postBERA members will be receiving an email from UK Engage, an independent election services provider, with a unique code which will authenticate your visit to the secure voting site. Once in the site...
Please note you will need to be logged in as a member to see the ‘register’ button Would you be willing to act as a reviewer for abstracts submitted to the BERA Annual Conference 2020? To be...
Jocelyn Bailey is an innovative and entrepreneurial independent educator whose career encompasses library data-management, teaching, training, arts-based education and digital learning. She...
Sarah Hamilton works for Unicef UK as research evaluation and participation manager. A former member of an NHS ethics panel, Sarah has experience leading third sector research teams in health and...
