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Teacherbot: Interventions in Automated Teaching

Promises of enhanced ‘productivity’ via the automation of teaching have been with us since the early days of digital education, sometimes embraced by teachers and institutions, and sometimes...

BERA Conference 2016

Welcome to the BERA Annual Conference 2016 which will be held at the University of Leeds, 13th-15th September 2016.We last held the conference at the University of Leeds in 2001. Leeds as a city...

Education in Conflict: Redefining the Contours of Change

Education in contemporary India is encumbered by the convergence between forces of economic globalisation and conservative ideology. Capitalising on the post-enlightenment social-subjective split,...

Press Release – Big difference between pupil and teacher perceptions of teaching revealed

Fewer than half of young secondary school pupils think their views are taken seriously by those educating them, a major new study has found. Perhaps unsurprisingly, almost all of their teachers...

Education for ‘political generosity’: the role of schools in supporting young people’s understanding of politically complex societies

Children and young people are growing up in contexts which are politically complex, often exacerbated by conflict or societal divisions. Yet, whilst it is generally accepted that schools have a...

Press Release – British Empire study “prevalent in most schools”

The death of teaching of the British Empire in English schools has been greatly exaggerated. And, contrary to occasional assertions by politicians, children are not being given a negative account...

PESP Invisible College 2016

Online registration has now closed. If you want to attend this event, please email events@bera.ac.uk for details of how to register onsite.This event is sponsored by:This year’s Invisible...

BERA Annual General Meeting 2016

The 41st BERA AGM will take place at 5:00pm on Monday 12th September 2016. It will be held in the Yarn Room, Radisson Blu Hotel, Leeds. All members are invited to attend, please ensure that you...

BERA Conference 2016

12 September 2016 to 15 September 2016Leeds

The BERA Conference 2016 was held on the 12th-15th September 2016 at the University of Leeds. Keynote speakers included: Professor Siân Bayne, Ms Lesley Emerson, and Professor Poonam Batra.

A new Hunger Games in education?

The chance photograph of a briefing paper on grammar schools has bounced the government into bringing a half-baked idea into the full glare of publicity before they’ve really thought it...

BERA Conference 2016 – Keynote Lectures

For educational researchers the BERA Annual Conference is an important date in their professional year. It provides the opportunity to: network with existing colleagues support new...

Professionalism and the early years practitioner

Government-led workforce reforms in the early years sector have led to significant change in the range and level of qualifications available to practitioners, and social and economic policy over...