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Press Release – Most teenagers “believe they have a soul”

More than half of secondary school pupils believe that people have souls, a survey has revealed. Almost as many – 45 per cent – say they believe in God while 52 per cent agree with the...

Press Release – Pupils left puzzled by the term “British values”

The concept of “British values”, as promoted by the government in its anti-terrorism strategy, is leaving many school pupils baffled. And few of them have even heard of the “Prevent”...

Royal Society and British Academy launch project to transform educational research in the UK

The Royal Society and British Academy are launching a project today (14 September 2016) to determine how best to harness new and up-to-date research methodologies, using the latest technologies,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...