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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 – 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...

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 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 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...

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...

BERA AGM Papers

The papers for the 41st BERA AGM are available to download from this page. As previously noted, the meeting takes place at 5pm on Monday 12th September in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Leeds.

BERA/TACTYC 2016 Academic and User Reviews: Early Childhood Education Keynote symposium

Members of the Early Childhood SIG are presenting the BERA/TACTYC Academic Review of Early Childhood Education, bringing together specialists in BERA and TACTYC (Association for Professional...

Recruitment, Retention and Region: the three ‘R’s’ challenging school performance in England

Now that the summer term has ended it is possible to look at the 2016 recruitment round for teachers in some detail. although the recruitment round will include vacancies for January 2017, the...

School letters

One of the many novel phenomena associated with the rise of social media is the nationwide news story that is driven by a small personal event. Increasingly, members of the public will share...