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From loss to action through climate change education and advocacy

Imagine someone who has lost the physical existence of the place where he was born and brought up. As a child, he used to roam around freely in the fields and neighbourhoods of his birthplace, a...

Into sustainability education

In order to better prepare children and young people for a future which is significantly altered by changes in global climate systems, sustainability education needs to be enhanced (Rushton et...

Practice, pedagogy and education as a discipline: Getting beyond close-to-practice research

The British Educational Research Association has promulgated ‘close-to-practice research’ that ‘focuses on issues defined by practitioners as relevant to their practice, and involves...

Revisioning the marginalisation of creative curricula at a time of political change: What can we learn from the work of Manuel Alvarado?

The dissolving of UK parliament ready for a general election in 2024 and the subsequent new parliamentary term provides an opportunity for those vested in education to reflect upon the past and...

Review of Education: Call for ‘State-of-Play’ special issues (2024)

The editors of the Review of Education (RoE) intend to publish a number of ‘State-of-Play' (SoP) special issues during their tenure, which commenced in January 2024. They are therefore seeking...

Let’s not blame students for the shortcomings of assessment strategies of universities that turn a blind eye to artificial intelligence: A pre-crisis warning

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

This blog post highlights the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) aligned with how the higher education (HE) sector needs to adjust assessment strategies and academic integrity policies to...

Empiricism and technical rationality: Why can’t we mean what we say?

Philosophical issues tend not to occupy a prominent place in books on learning or in accounts of research and knowledge-development. Being concealed in the research and knowledge process, they...

The BERA Guides: Critical Insights into Educational Research and Practice

Short, research-informed yet accessible introductions to key, interdisciplinary topics impacting education research and practice

Education and democracy & History of education: BERA Brian Simon Fund research reports

The research presented in this series of reports was funded by a grant from the Brian Simon fellowship fund. Held in trust by BERA, the fund was a gift from the family of Brian Simon, a leading...

Agenda for Citizenship Education (ACE)

Education and democracy & History of education: BERA Brian Simon Fund research reports

Funded by the Brian Simon fellowship grant, this research project on the topic ‘education and democracy’ focused on formulating a new ‘agenda for citizenship education’ that builds on...

Editorship of the Curriculum Journal

The opportunity BERA is looking for a team of editors to take on the editorship of the Curriculum Journal from the start of 2025. The Curriculum Journal is published by Wiley on behalf of the...

The future of AI in English language teaching and learning

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

Artificial intelligence (AI) can bring immediate and long-term benefits, but also challenges and risks to education systems (UNESCO, 2023). This is a hotly contested topic in English language...