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Challenges of systematic review researchers from developing countries

Systematic reviews are essential for evidence-informed decision-making processes in health and education (Langer & Stewart, 2014). A systematic review is a rigorous and methodical synthesis of...

Social media: Distraction or traction in higher education

Social media is an important part of young people’s lives in our connected society; however, its use in higher education is currently sporadic, localised, and not aligned with the large and...

Presidential Seminar Series – Anti-racism in Education: Actions for next steps-Learning from Research, Policy and Practice

Presidential Seminar Series 2024–2026

Supported by Race and Inclusivity in Global Education Network (RIGEN) The murder of George Floyd in the US in May 2020 galvanised a shift in ‘discourses’ around race in education from...

Social Theory and Education SIG Convenor Vacancy 2025-2028

The Social Theory and Education SIG aims to support and develop theoretically informed educational research, to engage with and facilitate new social theory and to explore the relationships...

Steven Richards-Downes

I am a part time Doctoral Student at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. Researching learner and teacher perspectives of digital technology. I also have a post humanist interest in...

Hauwa Imam

Hauwa Imam has over 40 years of diverse experience as a secondary school teacher, educational administrator, and university academic. A professor at the University of Abuja since 2011, she has...

Inclusive Education – Call for SIG Convenor 2025-2028

The Inclusive Education SIG provides a forum for critical discussion about all aspects of Inclusive education. Our concerns are with the substantive, methodological and ethical aspects of research...

Reflections from teaching primary science in the Northern Irish sySTEM

Teaching primary science in Northern Ireland is a journey filled with both challenges and exciting opportunities. Revised in 2007, the Northern Ireland Curriculum for Primary was designed to...

Beverley McCormick

Beverley McCormick is a Lecturer of Education and the Course Director of the PGCE Primary at Ulster University. She is an active STEM ambassador having received recognition as Outstanding STEM...

Brokering experimental knowledge for educational policy and practice

In recent years, governments have moved social policy towards being ‘evidence-based’. To give just two examples, in the US the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) restricts funding to...

Adrian Simpson

Adrian Simpson is the principal of St Mary’s College and Professor of Mathematics Education at Durham University. His research focuses on the school–university transition in mathematics,...

Have Your Say: BERA Member Survey 2024

BERA is striving to continuously improve our services and better support our community of educational researchers. To help achieve this, we are launching the 2024 Member Survey, and we want to...