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Research making a difference in the classroom: BERA Teacher Conference

25 Apr 2026 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

The inaugural BERA Teacher Network Conference is dedicated to teachers and teacher – researchers and will spotlight the transformative power of educational research in educational practice. The...

Join the BERA Teacher Network Leadership Team — Two Vacancies Available

Closes 27 Aug 2025

Are you passionate about connecting research and practice in education? Do you want to help shape a supportive, dynamic community for teachers across the UK? We’re looking for two enthusiastic...

Teaching on the edge: Teacher mental health and workload pressures in Wales

The landscape of teaching in Wales has changed significantly post-Covid-19, with educators reporting increased workload pressures, rising Additional Learning Needs demands (Conn & Hutt, 2020),...

Should I stay or should I go? International perspectives on workload intensification and teacher wellbeing

This special issue of the BERA Blog introduces research-informed articles addressing teachers’ work and wellbeing across seven national/regional education systems: Scotland; England; Wales;...

Teacher workload in Scotland: Challenges to sustainability

This blog post examines influences on teacher wellbeing and professional sustainability in Scotland’s education system. The Teacher Workload Research Project (Hulme et al., 2024), funded by...

Navigating the future of Alberta’s teaching profession: Insights from teachers and school leaders

In this blog post I demonstrate how research data from the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) draw a picture of increasing teacher attrition in Alberta, Canada, and identify potential...

Filling the leaky bucket: Teacher workload and wellbeing in Tennessee

The United States is experiencing a shortage of teachers, and the issue is amplified among those who serve vulnerable student populations (see for example Brunsting et al., 2023). In response,...

‘Parents are clients and students are the product’: Secondary English teachers’ workload as moral injury

Teacher workload and its contribution to insufficient recruitment and retention is a prominent theme in recent research on teachers’ work (Heffernan et al., 2022; Stacey et al., 2024). In...

Teacher workload and workforce attrition in Australia: The challenge of retention

Australian teachers, like their counterparts all over the world, are quitting due to unmanageable workloads (Arnold & Rahmi, 2025). These workloads are excessive both in the time demanded and the...

The politics of handwriting: What is the purpose of prescriptive handwriting lessons in 2024?

How often do you handwrite and for what purpose? Perhaps you’ll write a birthday card, notes or a shopping list. No matter the context, is there a need for handwriting to be perfect? In English...

It’s good to talk: What makes an effective professional conversation?

The role of the mentor has been strengthened in initial teacher education, as a way of helping the student teacher to bridge the theory and the practice of their teaching (Welsh Government, 2018;...

BERA celebrates 10 years of the BERA Blog

2025 marks 10 years of the BERA Blog, and we’re so proud of all that it has accomplished! Thank you to all those who have contributed to the Blog, whether as authors, editors, or readers. The...