BERA Conference 2023
Welcome to the BERA Annual Conference 2023 Authors notified of outcome of submission on the 17th March 2023 BERA is delighted to announce a record number of abstract submissions for our BERA...
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BERA Small Grants Fund 2023/2024: Education in a digital age: Perspectives from policy and practice
BERA Council is pleased to issue a call for the BERA Small Grants Fund 2023/2024. This year the theme for proposals is "Education in a digital age: perspectives from policy and practice"
A Political Sociology of Education Policy
The provision of and access to school places in England is structured through segregation, and yet influential research takes place without due recognition of how selection and choice operate. For...
BERA Brian Simon Fund
BERA is pleased to issue a call for applications for a new grants scheme supported by use of the Brian Simon fellowship fund. These grants are made possible due to a gift from the family of Brian...
Alternative role of the state for education reforms
Reimagining education has taken centre stage in the post-lockdown era. The colossal impact of Covid-19 on the schooling system has reemphasised the need for new approaches in the education space...
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Call for papers: What place for activism in, for and as education?
A proposed special issue of the British Educational Research Journal
Action research: Research into action
A number of BERA events between 2020 and 2022 enabled researchers to come together from a range of different education settings (primary, secondary, tertiary and higher education). These events...
Spring 2023
Research Intelligence issue 154: Education: The State of the Discipline
Data in schools: Why gathering reliable data is so important
In 2017, the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills in England (Ofsted) stated for the first time that all of its work is evidence-led. Specifically, the regulator’s...
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The politics of ‘scientifically-based’ teaching: Phonics for reading and grammar for writing
The teaching of reading and writing understandably attracts attention from researchers, teachers and policymakers because of the importance of literacy for children’s educational development....
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Developing a systems-based approach to research use in education
While it is not always easy to see the tectonic plates moving, a culture shift appears to be occurring in English schools towards widespread engagement with research (DfE, 2022). Yet, when we...
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BERA Conference 2023 – Call for Abstract Reviewers
Would you be willing to act as a reviewer for abstracts submitted to the BERA Annual Conference 2023? To be involved, you will need to: be a BERA Member be available to referee abstracts...