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Guest editing opportunity for Research Intelligence, issue 167

Closes 4 Nov 2025

BERA’s Publications Committee is seeking an individual or team (of up to three people) to guest edit issue 167 of Research Intelligence on the theme of ‘The Curriculum and Assessment Review:...

Editorial: Seeking a new paradigm for antiracist multicultural education

English society and its education system have been through several phases of multicultural education – beginning with the colourblind, then through multicultural and antiracist phases, and then...

Seeking a new paradigm for antiracist multicultural education

English society and its education system have been through several phases of multicultural education. The current context for race, racism and hope education was discussed by Vini Lander in her...

Rethinking equity and policy coherence: The implications of age-restricted funding for level 7 apprenticeships

As part of a broader strategy to refocus skills investment on young people, the UK government has announced significant reforms to apprenticeship funding in England (DfE, 2025). Central to this...

SEND and education, health and care plans in England: In the fast lane to overtake 10 per cent

The Children and Families Act 2014 in England provided a major transformation to the system for identifying special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Ten years on, the National Audit...

BERA Educational Research Book of the Year

This award celebrates the publication of educational research and is awarded to a scholarly book on education deemed to be high quality, engaging and innovative.

Call for book proposals: The BERA Guides series

Call for book proposals: The BERA Guides series BERA, in collaboration with Emerald Publishing, invites book proposals for new titles in The BERA Guides series. This series aims to provide short,...

Funding Announced: BERA Small Grants Fund 2025/2026: Researching Additional Support Needs (ASN)/Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

Announcing the Recipients of the BERA Small Grants Fund 2025 The British Educational Research Association (BERA) is delighted to announce the recipients of the the 2025/2026 Small Grants Fund,...

Measuring the unmeasurable: Why behaviour metrics in pupil referral units and mainstream schools don’t add up

It’s 8.45 a.m. and staff are making the final preparations for breakfast before the taxis start to arrive, delivering students – in varying moods, depending on what has happened since they...

Addressing education inequality for Black and ethnic minority students in schools

One of the most challenging debates in education among schools, academic researchers and policymakers in the past three decades has been how to close the achievement gap of Black and ethnic...

Towards inclusive futures through trans-inclusive education: The trans-inclusivity seminar series at University College London (UCL)

Debates around gender in contemporary media and public discourse often overlook the depth and rigour of existing academic research. These discussions can miss the rich, nuanced insights that...

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;...