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Call for book proposals: The BERA Guides series

Closes 31 Dec 2026

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,...

SIG Meet & Discuss: Digital Education

16 Jan 2026 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Our upcoming BERA Digital Education SIG meeting will be an engaging and collaborative online session, bringing together members to reflect, reconnect, and co-create ideas for the year ahead....

Why shouldn’t I Google it? A case for the use of enhanced internet tools within the primary classroom

It has become second nature: when a question arises, the first thing we do is reach for our phones and access one of the plethora of internet platforms, where we may reliably assume that we will...

From safeguarding to critical digital citizenship: A framework to understand educational responses to digital technologies

Over the past two decades, there has been a proliferation of debates on how to respond to the growing list of challenges posed by digital technologies. The educational responses proposed to deal...

BJET Fellowship

The BJET Fellowship is awarded biennially to an individual with the most compelling proposal for a piece of research in the field of educational technology. The Fellowship lasts for one year and...

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,...

The case for acknowledging teacher beliefs for effective multilingualism in primary schools

In today’s globalised world, classrooms are becoming increasingly multilingual. This development calls for a reevaluation of traditional monolingual teaching methods and a move towards...

The Seven ‘C’s of Why: Youth workers’ questions about digital practice

In this blog post I reflect on a collaborative research project that explored youth workers’ knowledge, skills and attitudes towards digital practice. Youth work in the UK is a profession guided...

Digital equity in the age of generative AI: Bridging the divide in educational technology

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

The rise of educational technology (EdTech) has transformed the learning landscape, with generative artificial intelligence (AI) offering a new frontier in personalised and accessible education...

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...

ICAIE 2025: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education

Bring tomorrow's technologies today The BERA Digital Education Special Interest Group (SIG) and the British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET) are supporting the upcoming International...