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BERA Early Career Researcher Network: Call for Convenor

We are recruiting a convenor to help co-ordinate, oversee and develop the mission and activities of the BERA Early Career Researcher Network

Researcher of early career teachers and tutor of early career teachers: How to navigate conflicting interests

Holding a position of responsibility in a field within which the researcher is researching can pose challenges in terms of remaining true to professional values while maintaining research...

ECR Symposium Series 2024: Being a creative researcher: creative thinking, decision making and problem solving in research

Who is it for? The ECR Network’s symposia series is targeted at early career researchers (ECRs) – be they current Masters or Doctoral students or those in the early post-doctoral phase....

Reflections on the hidden curriculum of sustainability at the BERA 50th Anniversary Conference and WERA Focal Meeting

Curriculum: Theory, policy and practiceBERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting

Attending the BERA 50th Anniversary Conference and WERA Focal Meeting in Manchester was a highlight of my year as an early career researcher (ECR) and provided important opportunities for academic...

2024 Early Career Researcher Career Development Fellowship Recipients

The BERA Early Career Researcher Career Development Fellowship is a flexible package of benefits intended to support ECRs in the first three years following completion of their doctorate. We are...

BERA and the Kusuma Trust: Neurodiversity in mainstream schools grant programme

BERA is partnering with the Kusuma Trust to deliver 4 research projects with the aim to improve the school experience and academic attainment of young people who are neurodivergent.

Reading Rita and saving Arthur Seaton: Exploring mature students’ scholarly ‘becoming’ and the failures of working-class education

I was thrilled to present my research at the BERA ECR Journey: At Crossroads of Becoming Conference at the University of Leeds in June 2024. This event gave me the opportunity to discuss the...

Curriculum in a Changing World

50 think pieces on education, policy, practice, innovation & inclusion

Autumn 2024

Research Intelligence issue 160: Democracy & education

Guest editing opportunity for Research Intelligence, issue 162

International comparative education

Thriving in academia: Experiences of an international early career researcher

As an international PhD student and now an early-career researcher in education in the UK, I have experienced a range of emotional states that can be compared to a rollercoaster ride. For...

BERJ Early Career Reviewer Scheme: Call for mentors

The British Educational Research Journal (BERJ) is pleased to launch its Early Career Reviewer Scheme that aims to build early career researchers’ capacities in academic peer reviewing. This...