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Going beyond the evidence: Research and the media

Covid-19, education and educational research

In a previous blog (published yesterday) I reflected on the danger of researchers going beyond the evidence in presenting policy-relevant findings: putting forward empirical conclusions as cogent...

Is educational research evidence-based?

One issue raised in the debate over evidence-based policymaking and practice has been what should count as evidence. I was prompted to think further about this by a recent paper in the British...

Five education myths that Covid-19 shatters

Highlights from the first 1,000 BERA Blog posts

Education has been practised and conceptualised internationally in ways that demonstrate its increasing privatisation, enabled through a dependency on numerical data and an adherence to a social...

What do we know, so far, about the best ways to help users use good research evidence?

Research evidence is considered important, contributing to improvements in education policy and practice. High-quality evidence can lead to important gains for the public and for society....

Why do school exclusion rates continue to rise in England?

Children and young people excluded from school for poor behaviour have lower than average educational outcomes. They are more likely to experience ‘deep exclusion’ (Levitas et al., 2007), with...

Global Perspectives: Educational Leadership

This event has now been postponed. To be kept updated on when this will be reschedule for, please email events@bera.ac.uk. The University of Worcester, in association with the British Educational...

General Election 2019: Where do the Tories, Labour and Lib Dems stand on education?

What can we expect from the three main UK political parties if elected to government? I have compared the education sections of the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat manifestos. (All...

The new Ofsted framework

Curriculum may be back in vogue, but it augments rather than replaces the standards agenda

School accountability by Progress 8: A critique of Conservative and Labour proposals

The Conservatives and Labour hold different views on the future of England’s system of school accountability by Progress 8. However, both parties’ thinking is at odds with the research...

Educational leadership: Post-conference reflections on an ever-changing field

As it is for many of my colleagues BERA’s Annual Conference is one of the highlights of my academic year. It’s the one conference that I try not to miss – not only to see my annual...

Educational Research and Educational Policy-Making – SIG Convenor vacancy

Call for SIG Convenor The Educational Research and Educational Policy-Making SIG aims: to identify and enhance the various ways in which, and the supporting conditions under which, scholarly...

Tackling educational inequality

The questions, ‘What does the empirical evidence tell us about the achievement gap?’ and ‘What is proven good practice for closing the gap in educational inequality?’, are the subject of...