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Research with children: Ethical dilemmas regarding practice in the Chinese context

In 2023, as research assistants, we were involved in a project led by Dr Zhu Yan entitled ‘Tackling Ethical Challenges in Research with Children: Contextualizing Children’s Rights in China’....

Can data generation with children be democratic?

The widely cited United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child establishes the importance of children’s rights, including their freedom of expression (article 13). Research and policy...

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...

Grappling with ladders: Perspectives on the field of students as researchers from a professional doctoral student

As a head teacher embarking upon research into students as researchers (SAR), I have been reflecting on the theoretical context in which my research sits. It is possible to see a pathway where...

Stumbling upon ‘walking interviews’ with headteachers

‘Research reports often read as though the researchers knew from the start exactly what they were setting out to do and moved in a linear direction towards that end… actual research is rarely...

Review of Education: Call for ‘State-of-Play’ special issues (2024)

The editors of the Review of Education (RoE) intend to publish a number of ‘State-of-Play' (SoP) special issues during their tenure, which commenced in January 2024. They are therefore seeking...

The BERA Guides: Critical Insights into Educational Research and Practice

Short, research-informed yet accessible introductions to key, interdisciplinary topics impacting education research and practice

If your method was an animal, what would it be?

As academics, our methodological conversations are often pragmatic, focused on using certain approaches for certain aims, and less focused on deeper exploration of ways of ‘doing’ methods. In...

Summer 2024

Research Intelligence issue 159: Partnering with generative artificial intelligence to write: The future of academic publishing

Exploring the free school meals measure in the English National Pupil Database

Pupils’ recorded eligibility for free school meals (FSM) within the English National Pupil Database (NPD) has long been utilised across the country’s research and policy communities. It is...

‘The power and capacity of learning exists in the soul already’: A researcher’s reflections on methodological changes and decision-making in educational research

BERA Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2023

Reflective practice in educational research has a vital role when it comes to decision-making and methodological change. It depends on the researcher’s ethical practice; educational researchers...

Into the labyrinth: Choosing the research method/ology

BERA Early Career Researcher Network Symposium Series 2023

As a doctoral researcher, I always have three questions on my mind. The first question is linked to my specific research project, and I wonder if I have chosen the ‘right’ research...