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,...

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 ‘Curriculum and Assessment Review:...

Structured freedom: Supporting children’s agency in primary education

In a recent article published in the British Educational Research Journal, I explore how children’s agency operates within England’s primary education system, and propose the concept of...

Reimagining the curriculum: A call for decolonial and values-driven education

Curriculum is often seen as a fixed ‘course of study’ – a neutral list of topics to be taught and assessed. Yet, it is anything but neutral (Apple, 2004). Pinar (2019) argues that curriculum...

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...

Beyond the checklist: Building a primary curriculum that sparks joy and includes every child

With the UK Labour government commissioning Professor Becky Francis to review England’s national curriculum, we have an opportunity to reconsider not just what children should learn but how. As...

Teaching to transform the curriculum (T2TC)

Professional learning for teacher educators: BERA Small Grants Fund research reports

Building frameworks for racial literacy

Call for proposals: BERA Blog special issue on refugee and asylum-seeking learners

This call is now closed. The BERA Blog is delighted to invite proposals from teams of guest editors and authors for a BERA Blog special issue on learners from refugee and asylum-seeking...

Curriculum, Assessment and Pedagogy SIG Convenor Vacancy

The BERA Curriculum, Assessment and Pedagogy SIG has an opening for a convenor. SIG AIM: To encourage and support research and other scholarly activity in the inter-related areas of curriculum,...

Teacher autonomy in education: Key insights and how to promote it

Scientific interest in the topic of teacher autonomy has grown in recent years in research publications across both international and local literature. This growing attention may be due to the...

Evolution, not revolution: Curriculum and assessment review

Since the curriculum and assessment review in England began in 2024, the review panel has received numerous proposals advocating for radical and revolutionary changes. Invoking Keir Starmer’s...

The BERA Guide to Outdoor Learning

The BERA Guides: Critical Insights into Educational Research and Practice

Place-Responsive Pedagogy in Educational Research and Practice