Curriculum making: A brief history and future directions

Curriculum: Theory, policy and practice10 years of the BERA Blog

The term ‘curriculum making’ is becoming increasingly common in educational policy and practice. It is a concept with a long tradition in curriculum studies, going back to the foundational...

BERA celebrates 10 years of the BERA Blog

2025 marks 10 years of the BERA Blog, and we’re so proud of all that it has accomplished! Thank you to all those who have contributed to the Blog, whether as authors, editors, or readers. The...

Evolution or business as usual? The interim report for England’s national curriculum review

Curriculum: Theory, policy and practice

The election of a Labour government in the UK in July 2024 heralded optimism that some serious problems with England’s national curriculum and assessment system, evident since 2014, would...

Opportunity: Chair of the British Curriculum Forum (BCF) Steering Group

Are you passionate about curriculum research, innovation, and its impact on education? Do you want to shape the conversation around curriculum studies and policy across the UK? The British...

Opportunity: British Curriculum Forum (BCF) Steering Group members

Are you passionate about curriculum research, innovation, and its impact on education? Do you want to contribute to shaping the conversation around curriculum studies and policy across the UK?...

Curriculum: Theory, policy and practice

BERA invites contributions from authors to a new BERA Blog series exploring the theme of Curriculum. We welcome posts that reflect on, critique or offer research-informed insights into curriculum...

Connecting classroom and community: Innovative approaches to teacher placement curriculum

Curriculum: Theory, policy and practice

As the only university to be newly accredited through the last UK government’s contentious Market Review process in 2022, colleagues at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) have shaped a new...

Research Intelligence Article of the Year Award 2024

This award, introduced for the 2024 volume, recognises the highest quality and most original and impactful articles published in Research Intelligence. Guest Editors of issues published in  2024...

The Curriculum Journal: Call for Editorial Board members

This call is now closed. The Curriculum Journal (CJ) is seeking expressions of interest from educational researchers to join its editorial board. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to...

BERA Bites, issue 12: Education and the environment

BERA Bites

Today, in 2025, as an Earthly community, we face the ongoing triple planetary crises of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. Across the UK, and in many other...

Transforming curriculum planning with Sankey diagrams

Curriculum: Theory, policy and practice

Have you ever wondered how to gain deeper insights into the complexities of curriculum planning and to support data-driven decision-making? As an educator and researcher at ETH Zurich, I’ve...

Raising Critical Confidence as a root to knowledge of self

Curriculum: Theory, policy and practice

hooks (1994, p. 34) advises us to ‘renew our minds if we are to transform educational institutions and society so the way we live, teach, and work can reflect our joy in cultural diversity, our...