SIG Meet & Discuss: Creativities in Education

This SIG offers a space for researchers, policy makers and practitioners located in a wide variety of settings, to discuss and interact on matters of interest pertinent to creativity in education....

SIG Meet & Discuss: Educational Effectiveness and Improvement

This Educational Effectiveness and Improvement SIG is interested in research that questions educational policy and practice from the early years to higher education and beyond. Our aim is to...

Exploring pupil achievement and underachievement by place and socioeconomic disadvantage in England and Wales

The event will focus on ‘place’ and it aims to highlight how socioeconomic disadvantage and geographical context shape educational outcomes in England and Wales. It will focus on the varying...

Questioning Exclusionary Practices in Education

Recent events such as the Covid-19 pandemic and regional conflicts, longer term political interest in school improvement, and trends towards datafication and performativity (Ball, 2003), form the...

Making the Right Call Together: Effective Chairing – practical advice and support

Making the Right Call Together

This session is for anyone who chairs sessions at BERA conference, anyone who would like to do this in the future, and for others who are interested in this vital aspect of conference organisation...

Writing Retreat and Coffee hour

This writing retreat is aimed at providing a friendly space for writing and networking and in particular ECRs, organised by the Education for Environmental Sustainability SIG.  From feedback...

Defining ‘Social Justice’ in Education and Educational Research: what do we, as practitioners and academics, mean? Part 2

This event will provide a forum to engage in important discussions, reflections and debate on ‘social justice’ in education and development of next steps with attendees in terms of action...

Considering intelligence in the era of AI

There is currently, understandably, considerable debate about the potential and the risks of artificial intelligence in education. There are questions about implications for future curriculums,...

Perspectives from Ireland – Opening the Black Box of Alternative Education Provision in Ireland

While the right to education is guaranteed under the Irish constitution (Kennedy & Smyth, 2018) educational inequality is a continuing feature within the education system (Cahill, 2020).  On...

English Across the Divides: Investigating perceptions of ‘English’ across the Key Stages in England

The Common English Forum’s (CEF) recent Manifesto for English in England (2024) states that subject English is an ‘eco-system’ that stretches from the Early Years and Ks1 to KS5 and beyond....

Researching Gender & Sexuality in Educational Settings

Join us for an online event hosted by the Sexualities and Gender Special Interest Group of the British Education Research Association. Calling all educators, researchers, and advocates interested...

Global Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence in Education: Challenges, Opportunities, and Collaborative Solutions

This event invites academics, PhD students, early career scholars, educational consultants, and technology developers in higher education to explore the dynamic role of Artificial Intelligence...