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The British Educational Research Association (BERA) is the leading authority on educational research in the UK, supporting and representing the community of scholars, practitioners and everyone...
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...
The Seven ‘C’s of Why: Youth workers’ questions about digital practice
In this blog post I reflect on a collaborative research project that explored youth workers’ knowledge, skills and attitudes towards digital practice. Youth work in the UK is a profession guided...
2025 BERA Academic Citizen of the Year
The BERA Academic Citizen of the Year is an award intended to recognise a colleague working in educational research who has made a significant contribution to the discipline as a whole and the...
TEAN Joins the British Educational Research Association (BERA)
We’re delighted to announce that the Teacher Education Advancement Network (TEAN) is joining the British Educational Research Association. From summer 2025, it will become the BERA Teacher...
BERA Conference 2025
The 2025 BERA Conference will be held 9th-11th September 2025 at the University of Sussex. Hot topic proposals now being accepted: Deadline 9 June 2025
Upcoming events
Global Perspectives in Teacher Education: Challenging the Standard Education Model
Leeds Beckett University, in association with the British Educational Research Association, invite you to participate in our inaugural international conference entitled Global Perspectives in...
2025 Equity in Education & Society conference
Call for Papers for contributions to the annual ‘Equity in Education & Society’ conference – being held at, and in collaboration with London South Bank University. Speakers/ contributors...
Practitioner Research in Mathematics Education
The aim of this PRiME event is to build the capacity of practitioner researchers through engagement with the wider research community. This aim will be achieved by: Providing an opportunity...
The Anna Craft Memorial Lecture
This panel discussion marks the culmination of a decade-long series celebrating the profound contributions of Anna Craft to the field of creativity and education.
BERA Teacher Network
The BERA Teacher Network is an inclusive community of educators from early years, primary, and secondary schools and further, adult and vocational education in the UK. The network serves as a...
Early Career Researcher Network
The BERA Early Career Researcher (ECR) Network aims to offer support to those who are in the process of completing their masters or doctorate in education, as well as those who have completed...
Neurodivergent Researchers Network
The BERA Neurodivergent Researchers Network is a new initiative launched by the British Educational Research Association (BERA). The network is intended to provide a platform for neurodivergent...
Event Videos
This page features videos and presentations from BERA events
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The environmental ethics of Generative AI: Artificial intelligence or real ignorance?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly present in debates about education, including at policy level. Earlier this year, the UK Education Secretary (with responsibility for education in...
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Using Matryoska dolls to facilitate early years teachers’ reflections based on the Ecological Systems Model
This blog post focuses on my use of innovative creative research methods to explore the lived experience of GTCS-registered early years teachers in Scotland. As an early years teacher I am part...
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A new national curriculum: Better learning principles and practices
The new UK Labour government, elected in 2024, almost immediately commissioned a Curriculum and Assessment Review, with the intention of developing a broader, cutting-edge curriculum in England...
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