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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...
Have Your Say: BERA Member Survey 2024
BERA is striving to continuously improve our services and better support our community of educational researchers. To help achieve this, we are launching the 2024 Member Survey, and we want to...
English as an additional language in schools: What are the Labour government’s priorities?
In this blog post I would like to raise a number of questions for the new government about English as an additional language in schools: What should the new Labour government do to reinstate...
BERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting Highlights Video
BERA is delighted to share the highlights video from the 2024 BERA Annual Conference & WERA Focal Meeting, held from September 8th-12th, 2024 in Manchester. This landmark event brought together...
Research Ethics Case Studies 2024
Designed to complement BERA’s Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research, fifth edition (2024)
The BERA Guide to Decolonising the Curriculum
Equity and Inclusion in Educational Research and Practice
Upcoming events
ECR Coffee Hour – Autumn 2024
This BERA ECR Network’s coffee hour will give you the opportunity to find out more about the ECR Network and its activities as well as get to know a little more about the team behind it. There...
ECR Symposium Series 2024: Being a creative researcher: creative thinking, decision making and problem solving in research
Who is it for? The ECR Network’s symposia series is targeted at early career researchers (ECRs) – be they current Masters or Doctoral students or those in the early post-doctoral phase....
Growing collaborative communities in Mathematics Education
This event is an opportunity for those with an interest in mathematics education research to share their current research and their aspirational ideas for future research. The aim of the event is...
Curriculum Making in Schools: Interrogating the Contribution of AI
The British Curriculum Forum invites you to an enlightening and important online conference that delves into the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence in education. “Curriculum Making...
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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Challenges of systematic review researchers from developing countries
Systematic reviews are essential for evidence-informed decision-making processes in health and education (Langer & Stewart, 2014). A systematic review is a rigorous and methodical synthesis of...
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Social media: Distraction or traction in higher education
Social media is an important part of young people’s lives in our connected society; however, its use in higher education is currently sporadic, localised, and not aligned with the large and...
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Teaching primary science in Northern Ireland is a journey filled with both challenges and exciting opportunities. Revised in 2007, the Northern Ireland Curriculum for Primary was designed to...
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