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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...
The Curriculum Journal: Call for Associate Editors
The Curriculum Journal (CJ), published by the British Educational Research Association (BERA), specialises in publishing original contributions to the study of curriculum theory and...
Exploring ‘equivalences’ in the UK’s REF and India’s NRF: A comparative enquiry
In recent years, both the UK and India have demonstrated a strong commitment to advancing research excellence through strategic frameworks – the UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) and...
Revisiting the Children’s Plan: Towards a new manifesto for tackling early years inequality
The new Labour government has made a commitment to support the early years sector, as well as launching a curriculum review. This presents us with an opportunity to revisit Labour’s 2007...
BERA journals announce Editors’ Choice Awards for 2024
Two of BERA’s journals, British Educational Research Journal and Curriculum Journal , have announced their annual Editors’ Choice Awards, recognising papers published in their 2024 volumes....
BERA Conference 2025
The 2025 BERA Conference will be held 9th-11th September 2025 at the University of Sussex. Abstract Submission Now Open: Deadline 31 January 2025
Upcoming events
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...
Academic Writing Retreat
This writing retreat will create a productive environment for participants to write. There are quiet spaces to write, with short spaces to share tips and tools, to overcome writing blocks, and to...
Presidential Seminar Series: The Struggle for Curriculum Knowledge and Culture: What’s next for England?
In July 2024 a newly elected Labour government announced an independent curriculum and assessment review for England spanning from Key Stage 1 through to Key Stage 5. The purpose of this exercise...
The Overlaps and Intersections of Playwork and Youth Work
This online event explores the potential overlaps and intersections in services provided to children and young people in the UK, focusing on the perspectives of playworkers and youth workers....
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...
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Exploring ‘equivalences’ in the UK’s REF and India’s NRF: A comparative enquiry
In recent years, both the UK and India have demonstrated a strong commitment to advancing research excellence through strategic frameworks – the UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) and...
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‘A pedagogy of avoidance’: Teaching controversial issues in conflict-affected southern Thailand
The current conflict in the Deep South of Thailand (DST) is reflected in centuries-long clashes between the Thai-Buddhist state and Malay-Muslim minority. Since the official...
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Reflecting on education policy from across the UK
Education policy in the UK is characterised by change, churn and disruption as successive governments somewhat inevitably recognise ‘problems’ in education to be ‘fixed’ with different...
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At the intersection of philosophy and poetic inquiry
The relationship between poetry and philosophy is ineluctable (unavoidable and inescapable) and widely understood. Although in this blog post we won’t go as far as to claim, like Coleridge, that...
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