Videos
The Conference videos are now online.
We are delighted that this year we were able to record more of our sessions, so you can watch at home if you didn't have a chance to attend.
BERA Conference 2021
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Please email conference@bera.ac.uk if you have any enquiries.
Why attend?
For educational researchers the BERA Annual Conference is an important date in their professional year. It provides the opportunity to:
- network with existing colleagues
- support new colleagues at the start of their careers
- establish the beginnings of new collaborations
- exchange ideas with like-minded colleagues; and sometimes more profitably, with non-like-minded colleagues
- make new links with potential publishers or funders
- learn about research outside your own area and investigate possible connections
- indulge in discussions of ‘blue sky’ research that reminds you why you are a researcher
Seasoned BERA delegates could probably add several more reasons of their own as to why they return but for most it is about being part of a community of researchers. A community that is dynamic and changes over time; not just in terms of its members but in the way it does things. Participating in a vibrant conference is one way of making sure that you contribute to that change.
Key dates
31st March 2021
Authors notified of outcome of submission
13th-16th September 2021
Conference 2021
Conference and Events Committee
Mhairi Beaton, Professor
Professor at Leeds Beckett University
Mhairi Beaton is Professor at the Carnegie School of Education, Leeds Beckett University. After completing a Bachelor of Education at University of Edinburgh, Mhairi worked as a primary school teacher in Highland Region in the north of Scotland....
Richard Race, Dr
Senior Lecturer in Education at Teesside University
Dr. Richard Race is Senior Lecturer in Education at Teesside University. He is Visiting Professor in Education at Plymouth Marjon University in England and Sapienza University in Italy. He is author of the third edition of Multiculturalism and...
Megan Crawford, Professor
Professor Centre for Global Learning at Coventry University
Megan Crawford has significant experience in HE as a leader and academic at a senior level, and her work is keenly focused on leadership and the relationships between research and practice in schools. Megan has worked in schools, and at various...
Ian Potter, Mr
Educational consultant at Bay House School
Ian Potter is an experienced system leader in education in England with a career as a school leader, school improvement adviser and executive leadership of a multi-academy trust. He has worked in developing national and regional policy, being...
Charlotte Vidal-Hall, Dr
Research lead at N/A
Charlotte is a research and evaluation lead at Ofsted where she has lead research into supporting struggling readers in secondary schools and AI in schools and further education colleges. She has been an advocate for closer working partnerships...
Jim Reid, Dr
Reader in Education at University of Huddersfield
Jim Reid is a Reader in Education in the School of Business, Education and Law at the University of |Huddersfield. His research interests primarily focus on marginalised people and communities with a particular interest in giving voice to those...