The BERA Conference 2023 was held at the Conference Aston/ Aston University, 12-14 September 2023.
Attended by over 1,000 delegates, this was our largest BERA Conference.
We are pleased to release the content from BERA Conference 2023. These include videos, blogs, awards and photos.
The Conference videos, including keynote lecture and plenaries 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.
For this year’s conference we offered delegates the opportunity to record their presentations that can be added to the website and available as a resource.
This gave presenters the opportunity to expand the audience of their research and reach colleagues who may not have attended the conference or were unable to join their session.
We're pleased to bring you the official conference photos.
Check out the online gallery!
In this blog series, attendees, presenters and prize winners from BERA Conference 2023 share their research topics as well as their conference experiences.
By inviting presenters to write a blog post, we gave them the opportunity to expand the audience of their research and reach colleagues who may not have attended the conference or were unable to join their session.
This year we were lucky enough to have Mandy from Sketchnotes UK attend conference and draw several sessions, as well as make us some bespoke illustrations about BERA.
BERA aims to celebrate and promote the work of our Early Career Researcher Network. We are presenting a prize to the best Early Career researcher presentation at this year’s conference.
The top scoring ECR abstracts are automatically shortlisted for the BERA ECR Presentation Award.
All posters presented at the BERA Annual Conference will automatically be entered in the Poster Prize Presentation award. All posters will be judged by a member of the BERA Committees or other delegates.
The best poster receives complimentary attendance at the following years BERA Annual Conference.
The SIG convenors are encouraged to attend all sessions for their SIG and judge each presentation. The ‘BERA Annual Conference – SIG Best Presentation’ is then awarded.
Abstract submission deadline
Bursary application deadline
Authors notified of outcome of submission
Early bird deadline
All presenting authors to be registered
Authors notified of date and time of presentation
For educational researchers the BERA Annual Conference is an important date in their professional year. It provides the opportunity to:
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.
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Associate Professor at University of Nottingham
Dr Yuwei Xu is an Associate Professor in Early Childhood Education at the University of Nottingham. Previously he has held academic positions at University College London (UCL) and the University of Portsmouth. With a PhD in gender and early...
Head of School - School of Education at Leeds Trinity University
Aimee is Head of the School of Teacher Education at Leeds Trinity University, one of the BERA SIG leads for Mental Health and Wellbeing, and a member of the BERA Conference Committee. Her research interests are well-being and workload in...
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...
Teacher and Research Lead at Oakgrove Secondary School
Meera Chudasama is passionate about educational research; in particular making educational research accessible and digestible for those who work in schools. Alongside being a teacher, Meera feels most at home when she is supporting teachers, and...
Senior Lecturer at Keele University
Chris Midgley wears different 'educational' hats that offer a wide perspective of HE and PCET education: he is a Senior Lecturer in Leadership at Keele University, and he is Keele Business School's strategic lead for the delivery of...