BERA funds £12,000 of school based research
The BCF Curriculum Investigation Grant is intended to support research with a focus on curriculum inquiry and investigation. The grant acknowledges the importance of research led by schools and...
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Review of the PhD: open consultation and publication of an evidence review
ESRC has just launched an open consultation to inform their Review of the PhD in the Social Sciences. Through the consultation they have asked to capture views on the strengths and limitations...
As “PE With Joe Wicks” comes to an end, a BERA Blog highlights the marginalisation of PE within the Curriculum
In a BERA Blog this week,Julie Stirrup, Oliver Hooper, Rachel Sandford, Jo Harris,Ash Casey and Lorraine Cale from Loughborough University argue that the marginalisation of PE within the...
Additional nominations to the REF sub-panel
As a formal nominating body, BERA has been invited to nominate additional panel members for the REF sub-panel for education. This is specifically to address gaps identified by existing members of...
Record-breaking new impact factors for BERJ and BJET
In the latest Journal Citation Reports for 2019, released this week by Clarivate, the two BERA journals listed in the Social Sciences Citation Index both received their best ever impact factors...
New fund to support research on COVID-19 and education
As part of our response to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, BERA is establishing a small grants fund for research into the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). This fund aims to support a...
BERA response to UKRI Open Access consultation
BERA has submitted its response to the current UKRI consultation on its proposed open access (OA) policy. The full response can be found below. As with previous open access interventions, BERA...
Announcement for BERA Annual Conference 2020
Dear colleagues, All of us will have spent the past few weeks responding to the implications for our professional and personal lives of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the profound impact it...
COVID-19: Online teaching and learning
A new virtual issue of BJET Online learning and teaching has necessarily come to the fore over the past few weeks and months as we adapt to Covid-19. In a new virtual issue of the British Journal...
Re‐educating the nation? A Curriculum Journal special issue on the new curriculum for Wales
A new special issue of the Curriculum Journal, published simultaneously in English and Welsh, explores the many issues that arise when a country decides to rewrite the school curriculum –...
BERA joins call to cancel the introduction of Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) in the Autumn term
BERA President Dominic Wyse is one of the co-signatories to an open letter that calls upon the Government to abandon its plan to introduce the reception baseline assessment into primary schools in...
BERA Blog: Call for contributions on our response to the coronavirus crisis
COVID-19 has, over the last few weeks and months, transformed the way we live, work, research, teach and learn. The BERA community has not only an opportunity but a responsibility to provide...
