SIG Away Day
For current SIG Convenors and Network Leads only The BERA SIG Away day will be an opportunity to network with the BERA Office as well as colleagues from other...
BERA Staff
Nick Johnson, Mr
Chief Executive at British Educational Research Association
Nick has been the Chief Executive Officer at BERA since April 2012.
He has a considerable background of management and advising on strategic direction in organisations concerned with public policy. Between 2004-7, he was the Director of Policy and Public Sector for the Commission for Racial Equality. In 2007, he joined the Institute of Community Cohesion as Director of Policy later becoming a Principal Associate. He subsequently started his own consultancy working across public policy and research and worked, amongst others, with Chatham House, the Barrow Cadbury Trust, the Local Government Association and Ofwat. Previously, he was at the Association of London Government (now London Councils), where he was responsible for corporate and strategic policy.
Nick is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts and a former member of the Ethnicity Advisory Group for the United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study. He also served as a Research Fellow at the Smith Institute and for 10 years was a Trustee of Young Citizens. He is Vice-Chair of his local school Governing Body.
Beyond education, his particular interests are in the areas of integration, equality and cohesion. Nick has advised government centrally, locally and internationally and has written extensively on citizenship, social capital, extremism, immigration and other related areas of policy and practice.
Nick Johnson's contributions
BERA Insights: In conversation with… Lani Florian, BERA AGM and Awards Ceremony
This event will mark the culmination of BERA's 50th anniversary celebrations alongside our more formal AGM. We will finish with a drinks reception, canapés and the ceremonial cutting of a...
BERA Podcast Special Episode: John Furlong “Islands: In Search of Brave New Worlds”
In this episode, former BERA President, John Furlong joins BERA Chief Executive Nick Johnson to discuss his recently published memoir “Islands: In Search of Brave New Worlds”. John reflects on...
SIG Convenor Meeting – Summer 2024
For current SIG Convenors and Network Leads only The BERA SIG Convenors meeting will be an opportunity to network with the BERA Office as well as colleagues from other...
Expert Panel on Educational Research Funding
Expert Panel update BERA’s Expert Panel on educational research funding is continuing its work. Having had several meetings, the panel has revised its aims and also engaged a RA who is working...
In Conversation with… Anna Vignoles, BERA 2023 Awards Ceremony and AGM
Click here to view the event livestream BERA offers over £80,000 of awards and opportunities annually. This event will feature our first awards ceremony highlighting some of those winners and...
BERA AGM 2023
BERA offers over £80,000 of awards and opportunities annually. This event will feature our first awards ceremony highlighting some of those winners and their work, as well as the achievements and...
SIG Convenor Meeting – Summer 2023
For current SIG Convenors only The BERA SIG Convenors meeting will be an opportunity to network with the BERA Office as well as colleagues from other SIGs. An agenda will be sent out in due...