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Practical ways to assess teachers’ impact on student learning

There is a long-standing tradition of using classroom observations in the assessment and development of teaching in education systems across the world (O’Leary 2020). This is because...

Kate Fox

Kate completed her MA in Education and International Development at the Institute of Education at UCL. She has worked in education for almost 20 years as a teacher, headteacher and teacher...

Steven Hodge

Steven Hodge works at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, where he is Deputy Director of the Griffith Institute for Educational Research (GIER), and Deputy Head of School (Research) in...

Karen Jones

Dr Karen Jones is Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Management at the Institute of Education, University of Reading, UK. She holds senior leadership responsibilities as Director of...

Pinyan Lin

Pinyan Lin is in the final year of a PhD programme at The Manchester Institute of Education, having previously graduated with the Master’s degree in Educational Leadership. Her research...

The impact of AI on the future of education

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

Artificial intelligence (AI) in education is not new. The pioneers of AI during the 1950s were cognitive scientists who were directly involved in education research (Doroudi, 2023). However, there...

Pravin Balakrishnan

Pravin Balakrishnan is a PhD student at King’s College London under the lead supervision of Dr Maren Elfert, with Dr Ayo Mansaray and Dr Diego Santori. Pravin is researching on the intersection...

David Chapman

During 11 years in the RAF as an aircraft engineer servicing helicopters, Hawks and Jaguars, David Chapman discovered a love of teaching and graduated from Wolverhampton University with a...

Presenting at an e-festival: Experiences of an early career researcher

In this blog post, I share my experiences of presenting at the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) e-Festival. After outlining the initial application, the run-up to the event and the...

Meet and Discuss – Artificial and Human Intelligence

The Artificial and Human Intelligence SIG meeting was held to network with colleagues, learn about the activities of the SIG and plans for 2024 and onwards. This meeting was hosted online, where...

Informal education, school bullying and ‘public executions’: Young people’s experiences of the hierarchical nature of relationships in school

BERA Conference 2023

The reference to ‘public executions’ in the title of this blog post is a quote from a research participant who was describing his experience of what happens when someone is caught bullying in...

International Women’s Day

On #InternationalWomensDay, BERA is celebrating the incredible achievements and contributions of women in educational research. Read below for a selection of exciting BERA events, blogs and...