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Branching Out: Mobilising community assets to support the mental health and wellbeing of children in primary schools

BERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting

Children's mental health is a pressing concern, with recent data suggesting 18 per cent of children aged 7–16 years in England have been diagnosed as having a probable mental health disorder...

What makes school a good place for LGBTQ+ young people?

BERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting

The first phase of my PhD focused on what LGBTQ+ young people in the UK thought schools could do to make it a good place for LGBTQ+ students. I also sought the perspectives of secondary school...

Exploring burnout among Latin American teachers during the Covid-19 pandemic

BERA Conference 2024 and WERA Focal Meeting

The Covid-19 pandemic has reshaped many aspects of our lives, but few have felt its impact as acutely as educators. Overnight, teachers across Latin America were thrust into a new reality,...

Curriculum in a Changing World

50 think pieces on education, policy, practice, innovation & inclusion

The BERA Guide to Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools

The BERA Guides: Critical Insights into Educational Research and Practice

Exploring Frontline Support in Educational Research and Practice

Guest editing opportunity for Research Intelligence, issue 162

International comparative education

Beyond vocabulary and grammar: Importance of considering ‘affective factors’ in teaching Arabic speaking skills

This blog post provides a summary of a study that explored several ‘affective factors’ that influence students’ acquisition of Arabic speaking skills (Bohra, 2020). Drawing upon Krashen’s...

Thriving in academia: Experiences of an international early career researcher

As an international PhD student and now an early-career researcher in education in the UK, I have experienced a range of emotional states that can be compared to a rollercoaster ride. For...

BERJ Early Career Reviewer Scheme: Call for mentors

The British Educational Research Journal (BERJ) is pleased to launch its Early Career Reviewer Scheme that aims to build early career researchers’ capacities in academic peer reviewing. This...

Teaching on the cheap? The extent and impact of teaching assistants covering classes and leading lessons

England is running out of teachers. Excessive workload, bureaucratic demands and inadequate systems of support have driven down rates of job satisfaction, and with it, rates of teacher recruitment...

BERA Educational Research Book of the Year

This award celebrates the publication of educational research and is awarded to a scholarly book on education deemed to be high quality, engaging and innovative.

Holistically healthy humans: championing mental and physical wellbeing in education

Health does not operate at a singular level; mental and physical health are inextricably linked. Our physical body depends on our mental state and vice versa and improvement or decline in one area...