The University of Sussex is offering fully funded ESRC studentships for doctoral research in Education. Awards are for 3 or 4 years full-time equivalent and include full payment of fees plus a...
The BERA Conference 2013 was held on the 3rd-5th September 2013 at the University of Sussex. Keynote speakers included: Professor Helen Gunter, Professor Ian Menter, Professor Chris Husbands, and...
For educational researchers the BERA Annual Conference is an important date in their professional year. It provides the opportunity to: network with existing colleagues support new...
In his inaugural Presidential Address, given to the BERA Conference 2013 at the University of Sussex, Ian Menter addresses a number of issues concerning educational policy and the contributions...
A minority of young people are negative about education and become disengaged*. This study investigated their experience. Most saw the primary problem as the system. For them, school was an...
This study explores the size of ethnic, gender and social class gaps in achievement at age 14 and asks what factors might account for ethnic achievement gaps. For most minority groups, high levels...
The New Labour Government (1997-2010) announced personalised learning as an idea ‘exciting’ the profession and one that promised ‘radical implications’ for the shape of education in...
School bullying seriously affects young people’s social, physical and psychological well-being as well as their academic achievement. Increasingly, evidence suggests whole-school (universal)...
In the summer of 2013, BERA published a briefing paper entitled ‘Why Educational Research Matters’. This was drawn from our contribution to the recent Comprehensive Spending Review and was...
Challenge and Change in Teacher Education Research-Informed Teacher Education for a New Era? Research Matters: School Direct Changing Trends in Teacher Education Policy and Practice What Kind...