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China’s education crossroads: Can the double reduction policy resolve inequalities caused by shadow education?

For years, shadow education, characterised by private tutoring and supplementary training schools focused on enhancing academic performance, has been a prevalent aspect of educational landscapes...

Tolerance and mutual respect: What do they mean and why does it matter?

Inspiration for the research A large body of research has been inspired by a line on page 14 of the Teachers’ Standards in England, which requires teachers not to ‘undermin[e] fundamental...

Inspired by top trumps and tarot: A playful response to the teacher retention crisis

Teacher retention continues to be a significant policy problem in England, and indeed worldwide, with many countries in the Global North reporting difficulties in sustaining their teaching...

Headteacher agency: Erosion through performativity

As part of a doctorate of education qualification at University College London, I conducted a small-scale research project for an Institute Focused Study. The project was designed to draw...

The ECR journey: From inspiration to impact

The first ever BERA Early Career Researcher (ECR) Conference in May 2023, The ECR Journey: From inspiration to impact, celebrated the journey of ‘becoming’ an educational researcher. It was an...

Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research, fifth edition (2024)

Contents Letter from the President Fundamentals Aspirations of educational researchers Guidelines Responsibilities to participants Consent Transparency Right to withdraw Incentives Harm...

Exploring the free school meals measure in the English National Pupil Database

Pupils’ recorded eligibility for free school meals (FSM) within the English National Pupil Database (NPD) has long been utilised across the country’s research and policy communities. It is...

Back to the Roots (Past, Present, Future) Moving Forward

BERA is an organisation dedicated to advancing educational research, policy, and practice across the United Kingdom and beyond. Established in 1974 by Prof John Nisbet, BERA has become a leading...

Parental activism in education

In her final annual report as Chief Inspector of Ofsted, England’s schools and children’s services inspectorate, Amanda Spielman, opines that the Covid-19 pandemic has ‘fractured’ the...

Tingting Yuan

Dr. Tingting Yuan is an Assistant Professor in Education and Teacher Development at the School of Education, University of Nottingham. She holds a PhD in Comparative Education from the University...

Kerris Cooper

Dr Kerris Cooper is a Senior Researcher at EPI. Until 2021 she worked at the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) at the LSE, where she is currently a Visiting Senior Fellow. Kerris has...

Generative AI in academia: Friend or foe?

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

The launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 marked a potential turning point in higher education. As a prime example of generative AI, capable of creating content and solving problems in previously...