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Call for Candidates in the 2024 BERA Council Elections

Could you be part of guiding BERA’s academic and strategic leadership? We are pleased to invite interested members to put themselves forward as candidates in the 2024 BERA Council...

Engaging low-income families in education research: An interdisciplinary exploratory study

BERA Conference 2023

Our comparative research project considered the challenges encountered when engaging low-income families in education research in the UK and China. In this blog post we highlight the context,...

Meet and Discuss – Research Methodologies

This Research Methodology in Education 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, with...

Mobile phone bans in schools: Impact on achievement

Initial analysis of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) suggests that mobile phone bans might help with...

BERA Publishes 2023 Annual Report

2023 was a blockbuster year for BERA, and there was much to celebrate. We are pleased to publish our annual report for 2023, offering a comprehensive overview of our organisation's achievements in...

Crafting inclusive research approaches

BERA Conference 2023

Take three postgraduate researchers with a shared interest in developing inclusive approaches to disability and education, a carrier bag of magazines donated by the Women’s Institute, scissors...

Philip Moffitt

Phil Moffitt works in the Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University. He specialises in interventionist research of education. Phil is a chartered engineer, facilities manager, and...

BERA’s History

Founded in 1974, BERA has spent the past 50 years advancing research quality, building research capacity and fostering research engagement.

BERA Archive Documents

As we celebrate our 50th Anniversary, on this page you will find a collection of historical documents, offering insight into the evolution of our organization since our inception.

Tina Salter

Tina is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Sciences at the University of Bedfordshire. She is course coordinator for the MA in Childhood, Youth and Family Studies, which also has a JNC youth work...

Francis Farrell

Senior Lecturer in Theology and Religion with extensive experience in ITE. Postgraduate researcher coordinator in the Faculty of Education at Edge Hill University. I have a wide range of research...

ECR Coffee Hour – Spring 2024

This BERA ECR Network’s coffee hour gave the opportunity to find out more about the ECR Network and its activities as well as getting to know a little more about the team behind it. There were...