Questioning Exclusionary Practices in Education
Recent events such as the Covid-19 pandemic and regional conflicts, longer term political interest in school improvement, and trends towards datafication and performativity (Ball, 2003), form the...
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SIG Meet & Discuss: Educational Effectiveness and Improvement
This Educational Effectiveness and Improvement SIG is interested in research that questions educational policy and practice from the early years to higher education and beyond. Our aim is to...
Exploring pupil achievement and underachievement by place and socioeconomic disadvantage in England and Wales
The event will focus on ‘place’ and it aims to highlight how socioeconomic disadvantage and geographical context shape educational outcomes in England and Wales. It will focus on the varying...
BERA Bites, issue 12: Education and the environment
Today, in 2025, as an Earthly community, we face the ongoing triple planetary crises of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. Across the UK, and in many other...
Transforming curriculum planning with Sankey diagrams
Have you ever wondered how to gain deeper insights into the complexities of curriculum planning and to support data-driven decision-making? As an educator and researcher at ETH Zurich, I’ve...
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Raising Critical Confidence as a root to knowledge of self
hooks (1994, p. 34) advises us to ‘renew our minds if we are to transform educational institutions and society so the way we live, teach, and work can reflect our joy in cultural diversity, our...
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The BERA–Sage Handbook of Research-Informed Education Practice and Policy
Out May 2025 – pre-order now from Sage RRP £295.00 The BERA-Sage Handbook of Research-Informed Education Practice and Policy, 2 Vol. offers an in-depth exploration of the ways in which...
10 years of the BERA Blog
This series celebrates one decade of the BERA Blog, as an important and growing space to explore current and varied issues and questions of concern to the education community. To mark this...
BERA journals announce Editors’ Choice Awards for 2024
Two of BERA’s journals, British Educational Research Journal and Curriculum Journal , have announced their annual Editors’ Choice Awards, recognising papers published in their 2024 volumes....
Facilitating happy connections: Understanding GenAI’s links with social connectedness and mental wellbeing
Introduction The rapid emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT has already transformed the landscape of higher education (HE), offering learners resources to...
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50@50 – A portrait of 50 years of educational research through 50 studies
As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, BERA has collected together a set of 50 landmark studies that have had a significant impact on educational policy, educational practice, research...
What can universities do to boost student attendance and achievement?
The UK is facing a persistent student attendance crisis in higher education, characterised by a rising number of students skipping in-person classes. This trend negatively impacts student...
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