🌟 The BERA Blog: Highlights of 2025 🌟 "Snow-dusted salutations and tinsel-tinged tidings to all our readers, authors, curators and guest editors around the globe!" ❄️ Our Lead Editor, @gerryczerniawski.bsky.social, wraps up another fantastic year for the BB: bera.ac.uk/blog/the-ber...

How can novice teachers build research literacy and critical reflection from the start? Ch 14 of The BERA Guide to Practitioner Research, co-authored with my fab colleagues Danyah Alsayeud and Ian Collen, highlights the importance of embedding research literacy in teachers' early career development.

Professor Suzanne Graham and Dr Anthony Zhang from the Institute of Education have won BERA's Public Engagement & Impact Award for for using digital tools to improve foreign language learning and teaching in UK primary schools. 🔗 https://rdg.ac/3KSMkHt

Biesta’s recent @beranews.bsky.social blog is also spot on ✨ www.bera.ac.uk/blog/opening...

📚 OUT NOW! The BERA Guide to Practitioner Research is available now in paperback & eBook! BERA members receive a 40% discount 🌟 Find out more: www.bera.ac.uk/publication/...

New issue of BERA Research Intelligence: Winter 2025/26 ❄️ Integrating inclusiveness and accessibility in education: Emerging technologies and learning in people with disabilities Read issue here: www.bera.ac.uk/publication/...

📚 2025 BERA Educational Research Book of the Year Award: Race and Assessment in Higher Education: From Conceptualising Barriers to Making Measurable Change By Paul Ian Campbell @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social Find out more: www.bera.ac.uk/news/bera-an...

We are proud to announce that Dr Karen Guldberg has been named the BERA Academic Citizen of the Year for 2025! 🌟 Dr Karen Guldberg is Head of the School of Education, Professor in Autism Studies. www.bera.ac.uk/news/bera-an...

🌟 Open for applications! The BERA Doctoral Thesis Award is now open! Apply here: www.bera.ac.uk/award/bera-d... The BERA Masters Dissertation Award is now open! Apply here: www.bera.ac.uk/award/bera-m...

📣 Closing soon! The BERA Academic Citizen of the Year is an award intended to recognise a colleague working in educational research who has made a significant contribution to the discipline as a whole. Deadline: 30th September Nominate a colleague:

🚨 Official Announcement! 🚨 BERA will be returning to the University of Manchester for the 2026 BERA Conference! #BERA2026 🗓️8-10 September 2026 Abstract submission is now open: bera.ac.uk/conference/b...

Happy to share that after an exciting collaboration (herding cats) with excellent co-authors @draimeequicks.bsky.social @edpodesta.bsky.social and Megan Stephenson our research paper on challenging the golden thread in ITE is now available open access 🎉 @beranews.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/berj...

A wonderful way to spend a Wednesday afternoon with @beranews.bsky.social Research Methodologies SIG Co-Convenor @dramandan.bsky.social & Social Justice SIG Convenor Liliana Belkin delivering a workshop on narrative methods and social justice research in education at #BERA2025.

Final day at #BERA2025, but still time to come and browse our latest books at a discount and speak to our editors about: 💠 your own research/publishing plans 💠 open access publishing 💠 our regular ECR workshops on getting a first book published + any other Qs you may have! @beranews.bsky.social

Had such a wonderful time sharing part of my doctoral research at the @beranews.bsky.social conference again this year - this time focusing on the incredible stories that kids in Galapagos shared with me about peer to peer learning for and about environmental topics - including knowledge snowballs!

Settling into #Brighton ahead of #BERA2025 @beranews.bsky.social

On the way to the @beranews.bsky.social BERA 2025 conference at the University of Sussex! Looking forward to learning from other education researchers, and presenting part of my doctoral work tomorrow at 16:30 along with other 'Climate and sustainability education' researchers! #BERA2025

🌟 Spotlights in the programme #BERA2025 09/09 Breakfast Session – First Time Attendees SIG Meet and Network Session BERA Keynote Lecture Welcome Reception 10/09 @BeraNDNetwork breakfast session ECR Networking Session 11/09 Meet the BERA Journal Editors Book Launch

Great news just in: Pedagogies of Collapse by Ginie Servant-Miklos has been shortlisted for the BERA Educational Research Book of the Year! www.bera.ac.uk/news/announc... We'll be at #BERA2025 next week with a copy on display, so if you'll be there too, come for a closer look @beranews.bsky.social

📢 New @beranews.bsky.social blog out today, where I consider the impact of the idea that some teachers are 'born' to teach www.bera.ac.uk/blog/born-to...

📝 New BERA Blog Special Issue! Reimagining a just early childhood education and care sector in England: Voices from the margins Guest edited by Micky LeVoguer, Jenny Robson, Gemma Ryder Read special issue here: bera.ac.uk/blog-special...

We are seeking proposals from teams of writers for a BERABlog Special Issue on refugee and asylum-seeking learners. See this link for the detail of the call and how to respond. @beranews.bsky.social @naldic.bsky.social www.bera.ac.uk/opportunity/...

As @beranews.bsky.social Research Methodologies SIG Co-Convenor with @dramandan.bsky.social, we are delighted to be delivering a workshop with colleagues from the Social Justice SIG at #BERA2025 conference in September. Details below ⬇️ ✉️ Feel free to get in touch with any questions.

BERA is proud to share that we have now awarded over £500,000 in research funding since 2020. These investments have supported 69 research projects and fellowships that strengthen educational research and practice across the UK and internationally www.bera.ac.uk/news/bera-pa...

New blogpost for @beranews.bsky.social reflecting on the #environmental #ethics of #AI in #Education - great to write with #SarahClayton & #LyndaDunlop @stir.ac.uk @york.ac.uk www.bera.ac.uk/blog/the-env...

This @beranews.bsky.social event discussing AI and its impacts on mental health and wellbeing may be of interest to our #ISATTGlobal community👇

🌟Upcoming BERA event SIG Meet & Discuss: Arts Based Educational Research 🗓️ 23 Jul 2025 Register here: www.bera.ac.uk/event...

🌟Upcoming BERA event SIG Meet & Discuss: Mental Health, Wellbeing and Education The SIG are meeting to discuss their experiences of AI and impacts (positive, negative and neutral) on mental health and wellbeing. 🗓️18 Jul 2025 Register here: www.bera.ac.uk/event/sig-me...

📣 Calling all ECRs! Join us for our ECR conference 'The ECR Journey: Beyond Publish or Perish: Cultivating Excellence in Scholarly Publishing' this June! 📝 #BERA_ECR Register: bera.ac.uk/event/the-ec...

This @beranews.bsky.social Blog Special Issue examines possible futures for tertiary education in England and the challenges that are faced by policymakers, institutional leaders, educators and researchers in realising these futures. (1/13)  www.bera.ac.uk/blog-special...

Our next 'Meet and Discuss' event for BERA's (@beranews.bsky.social) Mental Health, Wellbeing and Education Special Interest Group (SIG) is taking place on Friday the 18th of July, 12pm-1:30pm. We will be discussing our experiences of AI and impacts on mental health and wellbeing.

📝 NEW BLOG SPECIAL ISSUE Potential pathways towards an integrated tertiary education system in England Guest edited by @paulashwin.bsky.social and Rt. Hon. Charles Clarke Read here: bera.ac.uk/blog-special...

The #BERABLOG is 10 years old! Listen here to our lead editor @gerryczerniawaski.bsky.social talking about how you can write for our various BERABlog outlets. 🎂🎉🥳

Here is a link to my newly published post on the @beranews.bsky.social blog Curriculum making: A brief history and future directions @scrcm.bsky.social www.bera.ac.uk/blog/curricu...

📝 NEW BLOG POST Curriculum making: A brief history and future directions By Mark Priestley, University of Stirling @markrpriestley.bsky.social @scrcm.bsky.social Part of series: 10 years of the BERA Blog #BERABLOG10 Read here: www.bera.ac.uk/blog/curricu...

"The interim report is marked by the limits it places on what is likely to change, and a lack of specific details about the responses to the call for evidence, and their analyses.," writes @domwyse.bsky.social for @beranews.bsky.social. Read more: www.bera.ac.uk/blog/evoluti...

We're celebrating the 10th anniversary of the BERA Blog this year, and we’re so proud of all that it has accomplished! #BERABLOG10 Thank you to everyone who has played a part in contributing to the blog📝👏 Check out the infographic for insights into the BERA Blog👇 www.bera.ac.uk/bera-in-the-...

Had a wonderful day at the third @beranews.bsky.social Presidential Seminar on anti-racism and education yesterday in Cardiff. Wales's commitments to being both an antiracist nation and a nation of sanctuary are fantastic, especially from the vantage point of NI. (1/2)

1 day left! There's still time to register for BERA Conference! #BERA2025 🌟 Get £100 off with early bird ticket! 🌟 Early bird deadline: 1st May! 🚨 Find out more and register: www.bera.ac.uk/confe...

2 days left! Early bird deadline for #BERA2025 is 1st May! 🚨 🌟 Get £170 off as a BERA member! 🌟 Find out more and register: www.bera.ac.uk/confe...

🌟 BERA online event tomorrow! BERA Small Grants Fund 2025/2026 Enquiries Meeting 🗓️ 30 Apr 2025 This session will provide an opportunity for prospective applicants to learn more about the funding process. Find out more: www.bera.ac.uk/event/bera-s...

It is a huge pleasure to be part of the @beranews.bsky.social Editorial Team & very much encourage submissions from across 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and beyond!

2025 marks 10 years of the BERA Blog! 🎈🔟 #BERABLOG10 Our lead editor, Gerry Czerniawski, shares insights on the editorial process and how we support new authors in writing a blog post. 📝 @gerryczerniawski.bsky.social Find out more about the BERA blog: www.bera.ac.uk/blog

Dr Iryna Kushnir on the long-term changes and subsequent consequences of the Russian assault on Ukraine - for the HE sector in Ukraine, in hosting countries, and for international cooperation #EERA_UERA #EduSci https://blog.eera-ecer.de/russian-assault-on-ukrainian-higher-education/

Have you registered for #BERA2025 yet? Early bird deadline is 1st May! 🚨 🌟 Get £170 off as a BERA member! 🌟 Find out more and register: www.bera.ac.uk/conference/b...

Dr Katharine Burn and Professor Trevor Mutton have been awarded the @beranews.bsky.social Research Intelligence Article of the Year Award 2024, for their article, "Understanding research & research approaches appropriate for teacher education settings". Congratulations! 🎉 Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4jOImvB

🌟Upcoming event Questioning Exclusionary Practices in Education SIG: Educational Effectiveness and Improvement 🗓️3 Jun 2025 Find out more and register: www.bera.ac.uk/event...

📝 NEW BLOG POST Thinking critically about critical thinking: Overturning the deficit view of international students in UK universities  By @lumanzhou.bsky.social Read here: bera.ac.uk/blog/thinkin...

📣 FREE for BERA members! ECR Coffee Hour – Spring #BERAECR This is an opportunity for the ECR community to come together in an informal space - just don’t forget to bring a coffee! ☕ 🗓️7 May 2025 Find out more and register: www.bera.ac.uk/event/ecr-co...