📣 Upcoming BERA event SIG Meet & Discuss: Race, Ethnicity and Education 🗓️ 15 May 2026 Find out more and register: https://www.bera.ac.uk/event/sig-meet-discuss-race-ethnicity-and-education-2026

📣 Upcoming BERA event SIG Meet & Discuss: Youth Studies and Informal Education 🗓️ 6 Jul 2026 Find out more and register: https://www.bera.ac.uk/event/sig-meet-discuss-youth-studies-and-informal-education-2026

A huge thank you to the organisers of the BERA #ECR conference. It was an excellent day filled with inspiring research and the chance to connect with others on the ECR journey.

Did you know about the @beranews.bsky.social blog series focused on Curriculum? You can read some of the interesting blog posts on 'Curriculum: Theory, policy and practice' here: www.bera.ac.uk/blog-series/... Do repost a blog you've written or found particularly interesting and give us a tag 😀

📣 Now open for applications: BERA Undergraduate Award This award is for recent graduates who have completed their undergraduate degree in a field related to educational research. 🌟 Find out more and apply: https://www.bera.ac.uk/award/bera-undergraduate-award

🚨 BERA is excited to announce the launch of 'A BERA Virtual Conference: Exploring Ethical Engagement in Education' in 2027! 🙌 Abstract submission now open! Deadline: 6 Oct 2026 Find out more: https://www.bera.ac.uk/conference/a-bera-virtual-conference-exploring-ethical-engagement-in-education-2027

📝 NEW BLOG POST Promoting the place of reflective practice in primary schools By Jemima Davey, St Mary's University & Stephen Crinall, Laleham Primary School Read here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/promoting-the-place-of-reflective-practice-in-primary-schools

📝 NEW BLOG POST Racial literacy: Sustained practice for educators By Lilian Yuet Ling Martin, University of Wales Trinity Saint David Read here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/racial-literacy-sustained-practice-for-educators

We’ve just wrapped up the BERA #ECR Conference in Birmingham! Thank you to the keynote speakers, presenters and our ECR convenors for making the event such a success. 👏 We hope everyone left the conference eager and inspired. Join us again next year! 🌟

Looking forward to attending today and presenting my reasons for choosing Freire as the theoretical lens for my PhD thesis on school governance. #BERA_ECR @BERA_ECRNetwork @beranews.bsky.social

📣 Upcoming BERA event SIG Meet & Discuss: Literacy and Language 🗓️ 8 Apr 2026 Register here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/event/sig-meet-discuss-literacy-and-language-2026

📝 NEW BLOG POST Supporting international teachers adjusting to new roles abroad using yoga By Orla Carlin Read here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/supporting-international-teachers-adjusting-to-new-roles-abroad-using-yoga

Are you thinking of writing a book proposal, book chapter or editing a book? This upcoming BERA event will demystify the book proposal process.📚 🗓️ 27 May 2026 Register here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/event/writing-to-publication-series-how-to-write-a-book-proposal-2026

Very much looking forward to presenting at #BERA2026 in sunny Manchester ☔️ “A baptism of fire”: Entering the lifeworlds of teacher mentors through an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis See you all there! #EducationalResearch

Congratulations to all whose abstracts have been accepted for #BERA2026 🎉 🙌 Thank you to all the abstract reviewers – we couldn’t have done it without you! 👏 The BERA Annual Conference is returning to @manchester.ac.uk on 8–10 September! Register now: bera.ac.uk/conference/b...

Register today for this event from BERA in conjunction with the ESRC Education Research Programme. Includes presentations from our director Gemma Moss, ERP research team member Louise Yorke, and ERP project co-PI Beng Huat See, University of Birmingham. www.bera.ac.uk/event/explor...

📝 NEW BLOG POST The forgotten voices: The minority report By Nicola Brookes, Edge Hill University Read here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/the-forgotten-voices-the-minority-report

📝 NEW BLOG POST Teaching empathy, upholding empire? A decolonial perspective By Maryam Bham, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge Read here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/teaching-empathy-upholding-empire-a-decolonial-perspective

📚 BERA is proud to ‘Go All In’ and pledge support for #NationalYearofReading2026! 🙌 See below for some of the initiatives that BERA has undertaken in the past and present to support literacy & reading. National Literacy Trust 👉 https://www.bera.ac.uk/project/bera-and-the-national-year-of-reading

🌟 BERA is delighted to announce that the 2026 Masters Dissertation Prize is awarded to Laura King, University of Bristol for her dissertation: “Neuromyths and Neurodiversity: Insights from International School Teachers.” https://www.bera.ac.uk/news/bera-announces-2026-masters-dissertation-prize

📝 New BERA Blog Special Issue! The heart of learning: Spotlight on school libraries in the UK and Ireland 📚 Edited by Jess Bates and Jayne Finlay Read here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog-special-issues/the-heart-of-learning-spotlight-on-school-libraries-in-the-uk-and-ireland

🌟This week is #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek! At BERA, we have our own Neurodivergent Researchers Network intended to provide a platform for neurodivergent researchers to come together and collaborate. Find out more: https://www.bera.ac.uk/community/neurodivergent-researchers-network

📣 BERA Upcoming event SIG Meet & Discuss: Curriculum, Assessment and Pedagogy 🗓️ 20 Apr 2026 Find out more and register: https://www.bera.ac.uk/event/sig-meet-discuss-curriculum-assessment-and-pedagogy-2026

📝 NEW BLOG POST ‘Part of the furniture’: Navigating ethical issues when researching teachers’ work Kumar Jayantilal, University College Birmingham Read here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/part-of-the-furniture-navigating-ethical-issues-when-researching-teachers-work

📣 Upcoming BERA event Teacher Recruitment and Retention and its links to attainment gaps in England 🗓️ 30 Mar 2026 Find out more and register: https://www.bera.ac.uk/event/exploring-teacher-recruitment-and-retention-2026

📝 NEW BLOG POST Sustainability in post-primary schooling in Northern Ireland Jessica Bates, Una O’Connor Bones, Clare McAuley, Stephen Roulston, Allison Campbell https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/sustainability-in-post-primary-schooling-in-northern-ireland-how-the-future-schools-toolkit-supports-change

📝 NEW BLOG POST Undervalued and overlooked: The emotional labour of early years practitioners and leaders By Emma Davis, University College Birmingham Read here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/undervalued-and-overlooked-the-emotional-labour-of-early-years-practitioners-and-leaders

📣 Upcoming BERA event SIG Meet & Discuss: English in Education 🗓️ 13 May 2026 Find out more: https://www.bera.ac.uk/event/sig-meet-discuss-english-in-education-2026

We're delighted to have Frontiers as an exhibitor for #BERA2026 🌟 The BERA Annual Conference 2026 is returning to the University of Manchester on 8–10 September! https://www.bera.ac.uk/conference/bera-conference-2026

🌟 BERA publishes official 2025 Annual Report! It reflects on a year of activity, development and impact across the educational research community. Find out more and view here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/news/bera-publishes-2025-annual-report

📝 NEW BLOG POST Twenty years of methods use in education research: Are we moving in the right direction? Emma Smith, Rebecca Morris, Thomas Perry, Stephen Gorard Jess Pilgrim-Brown https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/twenty-years-of-methods-use-in-education-research-are-we-moving-in-the-right-direction

View this issue of Research Intelligence as a flipbook! 📖 🌱 Spring 2026 Research Intelligence issue 166: Cultivating quality in higher education: Policy, practice & purpose in the UK & China Guest edited by Antonia Voigt and Tianqi Lu Read here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/publication/spring-2026

🌟 BERA is delighted to announce that the 2026 BERA Doctoral Thesis Award has been awarded to Dr Catherine Hamilton Department of Education, University of Oxford https://www.bera.ac.uk/news/bera-announces-2026-bera-doctoral-thesis-winner

📝 NEW BLOG POST Leading with values in a market-driven system: Women in Pakistani higher education By Irfan Ahmed Rind, Sohar University Fakhr un Nisa Kurio, Sukkur IBA University https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/leading-with-values-in-a-market-driven-system-women-in-pakistani-higher-education

📣 Upcoming event Neurodivergent Researcher Network Coffee Hour Spring 🗓️ 18 Mar 2026 Find out more and register: https://www.bera.ac.uk/event/neurodivergent-researcher-network-coffee-hour-spring-2026

📝 NEW BLOG POST The imposter in the classroom: Navigating identity and self-doubt in teacher education By Thomas Rogan, St. Marys University Read here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/the-imposter-in-the-classroom-navigating-identity-and-self-doubt-in-teacher-education

📣 Upcoming event Research making a difference in the classroom: BERA Teacher Conference 🗓️ 25 Apr 2026 We're delighted to confirm our keynote speakers: Rae Snape and Professor Tanya Ovenden-Hope Find out more: https://www.bera.ac.uk/event/research-making-a-difference-in-the-classroom-2026

📝 NEW BLOG POST One million suspensions: How English school policy is failing our most vulnerable children By Sade Ajose, Swansea University Read here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/one-million-suspensions-how-english-school-policy-is-failing-our-most-vulnerable-children

📝 NEW BLOG POST Mental health in STEM: When excellence masks distress By Francisca Beroíza-Valenzuela, Universidad de Las Américas, Chile Read here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/mental-health-in-stem-when-excellence-masks-distress

🌱 Spring 2026 Research Intelligence issue 166: Cultivating quality in higher education: Policy, practice & purpose in the UK & China Guest edited by Antonia Voigt and Tianqi Lu Read and view as flipbook: https://www.bera.ac.uk/publication/spring-2026

📣 BERA Bites, issue 13: Education & generative AI This issue of the BERA Bites brings together posts that share insights into pedagogy, ethics and relationality in human–AI collaboration. Read and download here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/publication/bera-bites-issue-13-education-and-generative-ai

📝 NEW BLOG POST The English SEND tribunal appeal rate: Moving the goalposts to sustainability? Dr Alan Marsh This blog post responds to the SEND consultation and White Paper. Read here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/the-english-send-tribunal-appeal-rate-moving-the-goalposts-to-sustainability

Happy #WorldBookDay 📚🙌 BERA is proud to pledge support and "Go All In" this #NationalYearOfReading2026! World Book Day UK https://www.worldbookday.com/

📣 BERA ECR Conference this month! The ECR Journey: Developing Criticality and Confidence: Becoming a Decisive Educational Researcher 🗓️ 25 Mar 2026 View the programme and keynote speakers: https://www.bera.ac.uk/event/the-ecr-journey-becoming-a-decisive-educational-researcher-2026

📝 NEW BLOG POST ‘A decade of decline’: The education of children with SEND in custody By Scott Thomas, Independent Researcher & Jonathan Glazzard, University of Hull Read here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/a-decade-of-decline-the-education-of-children-with-send-in-custody

📝 NEW BLOG POST Why schools should sign more: Academic, emotional and linguistic benefits of sign bilingualism By Hannah Anglin-Jaffe, University of Exeter Read here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/why-schools-should-sign-more-academic-emotional-and-linguistic-benefits-of-sign-bilingualism

📣 Upcoming BERA event Teacher Recruitment and Retention and its links to attainment gaps in England 🗓️ 30 Mar 2026 Find out more and register: https://www.bera.ac.uk/event/exploring-teacher-recruitment-and-retention-2026

📝 The 'BERA Conference 2025' blog collection features blog posts from presenters and prize winners from #BERA2025 Find out more and read the collection here: https://bera.ac.uk/blog-series/bera-conference-2025#BERA2025

📝BLOG: ‘I feel like a ghost.’ Exclusionary practices in the lived experiences of children and young people who have chronic health conditions JenShute,University of Plymouth https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/i-feel-like-a-ghost-exclusionary-practices-in-the-lived-experiences-of-children-and-young-people

📝 NEW BLOG POST Reimagining homework with artificial intelligence in secondary education Aleksander Blaszko & Angela Schofield Read here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/reimagining-homework-with-artificial-intelligence-in-secondary-education-managing-teachers-workload-and-protecting-students-leisure