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The British Educational Research Association (½¿É«µ¼º½) is the leading authority on educational research in the UK, supporting and representing the community of scholars, practitioners and everyone...
2025/2026 ½¿É«µ¼º½ Small Grants Fund
Researching Additional Support Needs (ASN)/Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) £5000 per project available
Curriculum making: A brief history and future directions
The term ‘curriculum making’ is becoming increasingly common in educational policy and practice. It is a concept with a long tradition in curriculum studies, going back to the foundational...
Advancing pedagogic research across disciplines: Innovations, challenges and best practice
Knowledge construction through research is central to every university. The implications associated with research are numerous and can vary among individuals and institutions. Some commonly shared...
½¿É«µ¼º½ Equality in Education AwardÂ
The ½¿É«µ¼º½ Equality in Education Award recognizes an individual whose work has sought to address wider issues of inequality and discrimination in education.  The nominee’s work will not only...
½¿É«µ¼º½ Conference 2025
The 2025 ½¿É«µ¼º½ Conference will be held 9th-11th September 2025 at the University of Sussex. Registration open. Early bird deadline: 1 May 2025
Upcoming events
ECR Coffee Hour – Spring
This ½¿É«µ¼º½ ECR Network’s coffee hour will give you the opportunity to find out more about the ECR Network and its activities as well as get to know a little more about the team behind it. There...
SIG Meet & Discuss: Creativities in Education
This SIG offers a space for researchers, policy makers and practitioners located in a wide variety of settings, to discuss and interact on matters of interest pertinent to creativity in education....
ICAIE 2025: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education
Bring tomorrow's technologies today The ½¿É«µ¼º½ Digital Education Special Interest Group (SIG) and the British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET) are supporting the upcoming International...
Artful Leadership
Artful Leadership – transforming leadership through playful and artistic thinking and doing Dedicated to research with and by leaders shaping the educational landscape, this webinar emphasises...
½¿É«µ¼º½ Teacher Network
The ½¿É«µ¼º½ Teacher Network is an inclusive community of educators from early years, primary, and secondary schools and further, adult and vocational education in the UK. The network serves as a...
Early Career Researcher Network
The ½¿É«µ¼º½ Early Career Researcher (ECR) Network aims to offer support to those who are in the process of completing their masters or doctorate in education, as well as those who have completed...
Neurodivergent Researchers Network
The ½¿É«µ¼º½ Neurodivergent Researchers Network is a new initiative launched by the British Educational Research Association (½¿É«µ¼º½). The network is intended to provide a platform for neurodivergent...
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Curriculum making: A brief history and future directions
The term ‘curriculum making’ is becoming increasingly common in educational policy and practice. It is a concept with a long tradition in curriculum studies, going back to the foundational...
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Evolution or business as usual? The interim report for England’s national curriculum review
The election of a Labour government in the UK in July 2024 heralded optimism that some serious problems with England’s national curriculum and assessment system, evident since 2014, would...
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From the secondary classroom to semi-structured interviews: How teaching practices can inform research methods
If teachers are to continue developing their classroom practice, we need them to take risks. Very little research has considered teachers’ attitudes to voluntary risk-taking; which activities...
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Why going ‘local’ could be the future of primary language learning in Scotland (and beyond!)
Scotland’s ‘1+2 languages’ policy, introduced in 2012, reflects the growing global need for multilingualism. It introduced learning a second language (L2) from age five and a third language...
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