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2026 ½¿É«µ¼º½ Educational Research Book of the Year

This award celebrates the publication of educational research and is awarded to a scholarly book on education deemed to be high quality, engaging and innovative.

From transmission to transformation: How unveiling the metaphor inherent in ‘understanding’ has significant implications for education

What does it mean to ‘understand’? Despite its centrality to most, if not all educational endeavours, what is meant by ‘understanding’ is not clear and is highly contested (Ross, 2018)....

Rethinking foreign language education in UK schools

Across the world, the importance of foreign language learning (FLL) at school tends to be taken for granted. Or at least it is when the language being learned is English, given its vital role in...

½¿É«µ¼º½ Bites, issue 15: Educating for all: Who are we educating?

½¿É«µ¼º½ Bites

In 2026, what does inclusive education look like? Are we close to being fully inclusive? Where are the gaps and the challenges? Whose voices and experiences are still unheard and unseen? What...

½¿É«µ¼º½ announces winner of the 2026/2027 BCF Curriculum Investigation Grant

The British Educational Research Association (½¿É«µ¼º½) and the British Curriculum Forum (BCF) are pleased to announce that Preston Lodge High School in East Lothian has been awarded the 2026 BCF...

From loss to learning: What national tragedies ask of the curriculum

When should a society’s most painful events enter the classroom, and on whose terms? These questions framed an event at Westminster in March that brought together bereaved families, survivors,...

British Curriculum Forum (BCF)

The British Curriculum Forum aims to bring together all those with an interest in collaborative curriculum, research and development. Through events and grants, the BCF supports...

½¿É«µ¼º½ and the Kusuma Trust publish major new report series on improving the education experience of neurodivergent young people

New research from the British Educational Research Association (½¿É«µ¼º½), funded by the Kusuma Trust, highlights practical, evidence-informed ways schools can better support neurodivergent learners...

Neurodiversity in Mainstream Schools Grant Programme reports

A major new report series published by the British Educational Research Association (½¿É«µ¼º½) sets out practical, evidence-informed approaches to improving the education experience of neurodivergent...

Right, what are we doing to help the children?

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Summer 2026

Research Intelligence issue 167: Equity & curriculum reform in the four UK nations

Is creative writing an art form? The curriculum doesn’t think so

Over the past decade, English (as a curriculum subject) has been stripped of its soul and creativity. What was once a subject that celebrated imagination and voice has been reduced to a sterile...