For Aristotle, wellbeing and happiness (eudaimonia) are the ultimate end and purpose of human existence. Yet, the United Kingdom demonstrated lower levels of life satisfaction and poor ...

The number of students who identify as disabled attending higher education (HE) in the United Kingdom has significantly increased over the past decade. According to recent data from the ...

Education policy debates often centre on the immediate: what can be achieved within a political term, or what’s feasible in response to a current crisis. But the future of education will ...

For many young people, the final years of secondary education are a mix of excitement and uncertainty. The question of ‘what's next?’ looms large, and the choices – whether to pursue ...

Dr Lindsey Finch holds a Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts in Education, Doctorate of Education, and school-management qualifications. In addition, she is a qualified counsellor ...

Practising teachers in Northern Ireland (NI) operate within an idiosyncratic sociopolitical context characterised by a legacy of conflict, socioeconomic inequalities and interruptions ...

We invite you to join us for the annual BERA AGM, Awards and Keynote lecture in London!  To kick off the event, we will hear from the BERA Committee Chairs who will give us an update on ...

Denise Miller, Dr Associate Professor at University of Greenwich Denise Miller achieved a BA in education from the University of Greenwich. She taught in primary schools for eight years before ...

Njilan Morris-Jarra’s and Ebinehita Iyere’s (2025) report See Us, Hear Us: The Perceptions and wellbeing of Black Girls in London secondary schools has been circulating around social media and ...

BERA’s ethics and guidance documents are used by educational researchers and those active in many other disciplines. Our publications include the following documents. The fifth edition of BERA’s ...

This extensively revised, expanded and updated fourth edition of BERA’s Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research is designed to support educational researchers in conducting research to the highest ...