The aim of the Association is to sustain and promote a vital research culture in education by encouraging:

• an active community of educational researchers

by promoting co-operation and discussion:

• with policy makers, institutional managers and funding agencies
• with other national educational research associations, international associations and the European Educational Research Association
• with other researchers in the social sciences and related areas of work and
• with teachers and lecturers and their associations

by encouraging and supporting:

• debate about the quality, purpose, content and methodologies of educational research

by developing and defending:

• an independent research culture committed to open inquiry and the improvement of education

by enhancing:

• the professional service it provides for its members
• effective communication and discussion within BERA; and
• the training and education of educational researchers, their effectiveness, conditions of work and rights.