BERA's Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research, Fifth Edition (2024)

BERA’s Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research provide guidance for researchers undertaking educational research across a wide range of contexts. The fifth edition addresses responsibilities to participants, sponsors and stakeholders, the wider research community, publication and dissemination, and researchers’ wellbeing and development. It also addresses issues including consent, withdrawal, privacy and data storage, inclusion, structural inequalities and environmental sustainability.