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Member Benefits

Join this unique organisation of practitioners, academics and other representatives of all sectors of education to advance your understanding of educational leadership, management and administration with access to like-minded professionals and a range of resources.

Membership includes:

• Tax relief on membership subscription
• Free or discounted attendance at BELMAS events
• Reduced rates at our Day Conferences and our Annual Conference
• A member Blog and online resources
• Become part of our Research Interest Groups
• Links with UK and International organisations
• Opportunity to apply for leadership development and research funding
• Research Student Bursaries
• Awards recognising outstanding contributions
• Online access to Educational Management Administration & Leadership (EMAL) – internationally renowned academic journal published six times a year*
• Online access to Management in Education (MiE) – a magazine style aimed particularly at practitioners published four times a year*
• Access to four other journals: Leadership, Organization, Action Research, and Qualitative Inquiry
• Ability to access journals online
• 30% discount on all SAGE books and individual journal subscriptions

For more information on fees, click here.

*Hard copies of our journals are available to members at an additional fee. For more information, click here.

Member Hardship Policy

This policy is to support any BELMAS member who are undergoing financial or personal difficulties with one year’s free membership, which would otherwise prevent them from renewing their membership. It underpins BELMAS value of Social Justice and demonstrates its commitment to being a member-led organisation.

To be considered for one-year free membership you must meet at least one of the criteria listed in the Member Hardship Policy which can be found on the BELMAS website.

Once you have submitted a form, the application will be passed to the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Committee who will notify you of their decision.

There is space on this for evidence; while it is not compulsory, any evidence of hardship provided will better support your application.

Apply for the Member Hardship Fund here