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Jan Hetherington

Dr Jan Hetherington graduated from Staffordshire University with an EdD, with research interests in democracy, school governance and policy. Jan works from a socially critical perspective,...

David Aldridge

David taught and led religious education in schools for ten years before moving into higher education. He has taught across a range of programmes in initial teacher education and education...

Rachel Robinson

Rachel Robinson is a doctoral student at Oxford and her research focuses on exploring the experiences of Black and minority ethnic trainee teachers and their relationships with their mentors and...

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Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay

Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay is professor of Development Economics at the School of Business and Management, and deputy director of the Centre for Globalisation Research at Queen Mary University of...

Bettina Teegen

Bettina Chioma Teegen is a PhD researcher in the department of Sociology at the University of Surrey. She has a Bachelor in Criminology, an MSc in Child Adolescent and Family Mental Health, a PGCE...

New member appointed to ½¿É«µ¼º½ College of Reviewers

The ½¿É«µ¼º½ College of Reviewers is a group comprised of high quality academic reviewers who draw on research evidence. Members are drawn from a range of organisations and career experience, from...

Editorial: Arts for all: Exploring inclusivity in arts education

There are many shared themes and ideas across the fields of arts-based and inclusive research: the arts have the capacity to connect different communities, provide a means of expression, and...

Story crafting a picture of me

In this blog post we share learning from research into a collaborative community-based project led by Prism Arts, a charity with the vision of ‘Art without Barriers’. Their mission is to...

A case study exploring what role music can play in integrating students who have English as an additional language into education

In 1976 Stevie Wonder sang ‘Music is a world within itself with a language we all understand’. Is this not true? And if so, why is there a widening disconnect between this view and how the...

What’s your tag? Graffiti art and curriculum injustice

Research shows that the arts can be highly productive and positive for young people. However, our research suggests that the inclusive potential of the arts can be undermined (Howard, 2022). We...

A Hong Kong school music education perspective

The context: Understanding inclusivity in Hong Kong In Hong Kong, inclusivity is not just a policy, but a way of delivering special education that embraces individual differences and celebrates...