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David James

Professor of Sociology of Education

David James is Professor of Sociology of Education in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. He is editor of the British Journal of Sociology of Education and chair the UK REF 2021...

Emma Noble

Emma Noble is a doctoral researcher at Cardiff University exploring online abusive behaviours in young people’s romantic relationships in further education settings in Wales. Emma has been a...

Lois Ferguson

Lois is an early career researcher interested in exploring how gender diversity emerges in education, sport and youth contexts. Her doctoral research engaged with gender diverse young people and...

Thoughts on the inspection of early reading

Providers of initial teacher training (ITT) in England are inspected by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted). As members of a university ITT primary English team, we were prompted to...

Writing Retreat – February

#½¿É«µ¼º½_Writing @½¿É«µ¼º½News @bera_irf Increasingly, researchers wish to make writing a focused social activity with regular breaks in a productive environment that is supportive. This is the...

Caroline Whiting

Caroline Whiting is co-lead of the primary ITT English team at Bath Spa University. A former primary school teacher, Caroline was also a head teacher, a local authority primary adviser, school...

Emily Asbury

Emily Asbury is a member of the English team at Bath Spa University where she leads the English component of the Early Years ITT programme and works with a colleague on the Teach First programme....

Call for abstracts: Theorising educational engagement, transitions & outcomes for care-experienced people

Editors Zoe Baker (University of York), Katie Ellis (University of Sheffield) and Neil Harrison (University of Oxford) are seeking high-quality, international contributions for a forthcoming...

Obstacles to opportunities: Towards a model of school improvement through Appreciative Inquiry

School improvement has always been high on school leaders’ agendas in England, but the pandemic has shone a light on new and emerging priorities. As well as the many problems that need to be...

Editorial: Educational leadership on the threshold of a post-pandemic world

Schools, colleges and universities after Covid-19

Leading in a complex world: Enabling leadership practices to support innovation, change and resilience

Academic leaders in higher education (HE) have faced a sustained period of unprecedented and complex change due to Covid-19. Leadership capability and adaptability has been tested, and there have...

Educational leadership on the threshold of a post-pandemic world

Schools, colleges and universities after Covid-19