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Margaret Gregson

I am a Professor of Vocational Education and Director of the Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training (SUNCETT) at the University of Sunderland. My research interests include, forms of knowledge;...

Abigail Branford

Dr Abigail Branford is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Oxford, where her research brings together education, youth studies, and comparative politics. Her doctoral thesis was...

Why teaching peace isn’t enough: Rethinking the role of education in postconflict recovery

10 years of the ½¿É«µ¼º½ Blog

In postconflict societies, education is often seen as a cornerstone of peacebuilding. Governments, international agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) embrace its potential to foster...

Gina Rippon

Professor Gina Rippon is Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Neuroimaging at the Institute of Health and Neurodevelopment, Aston University. Her research has involved state-of-the-art brain imaging...

Why should early career researchers organise an academic conference?

Are you an early career researcher (ECR) who is hesitant about organising an academic conference? Are you a senior academic who has few occasions to collaborate with ECRs for such a purpose? This...

Xuechun Huang

Xuechun Huang is a postgraduate researcher at the School of Education, University of Leeds. She was the leader of the website management team and was on the media team at the BAAL Vocab SIG...

Hongyi Zhao

Hongyi Zhao is a postgraduate researcher at the School of Education, University of Leeds. He was the leader of the second-day registration team, and was on the hospitality team and...

Elina Stylianou

Elina Stylianou is a student development coach at the University of Leeds, supporting students at the Faculty of Social Sciences to thrive academically. She has a PhD in TESOL – she designed and...

Elisa Rubegni

½¿É«µ¼º½ Announces the 2025 Academic Citizen of the Year

The ½¿É«µ¼º½ Academic Citizen of the Year is an award intended to recognise a colleague working in educational research who has made a significant contribution to the discipline as a whole and the...

A question of identity: To be a musician or a music teacher?

This blog post reports on current and ongoing research into the identity of classroom music teachers and, in particular, whether the teachers think of themselves more as musicians who teach...

SIG Meet & Discuss: Higher Education

The aim of the Higher Education special interest group is to contribute towards and enhance critical debates and perspectives on higher education policy, pedagogy and practice. This is a broad...