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Ronan Kelly

Doctoral Researcher

Ronan Kelly is a Doctoral Researcher at Ulster University. His PhD explores language learning, identity and social cohesion for pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL) in secondary...

Predicted grades and prejudice

Across England, most secondary-level students will be receiving predicted grades at the end of this year. These grades may determine their entry into further education or a particular workforce....

Exploring the impact of using Participatory Action Research (PAR) evidence in informing the teaching environment and practice

A case study of an Independent school catering for students with autism in the English West Midlands region. #principlesintopractice Riverside Education is a small Independent school for young...

Orla Carlin

Orla Carlin is a member of the Society for Education and Training for further education teachers. She is currently enrolled on a ‘compassion for educators’ course run in conjunction with the...

Exploring the impact of using Participatory Action Research (PAR) evidence in informing the teaching environment and practice

Principles into Practice: Supporting Practitioner Research

A case study of an Independent school catering for students with autism in the English West Midlands region. Registration for this event has now closed, please email [email protected] if you want...

What! No face-to-face contact with participants? What are the alternatives?

This episode of the ½¿É«µ¼º½ podcast discusses data collection solutions to the unprecedented challenges presented during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Lindsay Ibbotson

Honorary Research Fellow

First Thing Music – Project Lead, a randomised control trial, funded in 2018/19 by the Education Endowment Foundation and the Royal Society for the Arts, that investigated the impact of daily...

#BlackLivesMatter and racial justice in education: Contribute to a special series of the ½¿É«µ¼º½ Blog

The structural inequalities faced by Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities have been deepened by a decade of austerity. We are in the midst of a global pandemic and, following yet another...

Editorial: Theories, concepts and reflexivity in educational research

In February of this year, the University of Sheffield hosted its second ½¿É«µ¼º½ ECR Network symposium. Targeted at early-career researchers (ECRs), master’s and doctoral students, the symposium...

Framing research: Participatory research approaches in early years education

On 14 February 2020, at the ½¿É«µ¼º½ ECR Network Symposium, my presentation focussed on participatory research in early childhood education. Having worked for a number of years in an early childhood...

½¿É«µ¼º½ ECR Network symposium: A personal reflection on constructive feedback

In October 2019 I travelled to the US to explore the benefits of oracy-centred teaching strategies and expeditionary learning for the development of the speaking, listening, reading and writing...

Positioning children with a vision impairment as knowledge producers and change agents

‘The ability to collaborate on both a small- and large-scale is becoming one of the core requisites of postmodern society’ (Fullan, 1993, p.5). Yet it is ‘still relatively rare for children...