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Researching education and mental health: From ‘Where are we now?’ to ‘What next?’

The mental health and wellbeing of both learners and teaching staff are among the most pressing issues facing education in the coming decade. This special issue of the ½¿É«µ¼º½ Blog presents a...

Education practitioners’ and students’ perspectives on youth mental health first aid provision within education settings in England

The Youth Mental Health First Aid in Schools programme (Youth MHFA) is a policy initiative intended to enable education practitioners to spot the signs of mental health issues in children and...

Whole-school approaches to building resilience and promoting mental health: Embracing complexity

In the context of increasing demand for specialist mental health (MH) services, emphasis has been placed on school-based early intervention to prevent or de-escalate later MH issues. The case for...

Self-harm in primary-aged school children

Finding ways to support and identify children and young people (CYP) who self-harm is an important social issue. Incidences of self-harm in CYP in the UK have risen in the last 20 years, with the...

Annita Ventouris

Dr Annita Ventouris is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Education, University of Hertfordshire. She is the Programme Leader of the BA/BSc Psychology in Education...

Bloomsbury discount

Exclusive to ½¿É«µ¼º½ ECR Members ½¿É«µ¼º½ are pleased to announce this current partnership with Bloomsbury to offer 30% discount off all books in the Research Methods and Study Skills and the Research...

Kate O’Shaughnessy

Education Consultant

Hi – I'm Kate, the Director of OSC Education Ltd. I'm all about connecting theory with practice in education. I started teaching English in East London before becoming a senior leader for many...

½¿É«µ¼º½ statement on the UCU’s industrial action

½¿É«µ¼º½ acknowledges that many of our members are currently engaging in further industrial action organised by the University and College Union (UCU). We express solidarity with those taking part in...

Gaynor Attwood

Gaynor Attwood is emeritus professor of education at the University of the West of England, where she was assistant vice chancellor. She was co-director (with Paul Croll) of the ESRC-funded...

Paul Croll

Paul Croll is emeritus professor of education at the University of Reading where he was the first director of the Institute of Education. He has served as editor of the British Journal of...

Sveta Mayer

Dr Sveta Mayer is a lecturer at UCL Institute of Education and member of Bloomsbury Colleges Centre for Educational Neuroscience. She is involved in interdisciplinary research, drawing upon...

Josie Maitland

Dr Josie Maitland is an ESRC-funded postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Brighton. She is a qualified teacher with eight years’ teaching experience, both in mainstream and special...