Postgraduate Forum Series – South: Dilemmas in Educational Research
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Accountability in prison education: a need for better-designed measures as well as more transparency
Prison education has been high on the Government’s reform agenda recently, with Michael Gove bringing a focus on the area to the Ministry of Justice from the Department for Education and...
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The beginnings of school-led teacher training: New challenges for university teacher education
The School Direct Research Project undertaken by a team of academics from Manchester Metropolitan University concludes five years of research into the effects of school–led training on the...
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The impact of the austerity agenda in Further Education
I don’t remember ever seeing a group of famous ex-alumni in the news protesting against cutbacks to their former schools’ funding, yet in the case of further education (FE) in England, a...
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Asa Briggs – a champion of history and education
The first issue of the journal History of Education, published in 1972, was notable for the contributions of distinguished figures in the history of education itself and of social history more...
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Register now!Registration is now open, with the early bird deadline closing on the 1st May 2016. Register early and save up to £100 on registration fees.Don't forget to also book for the social...
The ‘nationalisation’ of schools
White Papers are unusual nowadays. Usually Secretaries of State rush too hastily to legislation which, in consequence of the haste, creates new and unforeseen problems. the Secretary of State...
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The 2016 Education White Paper – a response
Local education authorities have been a bulwark of Conservatism. They were established by Arthur Balfour’s Education Act in 1902. Their role in education was entrenched by Rab Butler’s 1944...
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Spring 2016
RESEARCH INTELLIGENCE ISSUE 129/SPRING 2016 The Future of Education Featuring Carol Monaghan MP John O'Dowd MLA Daniel Muijs Debbie Weekes-Bernard John Preston Barbara Merrill
A return to the sociology of education?
Earlier this month, the IoE hosted a launch event for my new book, Research and Policy in Education: Evidence, ideology and impact, written with Jake Anders, Annette Hayton, Sarah Tang and Emma...
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Dominic Wyse appointed a Fellow of AcSS
Many congratulations to ½¿É«µ¼º½ Council member and one of the Editors of the Curriculum Journal, Dominic Wyse who has been awarded Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences.  Dominic was...
Beyond the school gates: reciprocal academic leadership
One of the features of the school improvement landscape over the past two decades has been a focus on developing school leadership and how this leadership is used to empower teachers in the quest...
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