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½¿É«µ¼º½ Conference 2015

Belfast

The ½¿É«µ¼º½ Conference 2015 was held on the 14th-17th September 2015 at Queen's University, Belfast. Keynote speakers included: Professor Gemma Moss, Professor Paul Connolly, and Professor Cynthia E....

How can we do education research in a socially just way?

Online registration has now closed. If you want to attend this event, please email [email protected] for details of how to register onsite.Please join our panel for a discussion of the...

Rhetoric in Vocationalism

The ½¿É«µ¼º½Â SIG: Post-Compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning has held a number of runs of events in the last year or two and I’ve enjoyed being able to make a small number of the London ones....

40th ½¿É«µ¼º½ Annual General Meeting

The 40th ½¿É«µ¼º½ AGM will take place at 5:00pm on Monday 14th September 2015.It will be held in the Canada Room, Lanyon Building at Queen's University Belfast.All members are invited to attend,...

De-professionalising or re-professionalising the Early Childhood Workforce in England

This blog is based on the papers presented in the ½¿É«µ¼º½ 2015 Conference Symposium ‘De-professionalising or re-professionalising the Early Childhood Workforce in England?’ Elizabeth Wood, Jo...

New Issue of Research Intelligence now online

The autumn issue of Research Intelligence is now online. Members can download the interactive version here.

Key facts on educational research in 2015

Ahead of the ½¿É«µ¼º½ 2015 Conference, we have published a fact sheet based on the outcomes of REF2014 and the forthcoming ½¿É«µ¼º½ Observatory. This gives an overview both the strengths of UK educational...

Universities, schools and a system in flux – looking back on Carter and looking forward to the future of Initial Teacher Education in England

In 2014 I was part of the Carter Review of ITT – an experience that was rewarding, intense and often stressful. I met a student teachers, mentors, heads, university and school based tutors, NQTs...

Filling in the ‘Hole in the Wall’: The pedagogical implications of digital technology and learning with a SOLE

The World Wide Web has changed how we do everything forever. We can literally find out anything we want thanks to Google and numerous other search engines competing for our attention. You can buy...

½¿É«µ¼º½ President’s Roundtables 2015-17: Methodological challenges in education(al) research

½¿É«µ¼º½ is starting a series of presidential round table seminars that will draw on processes of agenda- setting, horizon-scanning, evidence review and user engagement to explore key methodological...

Socially mixed schools but limited social mixing? Children’s and Adults’ Friendships Across Social Class and Ethnic Difference

I had such a homogenous schooling [in a private school] and I think that gave me a terribly blinkered view of society which I’m hoping that I’ve shrugged off some of it, but I don't think you...

Developing the role of the teaching assistant: Centralisation as a way forward?

Highlights from the first 1,000 ½¿É«µ¼º½ Blog posts

The teaching assistants (TAs) that I meet are enthusiastic, keen to improve their practice, and valued by the teachers and senior leaders that they work with. However, research on the national...