2026 ½¿É«µ¼º½ Educational Research Book of the Year
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From transmission to transformation: How unveiling the metaphor inherent in ‘understanding’ has significant implications for education
What does it mean to ‘understand’? Despite its centrality to most, if not all educational endeavours, what is meant by ‘understanding’ is not clear and is highly contested (Ross, 2018)....
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Rethinking foreign language education in UK schools
Across the world, the importance of foreign language learning (FLL) at school tends to be taken for granted. Or at least it is when the language being learned is English, given its vital role in...
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What does the proposed social media ban mean for student voice in educational assessment?
The UK government’s proposal to follow Australia and restrict social media access for under-16s has reignited debates about young people’s wellbeing, online safety and mental health. Much of...
Continue reading blog postFrom loss to learning: What national tragedies ask of the curriculum
When should a society’s most painful events enter the classroom, and on whose terms? These questions framed an event at Westminster in March that brought together bereaved families, survivors,...
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Knowledge is never neutral: Hegelian reflections on contemporary education
A stalemate is how we understand knowledge Education faces a philosophical stalemate. On one side is an ‘objective obsession’ with standardised metrics. For example, English education polices...
Continue reading blog postThe predictive value of standardised test scores for future attainment: The impact of achievement level
In many countries, school evaluations take into account the average progress their students make on standardised tests relative to their peers. This is sometimes expressed as the value-added or...
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Summer 2026
Research Intelligence issue 167: Equity & curriculum reform in the four UK nations
Understanding Arabic diglossia: On literacy reporting transparency in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries
Internationally validated literacy assessments, like the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), are widely administered around the world for their flexibility to be translated...
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Is creative writing an art form? The curriculum doesn’t think so
Over the past decade, English (as a curriculum subject) has been stripped of its soul and creativity. What was once a subject that celebrated imagination and voice has been reduced to a sterile...
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Five realignments for curriculum design
As upcoming curriculum reform unfolds across England and Northern Ireland, schools are being invited to reconsider how their curriculum visions relate to profound and unprecedented societal...
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