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Call for Mental Health and Wellbeing SIG Convenor

Closes 2 Mar 2026

We have a vacancy for a SIG Convenor for the ½¿É«µ¼º½ Mental Health and Wellbeing SIG. The Mental Health, Wellbeing and Education SIG provides a dynamic and inclusive forum for academics,...

Student teacher wellbeing: Workload matters

Despite the wealth of research globally on teacher recruitment and retention, it appears that there is a paucity of research on how to proactively support student teachers’ wellbeing. Our study...

Can’t learn alone: Why showing up still matters in higher education

In the years since the pandemic, a quiet shift has been happening in higher education: students are attending fewer classes in person. What started as a necessary adaptation during lockdowns has...

Painted lilies don’t bloom: The cultural roots of teacher wellbeing in education

Teacher wellbeing is not a luxury or personal benefit – it is the invisible infrastructure of every successful education system. Yet too often, it is ignored, under-resourced, or reduced to...

Beyond compliance: Rethinking social and emotional learning in primary education

Post-pandemic, social and emotional learning (SEL) has regained attention as schools support children’s wellbeing amid ongoing social disruption, emotional needs and widening inequalities. Yet...

‘Like an alien on this planet.’ Autism, relationships and school

Autistic children face unique challenges in forming and maintaining relationships with their peers. They are also more exposed to peer bullying (Morales-Hidalgo et al., 2024). These challenges are...

A year in childcare: Reflections from the frontline

In January 2025, the BBC published an article about the paediatric mental health crisis in England (see Triggle, 2025). Official figures show that one in five children and young people between the...

Editorial: Relationship-centred pedagogies: The route to ‘education for all’

This ½¿É«µ¼º½ Blog special issue responds to increasing concerns around school exclusions that have risen to almost 1 million in England and a government announcement in 2024 to phase out ‘cruel...

Relationship-centred pedagogies: The route to ‘education for all’

This ½¿É«µ¼º½ Blog special issue responds to increasing concerns around school exclusions that have risen to almost 1 million in England and a government announcement in 2024 to phase out ‘cruel...

Beyond the school gates: Rethinking support for families and education post-Covid

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, attention has focused on young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or behavioural challenges (see for example the Education...

Listening, trust and belonging: What the Motiv8 model teaches us about youth work in schools

Mackenzie, a young adviser at Motiv8 in Portsmouth, shares a powerful reflection on what a positive teacher–student relationship looks like: 'Throughout secondary school I was often kicked out...

Turbulent times in ITT: Emotional experiences of lecturers

Recognising the emotional dimension is critical to understanding university educators’ professional lives. For example, Leutwiler et al.’s international scoping literature review (2024)...