2026 ½¿É«µ¼º½ Educational Research Book of the Year
This award celebrates the publication of educational research and is awarded to a scholarly book on education deemed to be high quality, engaging and innovative.
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Signs of progress: How are young people experiencing Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) in England?
It is now more than half a decade since Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) became statutory in England. In this blog post, I explore what nationwide research reveals about how young people’s...
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SIG Meet & Discuss: Youth Studies and Informal Education
The Youth Studies and Informal Education Special Interest Group explores research and scholarship relating to theory, policy and practice issues in Youth Studies, Informal Education and Youth and...
½¿É«µ¼º½ Announces Professor Meg Maguire as the 2026 John Nisbet Fellow
Since 2014 ½¿É«µ¼º½ has awarded the John Nisbet Fellowship to recipients who are deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to educational research over their career. Named in honour of our first...
Bridging worlds: Using youth work to blend organic and cocreated digital environments to support neurodivergent young people in mainstream education
This blog post reflects on our podcast Bridging Worlds, a research study that combines outdoor learning, youth work, and digital creativity through Minecraft. Funded by a ½¿É«µ¼º½-Kusuma Trust award,...
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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...
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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...
Education through encounter
Although there is a growing international interest in relationship-centred pedagogies within the formal education sector, the concept is not new. Certainly, as myself and former head teacher and...
Continue reading blog postListening, 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...
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The youth work relationship: Pedagogy, practice and possibility
Youth work as relational practice Youth work is a relational practice (NYA, 2025). The relationship between a youth worker and the young people they engage with is not incidental – it is...
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Re-engaging disengaged students: Building trust and curriculum reform in secondary schools
Introduction I write this blog post following deep reflection on 40 years of teaching – 20 of which were as headteacher within three very different schools. In my final years of headship, I...
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