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SIG Meet & Discuss: Inclusive Education

26 Feb 2026 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Join us for the next meeting of the Inclusive Education Special Interest Group, where members will come together to network, reflect, and explore key themes in inclusive education. We will begin...

‘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...

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...

Nurture and relationship-based approaches in SEN education

Introduction As a teacher with more than 20 years’ experience across mainstream and alternative provisions, I now lead Primary Literacy at New Barn School in Horsham, England, which supports...

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...

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...

School culture, relationships and exclusion

This blog post explores links between school exclusions, teacher–pupil relationships and school culture. Specifically, it considers how what is prioritised and considered normal within a school...

The ½¿É«µ¼º½ Blog: Highlights of 2025

½¿É«µ¼º½ Blog end of year highlights

Snow-dusted salutations and tinsel-tinged tidings to all our readers, authors, curators and guest editors around the globe. In this, the ½¿É«µ¼º½ Blog’s tenth anniversary year, I look back over the...

Leadership Beyond Outcome: Transformational Leadership In Reducing Educational Inequality In Higher Education

Education is not the ultimate lever for social transformation, but without it, transformation cannot occur. (Paulo Freire, 1998, p. 37) This quote suggests that although education may not be the...

Winter 2025/26

Research Intelligence issue 165: Integrating inclusiveness and accessibility in education: Emerging technologies and learning in people with disabilities

Why teaching peace isn’t enough: Rethinking the role of education in postconflict recovery

10 years of the ½¿É«µ¼º½ Blog

In postconflict societies, education is often seen as a cornerstone of peacebuilding. Governments, international agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) embrace its potential to foster...