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��ɫ���� Educational Research Book of the Year

Closes 22 Jul 2025

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.

Breaking the link between poverty and lower educational outcomes: Some reflections from Wales

10 years of the ��ɫ���� Blog

Context Throughout the history of ��ɫ���� and indeed the ��ɫ���� Blog, research on the association between living in poverty and not doing well educationally has been a continuing focus. In Wales,...

Summer 2025

Research Intelligence issue 163: (Re)shaping the future of research in further education: Opportunities, barriers & beyond

Defining ‘Social Justice’ in Education and Educational Research: what do we, as practitioners and academics, mean? Part 2

This event will provide a forum to engage in important discussions, reflections and debate on ‘social justice’ in education and development of next steps with attendees in terms of action...

Editorial: Potential pathways towards an integrated tertiary education system in England

This ��ɫ���� Blog special issue examines possible futures for tertiary education in England and the challenges that are faced by policymakers, institutional leaders, educators and researchers in...

Why a tertiary education system built on skills, without knowledge, will be an engine of inequality

England’s move towards an integrated tertiary education system presents an opportunity to radically redesign post-compulsory education. Rather than an elite system of education that is founded...

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2025 marks 10 years of the ��ɫ���� Blog, and we’re so proud of all that it has accomplished! Thank you to all those who have contributed to the Blog, whether as authors, editors, or readers. The...

��ɫ���� Bites, issue 12: Education and the environment

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Today, in 2025, as an Earthly community, we face the ongoing triple planetary crises of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. Across the UK, and in many other...

Documenting and dismantling language ideologies in education

10 years of the ��ɫ���� Blog

Over the past few years, I have carried out extensive fieldwork in secondary schools in England, where my focus has been the beliefs about spoken language on display in classrooms, corridors and...

Spring 2025

Research Intelligence issue 162: International comparative education

Editorial: Beyond ‘navel gazing’: Autoethnography as a catalyst for change

Autoethnography holds significant relevance as a methodology in social justice work within educational research and practice (Boylorn, 2006; Ellis, 2002; Skousen, 2022). It is defined as a...

Beyond ‘navel gazing’: Autoethnography as a catalyst for change

In April and July of 2023, the ��ɫ���� Social Justice special interest group (SIG) held an event titled ‘Beyond “Navel-gazing”: Autoethnography as a catalyst for change’. This event brought...