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Making sense of education as a field of study

The study of education consists of a range of traditions with distinct origins, purposes and foci. Judge and colleagues have shown how education developed as a field of study in markedly different...

Consent education: Undoing the binary and embracing ambiguity

Over the last three years I have worked alongside diverse groups of young people, aged 13–25, to develop insight into what sexual consent might mean to them and why. I have also worked with 12...

2018 ºÚÁÏÍø911 Vice-President Election

Could you be the next ºÚÁÏÍø911 President ? We are currently looking for expressions of interest for the next ºÚÁÏÍø911 President between 2019-2021. You would serve as Vice-president from September 2018...

Setting and the academic underachievement of white working class boys

The under-achievement of white working class boys in England is well documented. They are the lowest academic achievers at the age of 16 for any socio-economic class grouping (Sutton Trust, 2016),...

Let’s talk about embedding SPAG (Spelling, punctuation and grammar) in primary school children’s education

Let’s talk about embedding SPAG (Spelling, punctuation and grammar) in primary school children's education The Teacher Education Advancement Network in association with Critical...

The properly organised tuition of foreign languages and its contribution to the development of general literacy

‘It is not possible to train truly literate individuals (in the broadest sense), in whatever specialism they may pursue, by any means other than the properly organised teaching of foreign...

Survey dissemination, school hierarchy and teacher voice

Can we obtain a greater insight into management in schools by asking those whose are being managed? Given the widespread silencing or marginalisation of teacher voice (Courtney and Gunter, 2015;...

Ross Fulton

Publications Manager

Ross joined ºÚÁÏÍø911 as Publications Manager in November 2017 to oversee the Association’s four peer-reviewed journals, our member’s magazine Research Intelligence, the ºÚÁÏÍø911 Blog and our website;...

Rethinking reasons behind lower educational outcomes of looked after children

The lower educational attainment of looked after children compared with their peers not in care has long been the subject of interest and research. The dominant position is that the reason behind...

What has been the impact of recent domestic terrorist attacks on education policy in France?

France and the UK have typically taken divergent approaches to the schooling of the children of immigrants, and to migrant incorporation in general. My master’s dissertation found that these two...

UCET Annual Conference This year’s UCET annual conference will take place on 7-8 November 2017 at the Crowne Plaza, Stratford-upon-Avon. Keynote speakers include: Dame Alison Peacock...

Using research to change educational systems: possibilities and barriers

The UK education systems are involved in massive reform programmes. These developments open up new opportunities for researchers to contribute to and learn from the changes that are going on. Yet,...