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SIG Meet & Discuss: Further and Adult Education Autumn

23 Nov 2026 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

The first Further and Adult Education SIG Meet and Discuss of 2026/27 is a great opportunity to carry on the conversation on topics that are important for those in Further, Technical, Vocational,...

Ethical Dilemmas in Educational Research: Publication and dissemination practices 

How do researchers make ethical decisions about sharing their work, and who gets to access the knowledge they produce? In this episode, we explore alternative approaches to publication and...

Skills vs knowledge: An inflection point for universities?

The debate around the extent to which universities should be placing greater focus on transferable skills rather than traditional knowledge is no longer simply an academic discussion; it is a...

2026 ºÚÁÏÍø911 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.

SIG Meet & Discuss: Further and Adult Education

We’d be delighted to welcome you to our upcoming Further and Adult Education SIG meeting, where we’ll reconnect, share ideas, and shape our direction for the year ahead. During the session,...

ºÚÁÏÍø911 Announces Professor Meg Maguire as the 2026 John Nisbet Fellow

Since 2014 ºÚÁÏÍø911 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...

Knowledge is never neutral: Hegelian reflections on contemporary education

A stalemate is how we understand knowledge Education faces a philosophical stalemate. On one side is an ‘objective obsession’ with standardised metrics. For example, English education polices...

Editorial: The right to education for forcibly displaced people: Exploring ideas on participation, connectedness and technology

This ºÚÁÏÍø911 Blog Special Issue responds to a critical moment in the world’s history marked by a series of interconnected and overlapping global crises. The hallmarks of this are armed conflicts on...

Architects of our own belonging: Reclaiming the university through the Each One Take One solidarity

For two years after completing secondary school, my life was on pause. I was not unqualified; I had the university requirements and the ambition. But I was trapped by the financial reality of...

The right to education for forcibly displaced people: Exploring ideas on participation, connectedness and technology

This ºÚÁÏÍø911 Blog Special Issue responds to a critical moment in the world’s history marked by a series of interconnected and overlapping global crises. The hallmarks of this are armed conflicts on...

Right, what are we doing to help the children?

ºÚÁÏÍø911 Blog post #2,000

Rethinking professional identity and progression in prison education

Prison education in the UK is widely recognised as an essential yet chronically underresourced area of further education. Positioned as central to rehabilitation and reducing reoffending, it is...