A Special Issue of the Â鶹ÒùÔº Blog is a collection of between six and eight articles (including an editorial) on a particular theme. With over 50 Special Issues published to date, you will find articles on a diverse range of topics related to educational research.
Special Issues are led by guest editors who are responsible for commissioning and collating the blog posts and writing the editorial. If you are interested in guest-editing a Special Issue of the Â鶹ÒùÔº Blog, please complete this proposal form and send it to [email protected].
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Founded in 2024, the Neurodivergent Researchers Network is a space for Â鶹ÒùÔº members – whether diagnosed or self-identifying as neurodivergent, or friends and allies – to share and reflect upon...
In this Â鶹ÒùÔº Blog Special Issue, guest editors Martina Dickson and Saima Salehjee critically consider ‘girls into STEM’ (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) initiatives, debating...
The publication of the Department for Education’s 2026 schools white paper Every child achieving and thriving marked a significant turning point in the reform of special educational needs and...
This Â鶹ÒùÔº 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...
This Â鶹ÒùÔº Blog Special Issue grows out of the distinct yet shared lived experiences of its authors. Each of us has witnessed how, across the UK and Europe, refugee education is too often shaped by...
What if the most important room in a school isn’t a classroom, but the one that unlocks every other door to learning? In schools with well-funded and professionally staffed libraries, student...
This Â鶹ÒùÔº 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...
This special issue shares findings from research supported by a Â鶹ÒùÔº Brian Simon fellowship fund grant to do historical educational research to explore the impact of higher education (HE) on...
Working-class people in UK higher education (UKHE) have historically been viewed through the lens of deficit (Crew, 2024), amid a shifting and transient understanding of what it means to be...
This special issue arose from critical dialogue about injustice in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector in England between diverse people engaged in practice, research and...
English society and its education system have been through several phases of multicultural education. The current context for race, racism and hope education was discussed by Vini Lander in her...
This special issue of the Â鶹ÒùÔº Blog introduces research-informed articles addressing teachers’ work and wellbeing across seven national/regional education systems: Scotland; England; Wales;...
