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Steven Richards-Downes

I am a part time Doctoral Student at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. Researching learner and teacher perspectives of digital technology. I also have a post humanist interest in...

Hauwa Imam

Hauwa Imam has over 40 years of diverse experience as a secondary school teacher, educational administrator, and university academic. A professor at the University of Abuja since 2011, she has...

Brokering experimental knowledge for educational policy and practice

In recent years, governments have moved social policy towards being ‘evidence-based’. To give just two examples, in the US the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) restricts funding to...

Adrian Simpson

Adrian Simpson is the principal of St Mary’s College and Professor of Mathematics Education at Durham University. His research focuses on the school–university transition in mathematics,...

Beverley McCormick

Beverley McCormick is a Lecturer of Education and the Course Director of the PGCE Primary at Ulster University. She is an active STEM ambassador having received recognition as Outstanding STEM...

Citizenship education in Northern Ireland: an opportunity for transformation squandered?

The Independent Review of Education in Northern Ireland asserts that ‘education is the greatest investment any society makes in its own future’, bringing ‘societal benefits’ (Independent...

Unpacking the complexities and challenges of education in Northern Ireland

Stimulating debate with Ulster University’s Transforming Education project

Editorial – Unpacking the complexities and challenges of education in Northern Ireland: stimulating debate with Ulster University’s Transforming Education project

Curriculum: Theory, policy and practice

The rationale for how education operates is often contentious. There are varying views about academic selection, politicians disparage some degrees while lauding others, private schools’...

Â鶹ÒùÔº Announces the 2024 Academic Citizen of the Year

The Â鶹ÒùÔº Academic Citizen of the Year is an award intended to recognise a colleague working in educational research who has made a significant contribution to the discipline as a whole and the...

Have Your Say: Â鶹ÒùÔº Member Survey 2024

Â鶹ÒùÔº is striving to continuously improve our services and better support our community of educational researchers. To help achieve this, we are launching the 2024 Member Survey, and we want to...

Journeys beyond the divide: duplication, sustainability and choice in Northern Ireland’s education system

In an old Irish joke, a ‘city-slicker’ lost in the countryside asking for directions is advised, ‘If I were you, I wouldn’t start from here.’ This mirrors the complicated tale of the...

Transforming education in Northern Ireland: foregrounding the best interests of the child

This blog post is a little different. Using my background as an advocate for children, I reflect on what they require from an education system that is so often not designed to serve their needs....