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Student teachers’ beliefs and feelings towards educational research

The fact that student teachers commonly perceive educational research and theory to be far removed from practice is well documented in initial teacher education (ITE) research. Teacher educators...

Gillian Peiser

Gillian is a teacher educator and teacher education researcher at Liverpool John Moores University. She leads the Teacher Education and Development research group in the Liverpool Institute for...

From transmission to transformation: How unveiling the metaphor inherent in ‘understanding’ has significant implications for education

What does it mean to ‘understand’? Despite its centrality to most, if not all educational endeavours, what is meant by ‘understanding’ is not clear and is highly contested (Ross, 2018)....

Bridging research and practice: Insights from close-to-practice partnerships

How can we make educational research meaningful for teachers working in busy classrooms? At Nottingham Trent University (NTU), we explored this question through a close-to-practice (CtP)...

Colin Smith

Colin Smith is now retired from his role as part-time tutor at the Office of Lifelong Learning, University of Edinburgh. Colin previously taught biology in secondary schools before working as a...

Karen Walshe

Karen Walshe is currently deputy head of the School of Education at the University of Exeter. Having taught religious education in secondary schools for 10 years, Karen joined the University of...

Qian Liu

Qian is a research fellow at the National Institute of Teaching. Her research interests include professional development of practitioners in education, technology-enhanced pedagogy, and young...

Rethinking foreign language education in UK schools

Across the world, the importance of foreign language learning (FLL) at school tends to be taken for granted. Or at least it is when the language being learned is English, given its vital role in...

Angela Garden

Dr Angela Garden is Head of Psychology and Counselling at Birmingham City University and a Chartered Psychologist. Her work focuses on the application of psychology within education, wellbeing and...

Alison Porter

Alison Porter is Associate Professor in Languages, Cultures and Linguistics at the University of Southampton. Her research focuses on primary school language learning. Her interests include...

UK higher education: Bordering practices and the governance of international students

Governing logic In May 2025, the UK government published an immigration white paper, titled Restoring Control Over the Immigration System, which advocated tighter controls on movement and...

Â鶹ÒùÔº Bites, issue 15: Educating for all: Who are we educating?

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In 2026, what does inclusive education look like? Are we close to being fully inclusive? Where are the gaps and the challenges? Whose voices and experiences are still unheard and unseen? What...