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Editorial: Transitions, wellbeing and mental health: Education after lockdown

This special issue focuses on the experiences of educators and students returning to the classroom post-lockdown. We have included contributions from lecturers, students and academics to capture a...

Journal Peer Review: The Case of a Language Education Journal

Journal Peer Review: What are Journal Editors Looking for?

Doctoral students and Early Career Researchers often struggle to navigate journal peer review (here are two Â鶹ÒùÔº ECR Network podcasts (1)/(2) on the topic) because it is not a skillset that is...

Â鶹ÒùÔº expresses solidarity for those engaging in industrial action as part of UCURising campaign

Â鶹ÒùÔº acknowledges that many of our members are currently engaging in industrial action organised by the University and College Union (UCU). We express solidarity with those taking part in the...

Journal Peer Review: The Case of a Language Education Journal

Doctoral students and Early Career Researchers often struggle to navigate journal peer review (here are two Â鶹ÒùÔº ECR Network podcasts (1)/(2) on the topic) because it is not a skillset that is...

Job Opportunity – Â鶹ÒùÔº Administrator

The Â鶹ÒùÔº has a new opportunity available for an Administrator to join our team. The Â鶹ÒùÔº Office operates on a flexible working arrangement with some core...

Transitions, wellbeing and mental health: Education after lockdown

The stresses and strains affecting the mental health and wellbeing of those working in education settings are well documented and were evident long before Covid-19 was placed into the mix (Kidger...

From Zoom to room: The transition back to in-person learning in higher education

In March 2020, in the wake of a global health pandemic, universities worldwide were forced to close their campuses and switch rapidly to online methods so they could continue to provide teaching...

Education in transition: Challenges and opportunities post-lockdown

The Covid-19 pandemic heralded a host of unexpected challenges and rapid changes for learners and educators worldwide and, more than two years on, continues to have a major influence on key...

Rhiannon Barker

Rhiannon Barker is a research fellow in the Faculty of Public Health Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She has a background in health-related social research, working...

Transitions, wellbeing and mental health: Education after lockdown

It is important to mark the Covid-19 lockdown as a significant transition which educators and students experienced. We all, to varying degrees, experienced a range of social, cultural and...

Personal and professional transitions through Covid-19

In this blog post, I reflect on my experiences both as a student in higher education, studying on a professional teacher training programme, and my personal experiences during and after lockdown....

Developing language learning across the four nations: sharing innovative and creative approaches

Supported by the University Council of Modern Languages who have supported 30 teacher places for this event. The importance of languages and international communication has grown exponentially...