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Luke Beardon

Senior Lecturer in Autism

I have been working for decades in the autism field, in capacities ranging from practitioner to researcher to trainer, first working with autistic children as a volunteer aged fourteen. I worked...

Chandrika Devarakonda

Associate Professor, Faculty of Education and Children’s Services

Dr. Chandrika Devarakonda is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education and Children’s Services at the University of Chester. Prior to this. She has worked in special schools,...

‘To fit in at school, you have to be a robot’: Do care farms offer a viable alternative?

In a recent and yet-to-be-published qualitative study, I explored the possible contribution of care farming (the therapeutic use of farming practices) to young people’s engagement with learning....

Rachael Fell-Chambers

Rachael Fell-Chambers is a senior lecturer at Bishop Grosseteste University teaching across several work-based degrees. Having managed alternative curriculum programmes for many years, Rachael is...

Lisa Murtagh

Lisa Murtagh is Professor of Education and Head of the Manchester Institute of Education. From 2018 – 2022 she was Head of ITE, having originally been appointed as director of partnerships and...

Jake Anders

Jake is Associate Professor of Quantitative Social Science and his research focuses on the causes and consequences of educational inequality and the evaluation of policies and programmes aimed at...

The Work of UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities – Jake Anders

In this week's episode Nick Johnson (Chief Executive of Â鶹ÒùÔº) interviews Jake Anders. Jake is Associate Professor of Quantitative Social Science and his research focuses on the causes and...

Music teachers are curriculum designers

It is fair to say that the model music curriculum has caused quite a stir in music classrooms in England. A national curriculum already exists for music, and while it is only statutory for around...

Anthony Anderson

Dr Anthony Anderson is Associate Professor in Music Education in the Centre for the Study of Practice and Culture in Education at Birmingham City University, UK. His research interests centre on...

Practitioner Research Highlights at Twilight

Online registration for this event has now closed, please email [email protected] to register. #Â鶹ÒùÔº_Practitioner @Â鶹ÒùÔºNews   This event acts as an opportunity for the Practitioner Research...

Practitioner Research Highlights at Twilight

This event acts as an opportunity for the Practitioner Research SIG to meet and hear about the latest work being undertaken by practitioners in an encouraging and supportive environment. We are...

A moment to breathe: How reflection can reduce teacher maths anxiety

This post explores the need for professional learning development to reduce teacher maths anxiety, and follows up on a recent blog post about reducing pupil maths anxiety. Worldwide demand for...