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Deborah Williams

Deborah Williams provides support, advocation and strategic steering for the educational outcomes of all care-experienced children within the local authority of Cardiff. She has experience both as...

Michael Bettencourt

Michael Bettencourt has held the post of Virtual School Head in two local authorities in England. He is currently supporting the national rollout of Virtual School Head Teachers in Scotland and a...

Emily Lowthian

Emily Lowthian’s research focuses on understanding the impact of societal layers on child and adolescent wellbeing. Emily has published work examining inequalities experienced by young...

The stickiness of children’s voice and agency in research

Increasingly, ‘voice’, though not an uncontested term, is understood as manifest through, for instance, gesture, gaze, body language, art, and other embodied forms (Murris, 2013; Murray,...

English in Education SIG Call for Convenor

We are recruiting a SIG Convenor for the English in Education SIG to  help lead the SIG over the next 3 years.  If multiple expressions of interest are received an election may be run. The...

Call for Convenor: Â鶹ÒùÔº Inclusive Education SIG

The Inclusive Education SIG provides a forum for critical discussion about all aspects of inclusive education. There is a vacancy for a new third convenor to work alongside the two existing...

Summer 2026

Research Intelligence issue 167: Equity & curriculum reform in the four UK nations

In Conversation with…Professor Mel Ainscow

For more than four decades, Professor Mel Ainscow CBE has been a significant figure in global debates about equity, inclusion and educational improvement. His career has spanned classroom...

The value of student talk in the language classroom

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Student talk is a propeller for learning. Through talk, students externalise thoughts, internalise knowledge and interact with the world. In the language classroom, students must therefore be...

Daisy Wilson

Values-based approaches to whole-school sustainability in England: Lessons from four secondary schools

As the scientific consensus becomes stronger and the scale of the climate and ecological crisis becomes starker, climate change education and efforts towards sustainability in schools have become...

Writing to Publication Series – How to Write a Book Proposal

Writing to Publication Series

Are you thinking of writing a book proposal, book chapter or editing a book? Whether you are an early career researcher, a practitioner or an experienced academic, understanding how to pitch your...