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Â鶹ÒùÔº statement on the UCU’s industrial action

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

Bloomsbury discount

Exclusive to Â鶹ÒùÔº ECR Members Â鶹ÒùÔº are pleased to announce this current partnership with Bloomsbury to offer 30% discount off all books in the Research Methods and Study Skills and the Research...

Kate O’Shaughnessy

Education Consultant

Hi – I'm Kate, the Director of OSC Education Ltd. I'm all about connecting theory with practice in education. I started teaching English in East London before becoming a senior leader for many...

Gaynor Attwood

Gaynor Attwood is emeritus professor of education at the University of the West of England, where she was assistant vice chancellor. She was co-director (with Paul Croll) of the ESRC-funded...

Paul Croll

Paul Croll is emeritus professor of education at the University of Reading where he was the first director of the Institute of Education. He has served as editor of the British Journal of...

Sveta Mayer

Dr Sveta Mayer is a lecturer at UCL Institute of Education and member of Bloomsbury Colleges Centre for Educational Neuroscience. She is involved in interdisciplinary research, drawing upon...

Josie Maitland

Dr Josie Maitland is an ESRC-funded postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Brighton. She is a qualified teacher with eight years’ teaching experience, both in mainstream and special...

Â鶹ÒùÔº Bites, issue 5: Research used or produced in schools: Which informs practitioners most?

Â鶹ÒùÔº Bites

The Â鶹ÒùÔº Bites series presents selected articles from the Â鶹ÒùÔº Blog on key topics in education, presented in an easily printable and digestible format to serve as teaching and learning...

Curriculum orientations and the inclusion of immigrant parents

‘Curriculum is – or should be – at the heart of educational practice’, wrote Mark Priestley and Stavroula Philippou on Â鶹ÒùÔº Blog earlier in 2019. What is taught in school, how curriculum...

Max Antony-Newman

Max Antony-Newman is a lecturer in Education at the University of Glasgow. Working from a critical sociological perspective, his main focus is on school–family partnerships, education policy and...

Celebrating differences: What’s in a name?

While working as a schoolteacher in Hong Kong, I was once assigned to teach the R(emedial) class. It may be more helpful to explain that most of my students were among the lowest achievers in...

Action research: Closing the gap between theory and practice

In order to conduct action research, Elliott (1991) advocates that a tremendous desire to innovate and improve is a fundamental requirement. As a teacher-researcher, I came to my doctoral study...