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SIG Meet & Discuss: Literacy and Language 2027

10 Feb 2027 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

The Â鶹ÒùÔº Literacy and Language Special Interest Group warmly invites members to join us for an informal Meet & Greet event in early 2027. This friendly, interactive online gathering will be an...

Beyond ‘tick-boxes’: Using critical discourse analysis to listen to the ‘unspoken’ impact of curriculum reform

Critical discourse analysis (CDA) is a qualitative analytical framework which scrutinises language in use (see Fairclough, 2010). My research, conducted in secondary schools in the north-west of...

An evaluation of pedagogical & whole-school approaches for primary-aged migrant pupils with special educational needs in Northern Ireland & the Republic of Ireland

Researching additional support needs/special educational needs & disabilities: Â鶹ÒùÔº Small Grants Fund research reports

Balancing integration with individual support

Why teachers of writing need multifocal lenses

Learning to write encompasses cognitive processes, technical skills, communicative acts and personal expression. It draws on language and text knowledge, agency and creativity, cultural...

Teacher language, race and belonging in the modern foreign languages classroom

England’s modern foreign language (MFL) teaching and learning has suffered from a ‘double whammy’ of both dwindling pupil uptake and an ongoing teacher shortage. Pupil exam entries have...

Ethical Dilemmas in Educational Research: Publication and dissemination practices 

How do researchers make ethical decisions about sharing their work, and who gets to access the knowledge they produce? In this episode, we explore alternative approaches to publication and...

Researching ethnicity and the early years workforce: Why reflexivity matters now more than ever

Understanding ethnicity within the early years workforce requires more than demographic data analysis and structural inequalities documentation. It requires deep listening to the lived realities...

2026 Â鶹ÒùÔº Educational Research Book of the Year

This award celebrates the publication of educational research and is awarded to a scholarly book on education deemed to be high quality, engaging and innovative.

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)....

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...

Editorial: Refugee education: Challenging stereotypes and deficiency approaches

This Â鶹ÒùÔº Blog Special Issue grows out of the distinct yet shared lived experiences of its authors. Each of us has witnessed how, across the UK and Europe, refugee education is too often shaped by...

Refugee education: Challenging stereotypes and deficiency approaches

This Â鶹ÒùÔº Blog Special Issue grows out of the distinct yet shared lived experiences of its authors. Each of us has witnessed how, across the UK and Europe, refugee education is too often shaped by...