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Beyond correct answers

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

Generative AI, SEND & meaningful participation in secondary mathematics

Widgit wonders

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

A pilot study exploring Widgit Online assistive technology in mainstream primary schools for supporting children with learning differences

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...

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.

Right, what are we doing to help the children?

Â鶹ÒùÔº Blog post #2,000

Pracademics in transition: An arts-based exploration of the lived experience of second career academics

Second career academics, or ‘pracademics’ are ‘former or current practitioners who are now university academics’ (Dickinson et al., 2020, p. 290). They come from a wide variety of...

Call for Convenor: Â鶹ÒùÔº Practitioner Research SIG

We are recruiting a SIG Convenor for the Â鶹ÒùÔº Practitioner Research SIG to help lead the SIG over the next 3 years.  Role & responsibilities of SIG Convenors: Plan & oversee SIG activities,...

Â鶹ÒùÔº Bites, issue 14: Rethinking primary education through pedagogical innovation & wellbeing

Â鶹ÒùÔº Bites

The educational imperatives of our time have led to major curriculum reviews in all four nations of the UK. Common themes across these curriculum reforms include a shift in focus from knowledge to...

What is Educational Research?

The significance of educational research lies in its capacity to generate robust, evidence-based insights that can inform educational policy development, support effective teaching practice, and...

Ethical Dilemmas in Educational Research

Â鶹ÒùÔº Case Studies for Researchers by Researchers

Secondary school teachers’ preparedness to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) technologies into their practice

BCF Curriculum Investigation Grant Research Reports

The rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in education – ranging from large language models to adaptive learning platforms – raises pressing questions about teacher...

Exiting the field: Reflections on research departures and lingering questions

Several years after ‘finishing’ collecting data for my ethnographic case study, I still can’t think about leaving the field without worrying about my exit. In 2020 I began my Education PhD,...