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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...

What do refugee-background learners need from trauma-informed schools?

Schools are often the first stable institution that refugee-background learners encounter, but they can also be a space of challenges, discrimination and exclusion. Predictable routines, warm...

Bridging the gap: How a Youth Chinese Test-based curriculum can support GCSE Chinese in England

The importance of Chinese in England’s modern foreign languages (MFL) curriculum has grown significantly over the past two decades. In 2007, only 10 to 13 per cent of English secondary schools...

Right, what are we doing to help the children?

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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...

Understanding Arabic diglossia: On literacy reporting transparency in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries

Internationally validated literacy assessments, like the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), are widely administered around the world for their flexibility to be translated...