I feel like a ghost’ are the words spoken by my then 12-year-old daughter about her experiences attending school in the UK on a very part-time basis due to a chronic health ...

Why might you want to get a doctorate? To win a promotion? To get a better job? To climb a ladder of status and prestige? To change the world and make a difference? You may cite all or several ...

Angela Schofield is a senior lecturer at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), where she teaches across teacher training programmes and a range of education courses within the Institute of ...

The role and challenge of homework Homework has long been contested in secondary education. Cooper et al. (2006) framed homework as a tool to consolidate learning. Dunatchik and Park ...

The BERA Expert Panel on Educational Research Funding was established by BERA Council to investigate the situation regarding funding for educational research in the UK. Chaired by David ...

In ‎response to the continuing existence of these gaps, the National Academies of Sciences (2023) issued a report recommending broad policy improvements to reduce such gaps for young children‎, ...

Despite the wealth of research globally on teacher recruitment and retention, it appears that there is a paucity of research on how to proactively support student teachers’ wellbeing. Our ...

Alice Reedy (she/her) is a senior lecturer at the University of East London in the Initial Teacher Education department. She teaches on the Primary PGCE and the Primary Education BA ...

The so-called ‘theory to practice gap’ is a concept that is frequently discussed in teacher education contexts across the world. How, particularly in higher education, can we avoid ...

Introduction The rise of accessible large language models (LLMs) has revolutionised higher education, enabling machines to mimic human-like text generation and exceed traditional benchmarks ...

Primary Education with QTS, (Peterborough campus) at Anglia Ruskin University. Elizabeth is an experienced primary school teacher ...

The phrase ‘windows and mirrors’ was coined by Dr Rudine Sims Bishop (1990) to refer to the importance of literature reflecting pupil’s identities while also expanding the ...