Evaluating my evaluations
Evaluations. Crucial to university student outreach. A minefield? Sometimes. Including one time where I had to ask a young person, ‘what exactly is rizz? Is this good, bad?!’ – it’s good...
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How effective leadership can tackle the out-of-school children crisis in Sindh, Pakistan
The challenge Across the world, 22.8 million children remain out-of-school. Pakistan ranks second globally for the highest number of out-of-school children. In the southeastern province of Sindh,...
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Evolution, not revolution: Curriculum and assessment review
Since the curriculum and assessment review in England began in 2024, the review panel has received numerous proposals advocating for radical and revolutionary changes. Invoking Keir Starmer’s...
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Rethinking equity and policy coherence: The implications of age-restricted funding for level 7 apprenticeships
As part of a broader strategy to refocus skills investment on young people, the UK government has announced significant reforms to apprenticeship funding in England (DfE, 2025). Central to this...
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Making teaching an antiracist profession: An urgent invitation to BERA members
The antiracism framework for initial teacher education and training (ITE/T) in England is an ongoing project for our team, engaging with ITE/T providers across England, with the aim of making...
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SEND and education, health and care plans in England: In the fast lane to overtake 10 per cent
The Children and Families Act 2014 in England provided a major transformation to the system for identifying special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Ten years on, the National Audit...
Continue reading blog post‘Brunch with…’: An alternative to the office hour to promote student engagement
Born in East London, raised in council tenement and working since the age of 14, Chandres is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting at QMUL. Before joining QMUL, Chandres held the position at London...
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Asking teachers to clean kids teeth is still a bad idea, and here’s why
As a qualified early years teacher, an academic interested in teacher retention, and also as a person who recently had an extremely decayed wisdom tooth removed at Birmingham Dental Hospital, I...
Continue reading blog postMeasuring the unmeasurable: Why behaviour metrics in pupil referral units and mainstream schools don’t add up
It’s 8.45 a.m. and staff are making the final preparations for breakfast before the taxis start to arrive, delivering students – in varying moods, depending on what has happened since they...
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