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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...
Continue reading blog postAs 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...
Continue reading blog postThe 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...
Continue reading blog postThe 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 postBorn 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...
Continue reading blog postAs 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 postIt’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...
Continue reading blog postOne of the most challenging debates in education among schools, academic researchers and policymakers in the past three decades has been how to close the achievement gap of Black and ethnic...
Continue reading blog postSchools in England are now moving towards a new national curriculum, but what might this mean for anti-racism initiatives in education (Kebede et al., 2025)? The Curriculum Review sets out its...
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