Tolerance and mutual respect: What do they mean and why does it matter?

Inspiration for the research A large body of research has been inspired by a line on page 14 of the Teachers’ Standards in England, which requires teachers not to ‘undermin[e] fundamental...

China’s education crossroads: Can the double reduction policy resolve inequalities caused by shadow education?

For years, shadow education, characterised by private tutoring and supplementary training schools focused on enhancing academic performance, has been a prevalent aspect of educational landscapes...

Speaking the unspoken: Teaching and learning about transgender identities

In 2020, guidance published by the Department for Education stated that relationships and sex education (RSE) in England should discuss ‘LGBT content at a timely point’ (DfE, 2019, p. 15)....

Inspired by top trumps and tarot: A playful response to the teacher retention crisis

Teacher retention continues to be a significant policy problem in England, and indeed worldwide, with many countries in the Global North reporting difficulties in sustaining their teaching...

Exploring the free school meals measure in the English National Pupil Database

Pupils’ recorded eligibility for free school meals (FSM) within the English National Pupil Database (NPD) has long been utilised across the country’s research and policy communities. It is...

Parental activism in education

In her final annual report as Chief Inspector of Ofsted, England’s schools and children’s services inspectorate, Amanda Spielman, opines that the Covid-19 pandemic has ‘fractured’ the...

Generative AI in academia: Friend or foe?

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

The launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 marked a potential turning point in higher education. As a prime example of generative AI, capable of creating content and solving problems in previously...

What are educational podcasts?

Podcasts for educational purposes have received growing interest both as teaching practitioner tools and as a broadcasting medium for facilitating debate among educators (Cook, 2023). Podcast...

Philosophical discourse surrounding artificial intelligence: Extended findings of a meta-synthesis on ChatGPT

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

In his seminal paper in 1950, ‘Computing Machinery and Intelligence’, Alan Turing raised the question: ‘Can machines think?’. Igniting debates among both philosophers and computer...