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Covid-19, education and educational research
Almost all dimensions of human experience have been affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, and governments around the world have adopted stringent measures to stop the spread of the virus. One such...
Dr Helen Lewis is director of initial teacher education at Swansea University. Her background is in primary, initial and continuing teacher education, and she has previously worked as a teacher...
Covid-19, education and educational research
In the public debate about the impacts of the Covid-19 lockdown on education, much attention has understandably been given to concerns about disadvantaged children falling behind at school, and to...
A new special issue of the Curriculum Journal, published simultaneously in English and Welsh, explores the many issues that arise when a country decides to rewrite the school curriculum –...
News13 May 2020
What can be done to inspire an uplift for modern foreign languages across Wales in the future?
The current curriculum reforms in Wales (Welsh Government, 2020) represent a significant shift in thinking and organisation. As well as the introduction of the ‘four purposes’ to drive...
Curriculum reform in Wales is heralding a raft of changes for schools, one of which is the rise in significance of the expressive arts. The new Welsh curriculum for learners aged 3-to-16, which...
We are approaching the end of a three-year project, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, investigating the successes and challenges of core maths (CM), a set of post-16 qualifications introduced in...
Honorary Professor
Ruth Lupton is an honorary professor of education at the University of Manchester. She researches educational inequalities, policy and the role of place.
Dr Stephanie Thomson is a lecturer in educational policy at the University of Aberdeen. Her research interests focus on inequality and education policy.
Lorna Unwin is professor emerita (vocational education) at the UCL Institute of Education and honorary professorial research fellow at the University of Manchester. Her research interests focus on...
Dr Sanne Velthuis is a research associate at the University of Manchester. Her research interests include education, inequality and low-paid work.