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Learning progression in the humanities: Identifying tensions in articulating progression in the humanities in Wales

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...

The art of connecting: How primary and secondary teachers are building a framework for expressive arts

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...

Sanne Velthuis

Dr Sanne Velthuis is a research associate at the University of Manchester. Her research interests include education, inequality and low-paid work.

The new core maths qualifications: A welcome opportunity, but what is their place in the curriculum?

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...

Ruth Lupton

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.

Stephanie Thomson

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

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...

Rachel Mathieson

Dr Rachel Mathieson is a research fellow at the Centre for Curriculum, Pedagogy and Policy, at the School of Education, University of Leeds. Rachel has spent her working life in the field of...

Matt Homer

Dr Matt Homer is associate professor at the Centre for Curriculum, Pedagogy and Policy at the School of Education, University of Leeds. Matt taught mathematics and statistics in further and higher...

Inclusive Education in Central Asia

British Educational Research Association Comparative and International Education Special Interest Group (CIE SIG) in collaboration with the Kazakhstan PhD Association in the UK presents: Doctoral...

Inclusive Education in Central Asia

Link to event recording British Educational Research Association Comparative and International Education Special Interest Group (CIE SIG) in collaboration with the Kazakhstan PhD Association in...

Opportunities missed: Then the rains came down and washed the writing away

Covid-19, education and educational research

Discussion among researchers at the moment is mostly punctuated with references to Covid-19. From across the various fields that my research cross-sections – primary English, children’s...