Do private schools make a difference to mental health?

Parents send their children to private schools for a range of reasons, and we know that British private schools are successful in terms of academic attainment and that their alumni tend to go on...

Rethinking class size: The complex story of impact on teaching and learning

The enduring argument over class size is one of the most contested in education. The argument is between many teachers and practitioners who feel that class size makes a big difference to teaching...

Curriculum integration can support the development of powerful knowledge in education

On 20th March 2015, an article published by the Independent (Garner, 2015) claimed that Finnish schools had scrapped school subjects and replaced them with topics. Ever since then Finland has been...

Taking a year out? The ambitious teleology of higher education for cultivating a self-aware society

Uncharted terrain: Teaching and learning in higher education for times of uncertainty

In the much-quoted Heraclitean aphorism, ‘the road up and down is one and the same’ (see for example Russell, 2004, p. 51), the pre-Socratic philosopher introduces a radical relativism and...

Prioritising micro-level experiences of schooling: A policy prospect for addressing inequality in basic education access?

Ghanaian and Sub-Saharan African (SSA) governments are successfully implementing universal policy solutions to expand basic-school opportunities for children. Yet, a vital component of the basic...

Advancing posthumanist perspectives on technology-rich learning

Picture your favourite childhood toy. What was it? What did you learn from it? How did you know it was for you? These questions, and others like it, underpin the questions raised by posthumanist...

Beyond Britishness: Learning to become agents of change

Education, #BlackLivesMatter and racial justice in the UK and beyond

It is time for education and the school curriculum in countries with colonial pasts such as Britain to take the knee: to recognise that we – particularly the young – need to see ourselves as...

#BlackLivesMatter in education: How can a hashtag help us understand exclusion inequalities in English schools?

Education, #BlackLivesMatter and racial justice in the UK and beyond

The publicised deaths of Black people across the United States sparked a worldwide movement of protest against the historical inequalities and marginalisation experienced within the Black...

Anti-racist mathematics teacher education

Education, #BlackLivesMatter and racial justice in the UK and beyond

On 28 August 2020 thousands marched through Washington DC to mark the 57th anniversary of the famous ‘I have a dream’ speech by Martin Luther King Jr. My research interests include anti-racism...

Cultural capital in non-White majority schools: A critical exploration of cultural ethos and pedagogy

Education, #BlackLivesMatter and racial justice in the UK and beyond

Embodied cultural capital includes the artistic, religious, social and historical inheritance of non-White students. Cultural pedagogy and ethos is defined as the institution’s ‘official’...

Can employers and schools harness employer engagement to improve diversity and inclusion?

Education, #BlackLivesMatter and racial justice in the UK and beyond

The call for diversity and inclusion has intensified in light of recent events of police racism in the United States, the death of George Floyd being the catalyst. Beyond the rhetoric of Black...

Closing the Covid-19 gap: Where should interventions begin?

Covid-19, education and educational research

This year coronavirus has put unprecedented pressure on our schools. It has been inspiring, as we continued to support our young people through the global pandemic, to see so many creative...