Ashleigh Abbott is a postgraduate student currently studying for a Master’s in Education at the University of Sunderland. She is also a qualified primary school teacher, having graduated ...

To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world.’ — Chinese proverb Is the English primary languages curriculum in key stage 2 (7-to-11-year-olds) ...

Collaboration between staff and students is transforming higher education by empowering students as active, democratic participants (Holen et al., 2020). In our BSc Education programme at ...

Dr Lai-Sang Iao is a chartered psychologist and the Lead of the Autism and Neurodiversity Research Group at Nottingham Trent University. Lai-Sang’s primary research focus is autism. Her ...

Autistic children face unique challenges in forming and maintaining relationships with their peers. They are also more exposed to peer bullying (Morales-Hidalgo et al., 2024). These challenges ...

As generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT become embedded within higher education (HE), we must ask not only how they shape student practices but also how they shift ...

Dr Gisselle Tur Porres is programme director for the BA in Early Childhood Studies that sits in the Department of Education and Childhood Studies at Swansea University. Gisselle was convenor ...

Several years after ‘finishing’ collecting data for my ethnographic case study, I still can’t think about leaving the field without worrying about my exit. In 2020 I began my Education ...

What happens when a nationally mandated, play-based early years curriculum meets the realities of schools in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities? The Welsh Foundation Phase (FP) offers ...

In January 2025, the BBC published an article about the paediatric mental health crisis in England (see Triggle, 2025). Official figures show that one in five children and young people between ...

Kevin Jones is the Head of Workforce Development and Training for the National Youth Agency. A professionally qualified youth worker, he has more than 30 years’ experience throughout the ...