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Skate boarding is for life not just for Christmas

Skate boarding is for life not just for Christmas

Dr Janet Melville-Wiseman explores the messages behind the John Lewis Christmas adverts and how we can take them onboard, especially when it comes to our welcome for care experienced young people.

18 Nov, 202221 Nov, 2022 Education, Film and TV, Media, Social Work, Society
The importance of physical development in children

The importance of physical development in children

Dr Kristy Howells and Joe Pellett discuss the importance of the links between physical development and literacy skills in children, following a new campaign launched by the government.

21 Oct, 202221 Oct, 2022 Education, Sport
Spectacular disconnections 2022: from Partygate to the Schools White Paper

Spectacular disconnections 2022: from Partygate to the Schools White Paper

Dr Chris Beighton explains how the recent White Paper on school reform shows a disconnect between the Government’s vison for an equitable education system and how they seek to achieve it.

31 Mar, 202231 Mar, 2022 Education
Time to get the education of social workers right

Time to get the education of social workers right

Dr Janet Melville-Wiseman looks at the proposed contentious fast track entry route to social work.

17 Dec, 202117 Dec, 2021 Education, Social Work
Climate change education needs to make connections

Climate change education needs to make connections

Dr Stephen Scoffham explores the role of education in teaching students about the climate emergency.

23 Nov, 202123 Nov, 2021 Ecology, Education
Powerful knowledge? Challenging neoliberal trends in FE policy and practice

Powerful knowledge? Challenging neoliberal trends in FE policy and practice

Zahid Naz and Dr Chris Beighton discuss how current focus in Further Education to fill skills gaps via a fixed criteria is failing to acknowledge local values and context within education.

28 Oct, 202128 Oct, 2021 Education, Research
(Un)trustworthy organisations? Implications of the Sarah Everard murder case

(Un)trustworthy organisations? Implications of the Sarah Everard murder case

Dr Chris Beighton and Zahra Kemiche look at the issue of transparency and trust within organisations.

05 Oct, 202105 Oct, 2021 Education, Policing, Society
A break or a lesson? Submarines, stereotypes and silent geopolitics

A break or a lesson? Submarines, stereotypes and silent geopolitics

Dr Chris Beighton examines the language used during the recent AUKUS security pact fall out.

28 Sep, 202128 Sep, 2021 Education, Politics
Lockdown learning and commuter students

Lockdown learning and commuter students

Dr Susan Kenyon reveals emerging findings from her research into the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on commuter students, and explains how the move to online learning removed some barriers to learning, but how it also presented new barriers, for some students.

27 Sep, 202127 Sep, 2021 Education, Politics, Research

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