At 2pm on a cold but sunny Sunday in December, many students will just about be rolling out of bed and staggering to the kitchen for something to help soak […]
CCCU student, Lucy Arman, shortlisted for British Education Award!
Lucy Arman’s route to being shortlisted at one of the most prestigious education award events in the country – the British Education Awards – hasn’t been a straightforward one. A […]
From track to teaching: How Dr Kristy Howells draws on her cycling success through academia
It has been a good season on the track for Dr Kristy Howells. The Reader of Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy has a stellar record in competitive solo and team […]
Mathematics Mastery – what it is, and its implication for UK mathematics teachers
To celebrate World Maths Day, Jennifer Shearman shares her thoughts on Mathematics Mastery: Mastery Learning Mastery learning, like most ideas in education, is not new. Benjamin S. Bloom and Thomas […]
Do you know about Makaton?
Dr John-Paul Riordan writes about Makaton: Makaton is a sign and symbol language programme used by children and adults with speech, language and communication difficulties and their families, friends, teachers, […]
Experiences of looked after children and ‘instant adulthood’
Ruth Rogers from the Research Centre for Children, Families and Communities writes about her research on children in care: There are approximately 75,000 children ‘looked after’ or in care in England […]
Babies and Music
Vanessa Young discusses the BabySong Project which was a Faculty research project funded by the Ragdoll Foundation: Babies are born with a pre-disposition to music and actually prefer listening to Infant […]
A Celebration of Sport
CCCU Foundation Degree Physical Education and Physical Activity Students host the Kent School Games. #KentSchoolGames On Tuesday the 25th June 2019, over 650 children from 50 different schools within Kent […]
The Epistemic Insight Initiative
Professor Berry Billingsley gives us an insight into the Epistemic Insight Initiative: What insights do we expect young people to call on when they address the big questions of life […]