2021-08-02 Social Network Analysis (SNA) is a growing but still relatively niche academic field so when the pandemic hit many specialists were cut off from the conferences and workshops on which they normally depend to meet and collaborate with fellow-researchers. In response graduate students at the Faculty of Education created ‘SNA Connect’ a programme of online seminars which has brought together scholars from 37 different countries to explore how networks can be framed visualised and measured both within the social sciences and beyond. In this interview Tom Cowhitt a PhD researcher at the Faculty explains what SNA is and how the project has kept scholars connected during a time of remote research. Read the full story. |
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2021-07-21 Eight in 10 of the world’s poorest children – almost 50 million boys and girls - are missing out on vital education in the first few years of their life because of a chronic lack of funding in pre-primary education according to a new report published today. Read the full story. |
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2024-05-22 A significant perception shift about how academics and universities share their research on social media is urgently needed according to new analysis which calls for a more ‘subversive’ approach to engaging audiences online.Read the full story. |
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2024-05-22 A simple game in which children plan feeding time at an imaginary zoo could significantly improve how we measure young people’s metacognition – the all-important ability to ‘think about thinking’.Read the full story |
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2024-05-22 Adding extra classroom time to the school day may only result in marginal gains for pupils who have lost learning during the COVID pandemic a study says.Read the full story |
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2024-07-03 An international review of how technology was used early in the COVID school lockdowns suggests that important strategies to support effective remote learning are being neglected in the rush to embrace digital tools and platforms.Read the full story here. |
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2024-05-22 A growing body of evidence suggests that learners of ancient languages can master them with greater fluency and more enjoyment when they use them in conversation just as students of modern languages do. Much of that work has now been compiled in a new book co-authored by Steve Hunt (subject lecturer for the Classics PGCE teacher training course at the Faculty of Education) and Dr Mair Lloyd (Open University). Read the full story. |
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2024-06-27 Guaranteeing every child the opportunity to participate in certain types of physical activity could support their academic attainment and help to close the achievement gap between wealthy and less-advantaged pupils new research indicates. Read the full story here. |
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2024-05-22 A body of academic research including that of Professor Gordon Harold is being used to inform an expanding programme of policy measures aimed at improving the life chances of young people who are affected by parental conflict.Read the full story here. |
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2021-05-07 Helping parents with higher levels of depression or anxiety could also improve their ability to engage in important and potentially ‘protective’ forms of play with their children new research suggests. Read the full story here. |
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