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The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029: Threat or opportunity for early career researchers?

The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029

For early career researchers (ECRs), REF 2029 represents a challenge but also an opportunity to position and shape their scholarly activity in the short and medium term. In this blog post, we...

Education staff wellbeing and workload: ‘Causing concern’ in the proposed Ofsted inspection toolkits

We, like many of you, have been very interested in Ofsted’s current consultation on proposed changes to their inspections in England, following the biggest consultation Ofsted has ever...

‘Skills England’ and the future of UK apprenticeships: A more agile skills system?

In October 2024, the Skills Minister introduced a new bill to the House of Lords to reform the skills system for apprenticeships. Since 2017, apprenticeships were developed and regulated by the...

Navigating the AI revolution: Safeguarding academic integrity and ethical considerations in the age of innovation

Artificial intelligence in educational research and practice

As AI technologies like ChatGPT become more accessible, balancing innovation, academic integrity and ethics is crucial. While these tools enhance learning, they also raise concerns about...

Transforming curriculum planning with Sankey diagrams

Have you ever wondered how to gain deeper insights into the complexities of curriculum planning and to support data-driven decision-making? As an educator and researcher at ETH Zurich, I’ve...

Practices and learning needs of Romanian school-based teacher educators

Initial teacher education (ITE) varies across countries. In many educational systems, including Romania, universities are responsible for preparing future teachers, collaborating with schools for...

Raising Critical Confidence as a root to knowledge of self

hooks (1994, p. 34) advises us to ‘renew our minds if we are to transform educational institutions and society so the way we live, teach, and work can reflect our joy in cultural diversity, our...

What lessons do students infer from Holocaust education?

‘The premier demand upon all education is that Auschwitz not happen again. Its priority before any other requirement is such that I believe I need not and should not justify it.’ —Adorno,...

Neoliberal metrics and a curriculum for competence

Neoliberalism – the free market ideology of individual liberty and choice, combined with limited government interference in a competitive marketplace – has been a growing international trend...