What does it mean to ‘understand’? Despite its centrality to most, if not all educational endeavours, what is meant by ‘understanding’ is not clear and is highly contested (Ross, ...

How can we make educational research meaningful for teachers working in busy classrooms? At Nottingham Trent University (NTU), we explored this question through a close-to-practice ...

Governing logic In May 2025, the UK government published an immigration white paper, titled Restoring Control Over the Immigration System, which advocated tighter controls on movement ...

Decolonial work is often discussed as if it were principally about knowledge: whose histories appear, whose concepts travel, whose methods count. Yet the deeper claim is ethical. It is about ...

The government is conducting a review of the current suite of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs) for school leaders. These are government-backed qualifications delivered by ...

Staff wellbeing continues to sit high on the agenda for schools. But how do wellbeing initiatives translate into meaningful, on-the-ground change? This blog post focuses on the evaluation of ...

Across the world, the importance of foreign language learning (FLL) at school tends to be taken for granted. Or at least it is when the language being learned is English, given its vital role ...

Sabrina Fitzsimons. There is a road sign in Alaska that reads: ‘Driver, choose carefully which rut you drive in – you’ll be ...

Free school meals as a measure of disadvantage Whether a child is recorded as receiving free school meals (FSM) is an influential indicator of disadvantage in England. Our previous ...

The UK government’s proposal to follow Australia and restrict social media access for under-16s has reignited debates about young people’s wellbeing, online safety and mental health. Much ...

Sarah McGeown is Professor of Literacy (Psychology & Education) based within Moray House School of Education and Sport at the University of Edinburgh. She is an advocate for research–practice ...