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2026 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Educational Research Book of the Year

Closes 22 Jul 2026

This award celebrates the publication of educational research and is awarded to a scholarly book on education deemed to be high quality, engaging and innovative.

Right, what are we doing to help the children?

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The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Blog: Highlights of 2025

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Blog end of year highlights

Snow-dusted salutations and tinsel-tinged tidings to all our readers, authors, curators and guest editors around the globe. In this, the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Blog’s tenth anniversary year, I look back over the...

What is ‘alternative’ about alternative provision in England and Wales?

Artwork created by Young People in alternative provision ‘I’m a genius, who’s taking a photo?’ (Kinsella et al., 2019) ‘We do stupida stuff here’ (Johnston, 2020) These aren’t...

SIG Meet & Discuss: Alternative Education

We warmly invite members of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Alternative Education SIG—and anyone with an interest in alternative education—to join us online this November for our upcoming Meet and Discuss session....

Encouraging Intercultural Sharing and Community Building through Embodied Learning in an Alternative Education Space

Emily Dobrich was awarded best presentation for Alternative Education at the 2024 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ/WERA conference for her presentation: An Embodied Educational Research Project to Build Solidarity and...

Education in prisons across England and Wales: Towards a future framework for effective learning spaces

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Conference 2025

What could learning spaces in prison be like? This question has guided our reflective research process, prompting us to reflect critically on existing practice and to create an emerging framework...

Autumn 2025

Research Intelligence issue 164: Education in prisons: Generating hope, escaping stereotypes

The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Guide to Outdoor Learning

The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Guides: Critical Insights into Educational Research and Practice

Place-Responsive Pedagogy in Educational Research and Practice

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ celebrates 10 years of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Blog

2025 marks 10 years of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Blog, and we’re so proud of all that it has accomplished! Thank you to all those who have contributed to the Blog, whether as authors, editors, or readers. The...

Research Intelligence Article of the Year Award 2024

This award, introduced for the 2024 volume, recognises the highest quality and most original and impactful articles published in Research Intelligence. Guest Editors of issues published in  2024...

Perspectives from Ireland – Opening the Black Box of Alternative Education Provision in Ireland

While the right to education is guaranteed under the Irish constitution (Kennedy & Smyth, 2018) educational inequality is a continuing feature within the education system (Cahill, 2020).  On...