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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.

Refugee education: Challenging stereotypes and deficiency approaches

This ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Blog Special Issue grows out of the distinct yet shared lived experiences of its authors. Each of us has witnessed how, across the UK and Europe, refugee education is too often shaped by...

What have we learned from a decade of arts-based refugee education?

Can art change refugees’ lives? The research suggests that with the right approach, creative practices such as drama, music and design can break down language barriers, help people express who...

Editorial: Refugee education: Challenging stereotypes and deficiency approaches

This ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Blog Special Issue grows out of the distinct yet shared lived experiences of its authors. Each of us has witnessed how, across the UK and Europe, refugee education is too often shaped by...

Right, what are we doing to help the children?

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Call for Convenor: Arts Based Educational Research SIG

We are recruiting a SIG Convenor for the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Arts Based Educational Research SIG to help lead the SIG over the next 3 years.  Role & responsibilities of SIG Convenors: Plan & oversee SIG...

Pracademics in transition: An arts-based exploration of the lived experience of second career academics

Second career academics, or ‘pracademics’ are ‘former or current practitioners who are now university academics’ (Dickinson et al., 2020, p. 290). They come from a wide variety of...

Getting creative in schools to improve young people’s wellbeing

Wellbeing is about feeling good and functioning well (Deighton, 2016). In the UK, young people’s wellbeing has been declining for the past two decades, and the prevalence of mental health...

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...

Arts-based research and the ‘truth’: lessons from composing songs about and with research

In what ways does, or could,  arts-based research shape our understanding of ‘truth’? How can creative methodologies expand traditional research paradigms? This online workshop invites...

Serendipity in motion: Navigating the unexpected in research

Vignette: The unexpected It was near the end of the workshop, and the materials table – once a neat arrangement of brushes, papers and pigments – had become a glorious mess. Most of the...

Arts-based research and the ‘truth’: lessons from composing songs about and with research

In what ways did, or could, arts-based research shape our understanding of ‘truth’? How could creative methodologies expand traditional research paradigms? This online workshop invited...