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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.

Guest editing opportunity for Research Intelligence, issue 170

This opportunity is closed. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Committee is seeking an individual or team (of up to three people) to guest edit issue 170 of Research Intelligence on the theme of...

Right, what are we doing to help the children?

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Blog post #2,000

Why Wales needs a national strategy for care-experienced learners

It’s been a decade since the Welsh Government published Raising the Ambitions, a strategy to improve the educational experiences of care-experienced children. Linked to this is the recent...

Teacher Recruitment and Retention and its links to attainment gaps in England

This event is being run by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ in conjunction with the ESRC Education Research Programme. The focus will be on two inter-related topics. First, the issue of teacher recruitment and retention....

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and the National Year of Reading

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is proud to 'Go All In' and pledge support for the National Year of Reading 2026! This page details some of the initiatives that ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has undertaken in the past and present to support...

Editorial: The heart of learning: Spotlight on school libraries in the UK and Ireland

What if the most important room in a school isn’t a classroom, but the one that unlocks every other door to learning? In schools with well-funded and professionally staffed libraries, student...

The heart of learning: Spotlight on school libraries in the UK and Ireland

What if the most important room in a school isn’t a classroom, but the one that unlocks every other door to learning? In schools with well-funded and professionally staffed libraries, student...

What makes a successful school library? Headteacher perspectives on the value of school libraries

In this blog post, two headteachers share their experiences of building thriving school libraries which nurture students’ wellbeing and love of reading. The effectiveness of school libraries is...

Engaging young people: Gaming and comics in school libraries

Growing up, I did not have a good experience with my school library. It was cold and unfriendly, and did not offer anything interesting to me. In my opinion, this is because we did not have a...

Looking forward: Positioning the school library within the wider educational landscape

The school library is undergoing a profound and necessary evolution. The words of Ranganathan (1892–1972, considered to be the ‘father of library science’) remain true to this day: ‘The...

Sustainability in post-primary schooling in Northern Ireland: How the future schools toolkit supports change

Northern Ireland is a post-conflict society, yet it remains deeply divided. The school system is a complex network with sensitive and contested policy issues, and up to 94 per cent of pupils...