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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.

SIG Meet & Discuss: Further and Adult Education

We’d be delighted to welcome you to our upcoming Further and Adult Education SIG meeting, where we’ll reconnect, share ideas, and shape our direction for the year ahead. During the session,...

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Announces Professor Meg Maguire as the 2026 John Nisbet Fellow

Since 2014 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has awarded the John Nisbet Fellowship to recipients who are deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to educational research over their career. Named in honour of our first...

Knowledge is never neutral: Hegelian reflections on contemporary education

A stalemate is how we understand knowledge Education faces a philosophical stalemate. On one side is an ‘objective obsession’ with standardised metrics. For example, English education polices...

Architects of our own belonging: Reclaiming the university through the Each One Take One solidarity

For two years after completing secondary school, my life was on pause. I was not unqualified; I had the university requirements and the ambition. But I was trapped by the financial reality of...

The right to education for forcibly displaced people: Exploring ideas on participation, connectedness and technology

This ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Blog Special Issue responds to a critical moment in the world’s history marked by a series of interconnected and overlapping global crises. The hallmarks of this are armed conflicts on...

Editorial: The right to education for forcibly displaced people: Exploring ideas on participation, connectedness and technology

This ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Blog Special Issue responds to a critical moment in the world’s history marked by a series of interconnected and overlapping global crises. The hallmarks of this are armed conflicts on...

Right, what are we doing to help the children?

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Rethinking professional identity and progression in prison education

Prison education in the UK is widely recognised as an essential yet chronically underresourced area of further education. Positioned as central to rehabilitation and reducing reoffending, it is...

Internationalisation of vocational education

This workshop brings together four complementary contributions that examine the internationalisation of further and vocational education, as well as the research that engages with it. It responds...

The use of colour in identity formation: Exploring FE teacher dual identities

Identity in further education (FE) is complex and marked by shifting expectations, yet teacher identity remains under-researched (Steadman, 2023). Existing literature highlights the contested,...

Powerful knowledge in vocational subjects: Why a real-world/experiential curriculum is not enough

Curriculum design in vocational subjects requires a careful balance of theory, practice and adaptability. It must be inclusive, future-oriented and intellectually demanding, and, I argue, rooted...