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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.

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...

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 do refugee-background learners need from trauma-informed schools?

Schools are often the first stable institution that refugee-background learners encounter, but they can also be a space of challenges, discrimination and exclusion. Predictable routines, warm...

Bridging the gap: How a Youth Chinese Test-based curriculum can support GCSE Chinese in England

The importance of Chinese in England’s modern foreign languages (MFL) curriculum has grown significantly over the past two decades. In 2007, only 10 to 13 per cent of English secondary schools...

Right, what are we doing to help the children?

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The value of student talk in the language classroom

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Student talk is a propeller for learning. Through talk, students externalise thoughts, internalise knowledge and interact with the world. In the language classroom, students must therefore be...

Understanding Arabic diglossia: On literacy reporting transparency in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries

Internationally validated literacy assessments, like the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), are widely administered around the world for their flexibility to be translated...

Cymraeg belongs to us all: Rethinking Welsh language education in a multilingual Wales

Wales is a bilingual nation where Welsh, its historic but minoritised language, shares official status with English. The Welsh Government’s national strategy seeks to revitalise the language and...

Researching multilingually as a creative and ethical practice

In an increasingly globalised academic landscape, opportunities to conduct research in multilingual settings, or ‘researching multilingually’ (Holmes et al., 2013), has expanded....

Milk and two sugars: Setting the scene for success

In order to thrive in competitive higher education (HE) environments, O’Connor and Mottershaw (2025) suggest: ‘People must feel able to show up authentically in academia.’ In their ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Blog...

Rethinking professional learning for TESOL teachers: What a decade of research reveals

In today’s fast-changing world, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) teachers face mounting pressures – from new technologies to shifting student needs and rising...