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Reimagining education for climate justice and sustainable development | Research for the Real World
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
[PREVIEW] With students and young people increasingly aware of the impact of climate change and wanting to do something about it, in this season of Re...
Taking ownership of their own learning: mentoring on Year 2 of the ECF programme | ECF Staffroom
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Atkin is a Deputy Headteacher at Balby Central Primary Academy in Doncaster. As a facilitator on Year 2 of the Early Roll Out Programme, she shar...
The 'we are in it together approach' to facilitation: keeping an eye on ECTs’ welfare | ECF Staffroom
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jill Whitehouse is a Deputy Headteacher in South Gosforth First School. She is a mentor and a facilitator on the ECF programme. She talked to us about...
Who cares for you? Child migrants within the immigration and welfare nexus | Research for the Real World
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For separated child migrants - or unaccompanied minors in legal terms - ‘care’ is ambiguous: they may receive care because of their ‘c...
Taking risks: ECTs trying something new and not being afraid of it | ECF Staffroom
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Williams, Mitchell Scott and Daniel Ruy Pereira are in the second year of their ECF programme. We talked to them about how they had enjoyed wor...
Why we need to examine the ways the UK treats asylum seekers | Research for the Real World
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast hears about research that centres the perspectives of asylum seekers in the UK and challenges existing arrangements to support them as th...
Dilemma-based facilitation: experienced facilitators share what goes wrong for them… and what they do about it | ECF Staffroom
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Bingham is the Regional Lead for ECF for Newcastle University and the North-East Teaching School Partnership. Stephanie works with dozens of...
How can we prevent refugee children from getting stuck in educational inequity? | Research for the Real World
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Through research on underperforming 'stuck' schools, the podcast explores factors that contribute to educational inequity and how education systems ca...
How can we improve the way we approach asylum seeker reception? | Research for the Real World
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There are differences between how national governments see the issue of asylum seeker reception and local governments and communities where the actual...
Preview: The lives of refugees and asylum seekers: This is Season 17 of Research for the Real World
22 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Conflicts near and far have left lasting direct and indirect impacts on us all. With the food, fuel and the cost of living crisis, it feels like we’...
The game's always changing, so keep playing it: keeping a focus on professional learning | ECF Staffroom
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
James Stubbs is a mentor in a secondary school in Durham. James talks to us about how he collaborated with his ECT to ensure the work of the programme...
Putting educational assessment to the test | Research for the Real World
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a current crisis of confidence in exams and other methods of testing, but why? As Professor Mary Richardson tells us, there’s no such thin...
What does social justice-inspired science education look like? | Research for the Real World
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast we hear about research that seeks to improve interest and engagement in learning about science for primary school students through per...
How looking back can help us move forward in fighting climate change | Research for the Real World
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast we hear about how UCL aims to support students, their parents and teachers in understanding the climate crisis through the curriculum ...
Bridging the gap between research and practice | Research for the Real World
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast we learn about the concept of ‘translational research’ and hear examples of projects where it has supported the successful move fr...
Shaping education and society through culture | IOE120
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This roundtable discusses major themes at the intersection of culture, education and society. It variously covers the changing status of language, art...
Preview: How research can help educate educators | Research for the Real World
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Season 16 of Research for the Real World is focusing on how IOE research is addressing very important current issues related to teacher education, tea...
Here’s the situation with doctoral education... | Research for the Real World
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast we’ve got doctors in the house! Specifically, a medical general practitioner with a Doctorate in Education (EdD) and an IOE academic...
How poetry plays a part in reconnecting refugees with education | Research for the Real World
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Many people find themselves in difficult situations where they have to flee and seek sanctuary in new and unfamiliar places. When settling in, one cha...
Unlocking the potential of communities through participatory research | Research for the Real World
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We hear from an IOE researcher about her passion for prioritising participatory and co-produced research, and how she made things possible throughout ...
The PhD in the 21st century | Research for the Real World
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that the IOE is older than the UK PhD? As higher education moves with the times, we hear about work at UCL that aims to improve access fo...
This is: Season 15 of Research for the Real World
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2022 the IOE is celebrating 120 years of excellence in teaching and research in education, culture, psychology, technology and social sciences. But...
Getting into the zone and collaborating beyond academia | Research for the Real World
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Season 14 wraps up its look at IOE’s partnerships around London with a westward focus on research that aims to improve early intervention programmes...
Research shows why we need to act early to improve children’s health and opportunities | Research for the Real world
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our focus on research evidence and solutions to tackle complex challenges in London - this time taking into account longitudinal studies a...
Getting autistic people a seat at the table | Research for the Real World
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We meet an IOE researcher who is committed to involving autistic people and broader autism communities in how research is designed and shared. Today's...
Helping disadvantaged nursery children to develop their language skills | Research for the Real World
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We meet an IOE researcher focused on the development of language in young people, particularly for those disproportionately affected by the pandemic a...
This is: Season 14 of Research for the Real World
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
[Preview] We're exploring the myriad ways IOE has established research-led relationships across London, and diving into rigorous research evidence and...
Supporting professional practice in habilitation | IOE120 Psyched about education
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Complex and sensory needs and habilitation – the growth of life skills and related capabilities among those with different forms of disability, incl...
Embedding research into language literacy and numeracy practice | IOE120 Psyched about education
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What affects the development of language, literacy and numeracy? What kinds of educational practice that best support the growth of these key skills? ...
Psychological research informing Ed Tech | IOE120 Psyched about education
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Educational technology such as apps and online resources to support learning is booming, from preschool to higher education and beyond, but how can we...
Researching the causes of eating disorders: the case of decision-making skills | IOE120 Psyched about education
26 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Discussing research on the causes of different forms of eating disorder and the development of interventions aimed at reducing the severity and incide...
The Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on mental health | IOE120 Psyched about education
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We learn about recent work on the ways in which the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted mental health across the generations, but also specifically childre...
Collaboration and co-production in psychological research | IOE120 Psyched about education
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Department of Psychology and Human Development's research on autism exemplifies a strong ethos of collaboration and co-production with research st...
Supporting inclusive education through knowledge exchange | IOE120 Psyched about education
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Academics discuss their mission to develop and disseminate best practice in inclusive education, using knowledge exchange to support better outcomes f...
Educational neuroscience and its application to teaching practice | IOE120 Psyched about education
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What are some of the key psychological and neural processes underpinning learning in different areas of the school curriculum and how can teachers app...
A brief history of IOE’s Department of Psychology and Human Development | IOE120 Psyched about education
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation with Professor Peter Blatchford mapping the growth of the Department of Psychology and Human Development in the 1980s, using his many l...
Philosophy's influence on the school curriculum | Research for the Real World
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This year, IOE celebrates its 120th anniversary, and Emeritus Professor John White has been around for almost half of its lifetime. He tells Emily Mac...
Harnessing evidence to tackle health issues | Research for the Real World
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Laura Outhwaite chats to Professor David Gough to learn about research synthesis to look beyond individual study findings in order to respond...
Uncovering neuromyths and neurodevelopmental disorders | Research for the Real World
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Research into developmental disorders such as Williams and Down's Syndromes sounds niche, but aids understanding of how learning happens in gener...
What is 'stunting' and why do we need to take action? | Research for the Real World
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Malnutrition, poor diet and inadequate health services contribute to child stunting being one of the most complex global challenges we face today, aff...
This is Season 13 of Research for the Real World
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our flagship research podcast is back for another year starting conversations about education and social science research and its impact on policy, pr...
Leon Greenman and the struggle for survival | UCL Centre for Holocaust Education
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For London-born Auschwitz survivor Leon Greenman it was after the Holocaust that he said his nightmare really began. Every day was an agonising strugg...
Academia, actually: what does real success look like? | Academia et al.
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we discuss imposter syndrome, overcoming challenges as early career academics, finding success and dealing with low points in your aca...
Is it too early to think about retirement? | Academia et al.
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk about the messiness of academic career trajectories. IOE Director and Dean Professor Li Wei shares his own path into academia,...
Diversity and inclusivity in academia: What does it really mean? | Academia et al.
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the very first episode of Academia et al. We share some inside perspectives on ethnic diversity, representation, and belonging in academia,...
Intergenerational cohesion: generations, culture, and identity | Creative Lives
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lorna Collins speaks to Professor Charlotte Faircloth (UCL Social Research Institute) and Michelle Kindleysides (Beamish Museum) about generations, cu...
Re-learning and reconfiguring touch in life changing circumstances | IN TOUCH
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lili Golmohammadi and Kerstin Leder Mackley (UCL Knowledge Lab) speak to former teacher Caroline Coster about relearning and reconfiguring touch after...
Highlights: Five things we learned in 2021 | Research for the Real World
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve reached the end of another challenging year that seems to have flown by and dragged on at the same time. IOE researchers have continued to wor...
Introducing Academia et al: the UCL podcast all about life in academia
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is Academia et al., a brand new podcast series from the IOE Early Career Network at UCL. With hosts Dr Keri Wong and Dr Alina Pelikh, we're havin...
What's life like as an only child? | Research for the Real World
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Up to this point little is known about the consequences of growing up without siblings. We hear about research that seeks to analyse the effects on ch...
What’s happened to parenting and pay during the pandemic? | Research for the Real World
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Widening inequalities in learning, growing gender gaps in paid and domestic work - we hear about covid’s impact in these areas and how research find...
How do schools recover from the pandemic? | Research for the Real World
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been an incredibly busy couple of years or so for Professor Alice Bradbury and her colleagues. We hear about the findings and recommendations f...
How have we handled the pandemic? This is Season 12 of Research for the Real World
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
[Preview] We're going to hear from UCL experts on how children, parents, women and schools have dealt with the pandemic so far and what it's going to ...
What do we need to empower and educate young people about the environment? | Research for the Real World
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Between challenges like climate despair and alternative climate facts, how can education give young people a fuller understanding of the scale and sig...
How does climate change impact education and social justice? | Research for the Real World
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With beginnings in the study of Classics, becoming a teacher, Master’s research in Northern Tanzania at a Massai school, Dr Charlotte Nussey brings ...
How do we educate and prepare people for disasters? | Research for the Real World
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Climate change is bringing about ever-increasing, intense and catastrophic weather events and other ecological disasters. A key challenge is for commu...
Transforming universities for a changing climate | Research for the Real World
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Climate change affects all of us, but some more than others. What can universities do, particularly in countries seen as highly vulnerable to extreme ...
Education's role in tackling the climate crisis: this is Season 11 of Research for the Real World
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
[Preview] We know it's real. What are we going to do about it? This season of Research for the Real World hears from experts and the challenge of enab...
Superdiverse UCL | Xiaoyu: Creating my own student life
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features a story of change. Xiaoyu, an Applied Linguistics Master's student from the IOE, shares how she took the initiative to create he...
Learning and working in a future London | UCL Future Cities
06 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Allison Littlejohn (Professor and Director of the UCL Knowledge Lab, IOE) joins this podcast discussing knowledge, skills and jobs in a futu...
Supporting young people’s mental health ‘post-Covid’ | IOE Coffee Breaks
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the Covid-19 pandemic has progressed, mounting evidence has highlighted its marked impact on children and young people’s mental health. We discus...
The transition from primary to secondary school under Covid-19 | IOE Coffee Breaks
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Last year schools and families navigated lockdown restrictions and social distancing and learned some things about how to best support children moving...
Are we already experiencing a third wave? | Coronavirus: The Whole Story
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vivienne Parry talks to Professor Francois Balloux (Chair in Computational Systems Biology and Chair of the UCL Genetics Institute) and Dr Keri Wong (...
The art of collaborative research | Research for the Real World
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mental health is complex, and improving it is an increasingly multidisciplinary goal. In this podcast we talk to an award-winning researcher about thi...
How educators and mental health practitioners can work together | Research for the Real World
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the mental health of young people continues to be a very pressing issue, we hear about support teams being placed in schools to address pupils’ n...
What if... we placed greater value on arts education in our schools system? | IOE Debates
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With schools focused on ‘catch up’, could the arts be further marginalised, and at a time when young people may have greater need for the benefits...
Interdisciplinary approaches to seeking equity in STEM | Research for the Real World
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The ability for young people to access Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics learning opportunities can be quite limiting. Here’s how IOE...
The politics of measuring gender equality in education: perspectives for the G7
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Girls’ education is a key focus for the G7 this year. This event explores an innovative framework for measuring gender equality in education, as wel...
Getting a feel for interdisciplinary and collaborative research | Research for the Real World
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our ability to communicate through the sense of touch has never been more important, as groundbreaking work takes place to make touch a reality digita...
What if... we got rid of GCSEs? | IOE Debates
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is the GCSE system intrinsically flawed, or simply a victim of the high-stakes accountability system in which it sits? If it really has no benefits to...
This is Season 10 of Research for the Real World
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We're delighted to be between your ears for the 10th season of the IOE's podcast about education and social science research and its impact on policy,...
Voice | #MadeAtUCL podcasts
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How people are regaining their voice after their voice boxes are removed, through the beatboxing project Shout at Cancer; how a group of LGBTQ + refug...
International development and education - the student view
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Will Brehm considers his teaching and podcasting to be important parts of his academic life, and issued himself a challenge. “Why couldn’t I in...
The ways we play: digital communication and creativity | Research for the Real World
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Play can mean everything, and sometimes nothing at all – and that’s ok. Professor John Potter credits his early career as an East London primary s...
Overcoming inequalities in multilingualism through education and experience | Research for the Real World
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Coming from a part of the world where speaking multiple languages is part of life, multilingualism has always been an area of study that’s close to ...
What if... we really want to close the attainment gap ‘post-Covid’? | IOE Debates
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The gap in levels of attainment between pupils from disadvantaged and more advantaged backgrounds is a longstanding feature of England’s schools sys...
'War' as metaphor in the fight against cancer / The language of healthcare | Research for the Real World
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Zsófia Demjén and Dr Talia Isaacs join Dr Sam Sims to talk about their research examining key issues and concerns in healthcare communication. Yo...
Understanding how deaf children and adults learn sign language | Research for the Real World
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Chloë Marshall drops into the Research for the Real World virtual studio to talk to Dr Sam Sims about her work focusing on language develop...
Public Health Disrupted: People and Power | UCL Minds
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In public health, we often refer to 'hard to reach' groups, but are we doing enough to listen to them? Hear from the co-founders of Five X More, and U...
This is Season 9 of Research for the Real World
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This season we'll be hearing from IOE experts covering incredibly interesting and important areas of research that involve communication and linguisti...
What if… we wanted to better equip young people to address climate change? | IOE Debates
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Environmental degradation is the global challenge of our times. As demonstrated vividly by the climate strikes among school pupils, many young people ...
In conversation with Dr Jamie Frost, winner of the COVID Hero award
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Frost created and runs the hugely influential and ground-breaking website for maths tuition Dr Frost Maths, which provides an online learning pl...
How to help young children with their reading | IOE Coffee Breaks
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Answering your questions about how children learn to read and how to nurture their interest in reading in and out of school, in IOE Coffee Breaks. The...
Discrimination and the gender pay gap | Research for the Real World
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A data-driven discussion with Professor Alex Bryson about the ways women and ethnic minorities experience discrimination in the labour market and what...
What can we do to help young people recover from the pandemic? | Coronavirus: The Whole Story
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As children across the UK start heading back to the classroom, Vivienne Parry speaks to Dr Amelia Roberts (UCL Institute of Education), and Professor ...
Representation and retention of Black, Asian and minority ethnic teachers | Research for the Real World
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Keri Wong hears from Dr Antonina Tereshchenko about the study she led investigating issues facing Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) teachers’...
The knowledge-led curriculum in turbulent times | IOE Coffee Breaks
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
IOE Coffee Breaks reviews the contemporary debate on the school curriculum. The past decade has seen a strong push towards a ‘knowledge-led’ curri...
Employment prospects, job quality, and the intensification of work | Research for the Real World
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How’s work going for you? Do you feel like you’re working harder than ever before and have little to show for it? We delve into the quality of a n...
Touch | #MadeAtUCL podcasts
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hear from Professor Carey Jewitt and doctoral researcher Lili Golmohammadi (UCL Institute of Education) on digital touch technologies and touchy vocab...
Pathways to employment, higher and further education for young people | Research for the Real World
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This season’s exploration of the world of work begins with a discussion about the transitions and trajectories available to teenagers. Dr Lynne Roge...
On teaching adults and learning from kids
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wherever you find culture, you find Caroline Marcus. She creates innovative programmes in museums and heritage settings, from the Royal Opera House to...
This is Season 8 of Research for the Real World
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We officially welcome our presenters Dr Keri Wong and Dr Sam Sims to the Research for the Real World podcast! Hear a little bit about them as we...
What if… we wanted to overcome COVID-19’s impact on girls’ access to education? | IOE Debates
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Girls’ access to education was already precarious in many parts of the world prior to COVID-19: around 130 million girls of school age were not in c...
How can we juggle parenting, home schooling and play? | Coronavirus: The Whole Story
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Discussing home-schooling and play, home-working, parenting - and how to juggle them all. With the latest announcement that schools won’t be reopeni...
The teacher who transformed girls education with QR coded textbooks
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
*This episode includes audio of a video shown during this event, some of which is not in English. You can access captions and subtitles with this vide...
The future of knowledge and the curriculum | Research for the Real World
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Jennie Golding joins the podcast to discuss how her experiences in mathematics education informs views on the ways the curriculum may change over t...
What if… we wanted all children to read for pleasure? | IOE Debates
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do we gain something in particular from reading fiction as well as non-fiction? And what about the role of digital technology, including audiobooks, i...
School subjects and the pursuit of truth | Research for the Real World
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores the debate around school curriculums and the value and nature of the knowledge that is gained by learners. Dr Keri Wong is joine...
Why do we need to focus on knowledge and the curriculum? | Research for the Real World
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We explore the central role that subject knowledge plays in education and hear why we need new thinking about how we understand knowledge and knowledg...
How is the pandemic reshaping the education debate? Part 2: the Americas and South Africa
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The immediate impact of COVID-19 on the education system was profound; it heavily disrupted classroom teaching, across all phases, and upended school ...