A Department of Education study says children’s centres across England have successfully reached out to support vulnerable families in disadvantaged communities, especially in supporting parenting skills and confidence. More information... See also:...
Monday, December 21, 2015
Pam Sammons, Kati Toth and Kathy Sylva have published a second report funded by the Sutton Trust. The study follows up the EPPSE sample to age 18 and investigates the...
Monday, December 14, 2015
The Bodleian Education Library team is being recognised for a project which uses technological solutions to help students locate reading list items and reference their work correctly. The team worked...
Monday, November 30, 2015
SecEd (Main), 19/11/2015, p.4, Emma Lee-Potter Arts-based activities like acting and photography are hugely beneficial for youngsters who are disaffected with school, new research has found. A study carried out...
Monday, November 30, 2015
Oxfordshire County Council in collaboration with the Rees Centre launched its Fostering Friendly Policy on Thursday 19th November at the Department of Education. The policy commits employers to making it...
Friday, November 20, 2015
Professor Kathy Sylva was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Gothenburg on 16 October. Professor Roger Saljo, Dean of the Faculty of Education, said the award was 'in...
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
The Department of Education's Professor Victoria Murphy is currently featured on the University's Research in conversation webpages. In the profile, Professor Murphy, discusses her interdisciplinary work with other Departments in the...
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Simon Bayliss, PGCE alumnus and current MLT student has won a Silver Teaching Award for Outstanding New Teacher of the Year in the Pearson Teaching Awards 2015. He teaches science at...
Monday, October 19, 2015
Portrait painting by Beth Marsden Jerome Bruner, psychologist and educator, turns 100 on 1st October! Bruner was closely associated with the Department where he led the SSRC (now ESRC) Oxford...
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Closing the educational attainment gaps at schools in England Research by the Department of Education at Oxford University shows gaps in educational achievement at age 16 have decreased substantially over...
Monday, August 3, 2015
In Trinity term 2015, in a joint effort with the Social Sciences Division, the department organised a high-profile seminar series on Impact and Knowledge Exchange in an Evolving Research Environment....
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
On Tuesday 23 June the House of Commons spent 1:20 minutes debating support for pupil with English as an Additional Language (EAL). The debate was secured by Stewart Jackson, MP...
Tuesday, July 7, 2015