Schoolteachers and academics from Papua New Guinea have spent a fortnight in Oxford on an intensive course run by Oxford University's Department of Education in a bid to develop teacher...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
The Telegraph online, 25/06/2014, Graeme Paton Teachers in England are working longer hours than those in most other developed nations despite being badly paid and feeling “undervalued” by society, according...
Monday, June 30, 2014
The first report examines how young people in Y9 anticipate and plan for their futures and reveals a high degree of mystification about routes to higher education. The report will...
Monday, June 2, 2014
The Independent online, 28/05/2014, Richard Garner Children from poor backgrounds are at a double disadvantage if they go to private or voluntary nurseries and preschools, says a major study out...
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Professor Judy Sebba, Director of the Rees Centre, was invited to Buckingham Palace for the Royal Garden Party ‘…as a mark of our thanks for your services to children, young...
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Researchers from Oxford's Department of Education have contributed to a major report that examines the professional development of teachers in UK classrooms. Dr Katharine Burn and Trevor Mutton examined a...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Times Education Supplement, 14/05/2014, Unattributed Banning calculators from national tests in primary schools is a “backward step”, leading academics and researchers have warned. Academics from Oxford, Cambridge and Kings College,...
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Times Higher Education, 01/05/2014, Chris Parr According to the interim findings of a report by the British Council and the University of Oxford’s Department of Education, English is increasingly becoming...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Delegates from 15 different countries gathered in Oxford on 17th March to celebrate the launch of EMI Oxford. This new research centre at the Department of Education focusses on the...
Monday, March 31, 2014
Oxford Times, 20/03/2014, p.29, Reg Little Full-page feature and interview with Professor Ian Menter on the Leadership for Learning Programme, which he directs. The initiative seeks to provide leadership development for...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Professor Judy Sebba, Director of the Rees Centre for Research in Fostering and Education, was interviewed by BBC South Today and BBC Radio Oxford about the Rees Centre report, Effective parent-and-child fostering,...
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
