Podcasts
Design and practice: a study of the design, build and occupation of new schools
2 February 2026
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Production tasks underestimate the grammatical abilities of sequential bilingual children
The seminar will look at the acquisition of definiteness in sequential bilingual (L2) children, children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI), and agematched typically developing (TD) children across three languages: English, Dutch, and Greek.
2 February 2026
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Contrasting the dynamics of English and Finnish education policymaking
The presentation aims to understand and contrast the dynamics in English and Finnish education policymaking.
2 February 2026
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Mobile learning in global health training. What about social justice?
The talk will present the background to the project and position his research at the intersection of education, health, technology and social justice.
2 February 2026
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Does being in care provide protection or increase risk? Understanding the outcomes of children in care
Professor Janet Boddy will talk about the European Perspectives on Outcomes and Everyday Lives for Young People in Care project.
2 February 2026
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English language policy and educational planning: Issues and concerns in Asian contexts
This presentation discusses a number of current issues and concerns relating to English Language policies with particular attention to educational contexts in Asia.
2 February 2026
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Education, language and the social brain
In recent years, researchers in evolutionary psychology and anthropology have proposed that we have evolved with “social brains” that enable us to manage complex social relationships.
2 February 2026
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Modalities and mechanisms of effective school inspections
School inspections are assumed to have a great impact on what students learn and how they learn it but the intermediate steps between inspection and eventual student learning outcomes are vague.
2 February 2026
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The death of human capital: why there are no exceptions
Human capital theory has dominated the understanding of the relationship of education to work.
2 February 2026
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The rise and rise of testing and use of assessment data in Australia
In 2008 testing became high stakes in Australia and since that time we have witnessed the rise of a major industry with the emergence of readily available practice tests for purchase, increased provision of online resources and burgeoning tutoring services focused on National Assessment Program – Literacy And Numeracy (NAPLAN) style tests.
2 February 2026
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Developing a Dialogic Approach to Early Secondary School Science and Mathematics Teaching: insights and findings from the epiSTEMe project.
The Effecting Principled Improvement in STEM Education (epiSTEMe) project designed and trialled a research-informed intervention which sought to incorporate a dialogic component within the teaching of early-secondary science and mathematics.
2 February 2026
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Are there some questions that can’t be answered? The limits of research in teacher education
This year will see the publication of no fewer than four highprofile reports into different aspects of teacher education (BERARSA, UUK, IFS/Nuffield, DFE Carter Review).
2 February 2026
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