January 2026 - December 2029
Research Projects
Research Professional Futures (RPF)
While research professionals (RPs) play vital roles in the research ecosystem, research which focuses on the career pathways, cultures, experiences and development of research professionals is currently insufficient.
Time Odyssey: A Journey to Cultural Confidence
January 2026 - December 2028
Art Explora’s Time Odyssey programme connects KS2 pupils with national heritage through digital storytelling, in-museum quests, and targeted transport support.
Interdisciplinary hub to promote developmental recovery for infants
November 2025 - December 2026
This hub focuses on promoting optimal outcomes for infants who have had significant adverse early life experiences and whose cognitive, social and emotional development may have been impacted as a result.
Mapping participatory co-design in digital education: A systematic scoping of practices and principles
November 2025 - November 2026
This study investigates participatory ‘co-design’ practices for digital education in the UK.
Widening access to international student mobility
June 2025 - December 2026
The fellowship seeks to learn from national contexts outside the UK to help widen participation to short-term international student mobility
Predictors of listening and reading in multilingual and monolingual children: do text type and modality matter?
May 2025 - August 2027
Listening and reading are two core language skills in children’s learning.
Evaluating speech, communication, and language support at the 2- 2½ year Healthy Child review (ESCALATER)
May 2025 - November 2027
The ESCALATER Project aims to gain a comprehensive understanding of how health visiting services are identifying and supporting children’s speech language and communication needs including the tools and interventions they use and the effects these have on services, families and children.
Does higher education politicise today’s students?
May 2025 - October 2028
Through a longitudinal study of UK undergraduates, the project will explore the impact, if any, of higher education on students’ political views, knowledge and behaviour.
Enhancing Care Stability: the Hadley Research Initiative
April 2025 - September 2027
Research to understand what stability means for children in care, how stable care experiences are established and maintained, why children’s circumstances sometimes change, and how policy and practice can support positive and coherent care journeys.
Belonging in education: co-designing an evidence-informed model of practice
April 2025 - March 2027
Building on previous work, this project focuses on progressively working towards building more equitable and inclusive education systems, where belonging is the guiding principle.
Same But Different: Systems Of Smoothing Noun Entropy In Communication
January 2025 - January 2028
This project aims to explore how grammatical gender systems in language play a critical role in reducing the unpredictability of nouns.
EnteR: Enhancing Teacher Readiness
January 2025 - December 2026
How can we assess and develop professional attributes for teaching in Australian schools?