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Happy 100th New Year from the University of Oxford Department of Education!!! Join us this year as we celebrate 100 years leading research in education 🎉🎉🎉:
#Education100
#birthday
#centenary
@UniofOxford
@oxsocsci
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The Department of Education is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Victoria Murphy as Director of the Department of Education, University of Oxford.
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The Government’s ITT Market Review report threatens to undermine teacher education.
#TeachBest
@CamEdFac
Our response here:
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A big welcome to
@profbeckyallen
, Chief Analyst and a co-founder of
@TeacherTapp
, who joins the department as Honorary Research Fellow during our 100th anniversary year! More info: We look forward to working with you, Becky!
#Education100
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NEWS | Congratulations to Therese Hopfenbeck and Niall Winters who have been awarded the title of Professor following the
@UniofOxford
's 2019 Recognition of Distinction exercise:
@TNHopfenbeck
@nwin
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Read our statement regarding the Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Framework:
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We're delighted to announce we're launching our flagship public lecture series for this academic year on Monday. The theme for this term is Race and Education. The events are hybrid and open to everyone. Find out more on our website:
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New study by
@OxfordDeptofEd
researchers suggests International Baccalaureate students 'hold an advantage' in critical thinking.
Read more:
@iborganization
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Delighted to be ranked 4th in the world & 1st in Europe in the
@timeshighered
World University Rankings 2020 league for education subjects🙌! Spread the word + joy and come study with us this 2020-21! 📢🎉💫🥳✨
#THEunirankings
#THEWUR
@UniofOxford
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Home-schooling during COVID-19 | Department experts publish online resource to guide parents and teachers embarking on home-schooling amid the current coronavirus pandemic. Access in full here:
#unisupport
#remarkableresearch
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The Education Library
@bodleianlibs
is getting a new look over the summer ready for the new academic year. Check out our latest addition in the corridor - the Education tree! 🌳📚
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We're offering 11 scholarships for practitioners with offers for MSc in Learning and Teaching,MSc in Teacher Education,MSc in Applied Linguistics and Language Teaching,MSc in Educational Assessment or the MSc in Medical Education.Applications by March 1st:
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✨HELP THE NHS✨Today we’re donating all the PPE equipment from our science labs to the NHS, who are struggling to buy items such as gloves & safety googles. If you work in a school or university please share & see if you can donate supplies too!
#safetygoogles4NHS
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NEWS | Huge congratulations to our director Professor Jo-Anne Baird who received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bergen, Norway this week. The degree recognises Professor Baird's research within the field of assessment in education:
@oxsocsci
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Welcome to the
@UniofOxford
Department of Education twitter page! Follow us for all our news and event details + our latest research updates!
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Professor
@TNHopfenbeck
in traditional Norwegian clothing for her inaugural lecture this afternoon! Starts 5.30pm
@KelloggOx
. Full details: 🇳🇴
@OUCEA_OX
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Victoria Murphy
@vmurphyox
Announced Chair of the National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum
@EAL_naldic
#Oxford
#Education
#EAL
#Teaching
#Learning
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Magnolia season at Norham Gardens 🌸
🔊 Turn your volume up to hear the birds singing! 🐦
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Today we held an event to crown the winner of our best book cover competition - as voted for by library visitors.The competition included books written by our academics in the last year.
@MarielaNeagu
won with her book cover for “Voices from the silent cradles”. Congrats Mariela!
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New scholarship! 📢 The Reparative Futures of Education project is awarding two fully-funded doctoral scholarships based within our Department. Apply by 5 January to be eligible. Visit our website to learn more ➡
@arathings
@oxsocsci
#FindAPhD
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A warm
#WelcometoOxford
to all our new doctoral and MSc students starting today! Don't forget to share your first department experiences with us by using the
@OxfordDeptofEd
handler and the
#WelcometoOxford
hashtag! 🎉🥳🙌😀
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“The results of our REF21 submission reflect that we conduct the highest quality academic research in Education at the University of Oxford - research that has meaningful impact in our field. Congratulations to all our staff!” Professor Victoria Murphy, Director of Department
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Happy
#ValentinesDay
🌹
These red roses have been popping up around the Department today, thank you to the mystery person who brought them in!
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Many congratulations to our own Professor Kathy Sylva on her election as a
@BritishAcademy_
Fellow 👏 What an accomplishment and honour!
We're delighted to welcome 86 new Fellows to our world-leading Fellowship and to announce that Professor Julia Black CBE FBA will be our 31st President, succeeding Professor Sir David Cannadine:
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Today our doctoral students welcomed
@CamEdFac
students for the annual Oxford-Cambridge Education Exchange - a fantastic day of seminars, debates, networking and exploring Oxford! 🗨✨
#collaboration
#education
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Many thanks to Professor Julie Dockrell (
@IOE_London
) who gave a fantastic talk on evidence-based practice to support language in the early years this evening.
A recording of the event will be available soon!
#PublicSeminarSeries
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A huge welcome to all 194 of our new PGCE students who have started their teacher training with us this week & join during the dept's official 100th anniversary year! Here's to our next generation of secondary school teachers!🎉📚✍️
#WelcometoOxford
#Education100
#GetIntoTeaching
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Congratulations to our
#PGCE
students on finishing their course! To celebrate, we had a party at the Museum of Natural History yesterday 🎉
@morethanadodo
@UniofOxford
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A group of science educators from the department will be presenting their latest research at the 2023 European Science Education Research Association Conference from 28 Aug-1 Sept in Cappadocia, Turkey. View the full programme ➡
#ESERA2023
@ESERA_org
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NEW RESEARCH | Department to lead £2.55m grant to investigate impact of UK school exclusions. The multi-disciplinary project funded by
@ESRC
& in partnership with
@QUBelfast
@EdinburghUni
@cardiffuni
@LSEnews
begins today:
@oxsocsci
@UniofOxford
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Welcome back to
#TrinityTerm
at the Department of Education! Wishing all our staff and students a great term ahead ☀
Keep an eye on our website for all our upcoming events this term:
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New research shows how studying the
#humanities
can benefit young people’s future careers and prepare them for changes and uncertainty in the labour market 📚🎓
@SKOPEOxford
@ResearchCGHE
@OxHumanities
Read more ➡
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Join Professor Arathi Sriprakash
@SOEBristol
for the annual Equity, Diversity and Belonging lecture on 3 May.
Professor Sriprakash will explore how the idea of reparation can help address the injustices of
#education
systems.
More details:
@arathings
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Congratulations to Professor Simon Marginson FBA on being elected a Fellow of the
@BritishAcademy_
. Professor Marginson's research focuses on
#HigherEducation
and knowledge in political economy, governance, society and culture
@ResearchCGHE
@oxsocsci
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Join Professor Julie Dockrell (
@IOE_London
) on 4 March for a talk on evidence-based practice to support oral language in the early years
Register to attend in-person ➡
Or join us online➡
#EdChat
#EarlyYears
#PublicSeminarSeries
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Congratulations to Dr Ann Childs and Dr
@ariel_lindorff
on receiving
@oxsocsci
Teaching Exellence Awards in recognition of the outstanding contribution they have made to teaching within the Department and the Social Sciences Division.
Read more 👉
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Professor Jo-Anne Baird has been appointed to an expert group on funding for educational research by
@BERANews
. The group will investigate and report on funding trends and their implications for the sector and key funders 📈🔎
Read more ➡ …
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Join Professor Harry Daniels for a seminar on 'Exclusion from school: who benefits?' on 22 September. The talk will draw on insights from the
@ExcludedLives
project. More details ➡
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Many congratulations to Jessica Briggs Baffoe-Djan (Department Course Director) & Neil Harrison (Senior Researcher & Deputy Director
@ReesCentre
) who have both been awarded the title of Associate Professor!
@AppLingJess
@DrNeilHarrison
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Our public seminar series will be a little different this Michaelmas Term - like many things. We'll be sad not to see you in person, but at least going virtual means that you can catch up with the latest research from the comfort of your own home/office!
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#MichaelmasTerm
is in full swing at the Department of Education as we welcome our new PGCE, MSc and DPhil students! Wishing everyone a great term ahead 🍁✨
#WelcomeToOxford
@UniofOxford
@oxsocsci
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GOOD NEWS | We are delighted to announce that
@lizwonna
will be joining us as Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics from 1 September in conjunction with
@StJohnsOx
! Discover the programmes and research Liz will be involved in here 👉
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TOP ANNOUNCEMENT | Department receives "outstanding" rating for teacher training across all performance categories in latest
@Ofstednews
report. Results come ahead of 100th anniversary year 🎉🔖📚💫
@UniofOxford
@OxfordGradStudy
#Oxford
#teachertraining
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Read about Oscar Urmeneta's student story on his inspiring MSc Teaching and Learning course experience before he embarked on our Dphil (doctoral) course 👉
#getintoteaching
#loveteaching
#MScTeaching
#TeachingCourses
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In a slight change to the billed speakers, we're thrilled to have
@IramSammar
at our next Public Lecture Series event on Monday, who will be joining
@dannydorling
&
@Steve_Puttick
. Full details on our website:
#event
#education
@GeographySalaam
@JJtodd1966
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Curious about the teachings of Empire, Migration & Belonging?
Explore these topics with a full scholarship in our MSc Learning & Teaching Programme.
Apply by 15th April 👇.
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Filming is well underway for a new video showcasing the Department of Education! Here is a
#BehindTheScenes
look at our interview with Professor
@vmurphyox
🎥🎬
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📣 SAVE THE DATES 📆 Clear out your diary for Monday evenings, because our public seminar series is back this Michaelmas Term! Discover the latest research in the field of education from the Department and beyond
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“if care-experienced students complete their degree programme, they are just as likely to secure a graduate job or move on to postgraduate study as other graduates with similar qualifications”
@DrNeilHarrison
speaks with
@elliebothwell
|
@timeshighered
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Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
!
On
#IWD2023
, we’re celebrating the women of the Department of Education including our Director, Professor Victoria Murphy, who emphasises the importance of
#education
in reducing inequality.
#EmbraceEquity
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Congratulations to the “Effective Provision of Preschool, Primary and Secondary Education” (EPPSE) study team on winning
@BERANews
' Public Engagement and Impact Award for their work transforming Early Education policy and practice 👏🎉
Read more ➡
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Tonight we celebrated the launch of our fantastic new Common Room and cafe, which has been named 'Pring's' after the department's first Professor of Education and former Director, Richard Pring 🎉🎉🎉
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✨100/100✨ Happy New Year! As 2019 comes to a close, so too does our year of celebrating 100 years of excellence as the Department of Education. It's been an action-packed year! Catch up with our most-read news stories here: And here's to the next
#100
!
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Take a listen to
@Baird_jo_anne
's interview about the infamous "A Levels algorithm" on BBC Radio 4 earlier today (11:03-15:18)
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The Department of Education
@uniofoxford
is proud to support the
#BlackAcademicFutures
scholarship programme which offers support for up to 30 UK Black & Mixed-Black students to pursue graduate studies in 22-23.
📋📢Deadline on 7 Jan 22: apply here⬇⬇:
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The next public seminar on Monday will see our Department's Aliya Khalid talking on 'Locating aspirations and capabilities within the global politics of ‘Representation’ in comparative and international education: Journeying with gender and Southernness’:
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Wishing everyone a well-deserved festive break! We'll be back in 2022!
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📢A new seminar series📢
Global Public Seminars in Comparative and International Education with
@MChankseliani
&
@StEdmundHall
, which will address major themes for those working in the field of education
⏰Wed's: 3-4pm
📅5 May - 28 July
Full programme👉
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Happy 10th Anniversary to the
@ReesCentre
. What a brilliant event tonight celebrating an amazing decade of achievements!
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✨MOST DOWNLOADED✨| Congratulations to the department's
@vmurphyox
&
@AnninaHessel
whose publication exploring EAL learners’ metaphor comprehension has been named 1 of the Journal of Child Language's most downloaded articles of 2019:
@StAnnesCollege
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Meet Lewis! A regular visitor to our department with owner
@Baird_jo_anne
. Lewis popped to Norham Gardens after a swim to celebrate
#NationalDogDay
with us 🐶
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Our laburnum tree is looking glorious in the sunshine today ☀
@UniofOxford
#SummerIsOnItsWay
#FridayFeeling
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Much very well deserved 🎇CONGRATULATIONS🎆
to all our Masters students who are celebrating their results!
🎉Well done to you all! 🎉
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ADMISSIONS UPDATE | Our buildings may currently be closed but we are still open & fully operating by online means! Don't miss out on your chance to study with us this year. It's our people who make our dept the no.1 place to study Education in Europe✨🙌:
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How do teachers foster students’ creativity and curiosity? 🤔 That's the big question the
@OxfordDeptofEd
Promising Practices Research Team is investigating. Check out the new videos and infographics here 👉
@Foundation_JF
@OUCEA_OX
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What should a high quality content framework for teacher education look like?
Read this new
@BERANews
blog from Dr Trevor Mutton,
@DrClareBrooks
and
@mcintyre_jo
⬇
📝 NEW BLOG POST
The teacher education content framework we really need
@DrClareBrooks
Read article here:
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Research has shown that a 1st language is impacted upon exposure to a 2nd language -so do we still need a ‘monolingual standard’ in research on bilingualism?
📢Join Prof Antonella Sorace from
@EdinUniLEL
next Monday (25 Jan) at 5pm to learn more
👉
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Professor
@Baird_jo_anne
's chapter in new book 'Teacher Education in Crisis' offers a personal reflection on policy negotiation in initial teacher education in England. Read the chapter available open-access now ➡
#edutwitter
What’s gone on in teacher education in England, especially since 2019, is worthy of much wider examination *in England* & internationally. This new book - FREE/
#OA
from
@BloomsburyAcEd
- documents what has happened, why - and why other countries should beware:
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‘It is an honour to be elected to the
@BritishAcademy_
at a time when research in the Humanities and Social Sciences is contributing to an inter-disciplinary response to health and social challenges' - Professor Kathy Sylva reacting to her election
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Today we've announced nine new scholarships to support practising educators. Find out the details on our website:
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Have you signed up for our first
#PublicSeminarSeries
talk of the academic year? We're excited to welcome Andreas Schleicher (
@OECD
) for a talk on 'Educating learners for the future - not our past' on 16 October. Join us in-person or online. Register ➡
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We are proud to be ranked 3rd in the world and 1st in the UK for education in
@timeshighered
's World University Rankings 2024 🎉 Come and study with us in 2024!
@UniofOxford
@oxsocsci
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We've just had a fantastic opening event for our
#PublicSeminarSeries
where we heard from
@Ofstednews
Chief Inspector
@amanda_spielman
. Thank you Amanda. Here she is (centre) pictured with the Department's Michelle Meadows and
@Baird_jo_anne
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Congratulations to
@_LisaCherry
, DPhil student and Director of
@TICSltd
, on being named one of the Top 100 Changemakers in
@BigIssue
🎉
Read the article online ➡ or pop into our library! 📚
So sweet to read of
@_LisaCherry
and
@TICSltd
in
@BigIssue
this week ✨Have (not so) sneakily put a copy in
@OxfordDeptofEd
's Library... Have a look folks💛
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Best of luck to all our 2019-20
#PGCE
interns for their
#firstdayofschool
this week, the beginning of their new teaching careers: no doubt it won't be quite what you'd imagined, but there's now even more of a difference to be made in young people's lives.
#EducationMatters
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We're pleased to be welcoming
@edmmills
of
@IOE_London
to the dept on 27 Jan as part of our Public Seminar Series focusing on Exclusion From School And Its your place at his seminar 'Alternative Provision & School Exclusions' here 👉
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The British Educational Research Association (BERA) has named the
@UniofOxford
's Teacher Education & Professional Learning group as this year’s joint winner of its prestigious Public Engagement and Impact Award.
Congratulations! 🎉
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We were delighted to hear from Professor Arathi Sriprakash (
@arathings
) at our annual Equity, Diversity and Belonging Lecture last night in Oxford. Read all about it on our website:
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We’re proud to announce the TOP 5 WINNERS of the 1st International
#YidanPrizeDoctoralConference
with
@TheYidanPrize
. Huge congratulations to Aneyn O’Grady, Junping Ciu, Lydia Lymperis, McQueen Sum & Ziyun Deng! Your exemplary work has impressed the judges. Well done!
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The
@OxDeaneryEdu
course on supporting students with English as an Additional Language was a great success with input from
@vmurphyox
,
@hwc001
,
@faidrafait
and Steve Strand. Here is Dr Hamish Chalmers discussing multilingualism in the classroom 🌍📚
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Thank you so much to
@leesaw2
for talking at our final
#PublicSeminarSeries
of the term. It was a really informative session which led to lots of debate on micro-credentials. If you missed it, the recording will be available on our website this week:
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Congratulations to the department's Trevor Mutton (Director of Professional Programmes and the
@OxDeaneryEdu
) who's been elected Vice Chair of The Universities' Council for the Education of Teachers
@UCET_UK
. Read more 👉
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Fantastic event tonight, thank you so much to
@Steve_Puttick
(pictured right with chair
@NigelFancourt
) for the brilliant talk 'Future ETC: spaces, places and knowledges'. Next Monday join us for Michael Reiss' talk ‘Truth, Science Education and Vaccines’:
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HOT OFF THE PRESS | Our 2018-19 annual report has arrived! The report documents the department's activities and achievements across the last academic year. Highlights range from research outputs & impacts to our
#Education100
celebrations 💫. Download now:
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NEWS: Students in the UK have higher than average levels of maths, reading and science, new PISA reports led by our Department
@OUCEA_OX
and
@Pearson_UK
have revealed
Find out the full results ➡
@oxsocsci
@UniofOxford
@OECD
#PISA2022
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Many thanks to
@AkshayMangla
from
@OxfordSBS
who gave a facinating talk tonight as part of our Public Seminar Series, chaired by our very own Sonali Nag. Professor Mangla talked about the work and findings of his book 'Making Bureaucracy Work'.
#thoughtprovoking
#publicseminars
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NEW REPORT |
@ExcludedLives
launch 'School Exclusion Risks after COVID-19' a new report exploring the educational disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic & how this has produced potential new & heightened risks for school exclusions. Read in full👉
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Book your place on our free Public Seminar on Alternative Provision in England & Wales: ALTERNATIVE PROVISION: WHO IS IT FOR?
@profchristaylor
@alice_tawell
@danowened
@prusapuk
@PhoenixEdSarah
@ProfSallyPower
@ExcludedLives
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New publication! A systematic review of
#teacher
identity in teachers' professional lives, co-authored by Dr Emma Rawlings Smith (
@Geography_Emma
)
📚 Read the paper ➡
👀 Look out for a workshop on this research at
#BERA2023
in September
@BERANews
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Researchers from our department and
@oiioxford
have been awarded funding from the
@ESRC
, part of
@UKRI_News
, to look at the impact of technology on educational and social equity in schools in England.
Read more on our website:
#research
#education
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