Campaigners say key stage 3 curriculum plays to misogny and teaches a ‘false version of the past’ The role of women in history goes far beyond Elizabeth I or Anne Boleyn, according to a campaign that seeks to add more female lives and achievements to the curriculum taught in England’s schools. Research by the group End Sexism in Schools found that women were largely absent from history taught in key stage 3, the first three years of secondary education in England. Monarchs were among only a handful of women mentioned by name alongside the suffragettes Emmeline Pankhurst and Emily Davison. Continue reading...

Professor Arthur Chapman has been elected Vice-Chair of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe, which promotes quality history education and teaching.

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

UCL has been named the ninth best university in the 2026 QS World University Rankings, the third year in a row the university has held this position.

New guidance states schools must not permit trans pupils to use the bathroom of their identified gender, but they still have a duty to safeguard them.

Investigative research projects in science are a form of practical work in which students have considerable control in respect of the question(s) they address and the ways in which they undertake t...

In December 2023 a UK Government Inquiry concluded that Ofsted, the English inspection regime, had ‘contributed’ to the death of a Headteacher, Ruth Perry, who ...

Research suggests that the inspection service in England, Ofsted, has negative impacts on teachers and creates a culture of fear and performativity. Of particular concern is Ofsted’s potential to h...

Accountability policy and its negative effects on teachers’ working lives and retention is internationally recognised as a problem in education with school evaluation and inspection being a particu...

‘Knowledge-rich’ curriculums will still be crucial in a world shaped by the technology