Professor Zachary Walker
@drzacharywalker.bsky.social
Professor and Head of UCL IOE Psychology and Human Development. Advance HE Principal Fellow. Professional Coach, Keynote Speaker, and Training Facilitator.
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📢 The Call for Papers for LICIE 2026 is now open!
🌍 LICIE brings together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from around the world to share innovative approaches to inclusive education.
🗓️ Submission deadline: Saturday 31 January 2026
🔗 Visit licie.co.uk for further details.
🌍 LICIE brings together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers from around the world to share innovative approaches to inclusive education.
🗓️ Submission deadline: Saturday 31 January 2026
🔗 Visit licie.co.uk for further details.
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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So great to spend time with my fellow HODs last night…. Thankful for great @ioe.bsky.social college us.
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
So great to spend time with my fellow HODs last night…. Thankful for great @ioe.bsky.social college us.
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The latest newsletter from the @ucl-ioe-cie.bsky.social is out!
Read it here to find out more about some of the exciting research, policy work and events happening in the centre!
Read it here to find out more about some of the exciting research, policy work and events happening in the centre!
CIE Fall 2025 Newsletter
Welcome to the autumn 2025 edition of the Centre for Inclusive Education newsletter.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The latest newsletter from the @ucl-ioe-cie.bsky.social is out!
Read it here to find out more about some of the exciting research, policy work and events happening in the centre!
Read it here to find out more about some of the exciting research, policy work and events happening in the centre!
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On Tuesday 11 Nov, 4-5pm, I’ll talk at nasen ’s twilight online session. I’ll discuss the role of resourced provision in the inclusion of students with SEND with examples from a RP toolkit. You can register here nasen.org.uk/events/twili...
@cri-uos.bsky.social #resourcedprovision #specialistunits
@cri-uos.bsky.social #resourcedprovision #specialistunits
Twilight Talk: Resourced Provision in Mainstream Schools to Promote the Inclusion of Students With SEND
This session will be delivered by Dr Vasilis Strogilos
nasen.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On Tuesday 11 Nov, 4-5pm, I’ll talk at nasen ’s twilight online session. I’ll discuss the role of resourced provision in the inclusion of students with SEND with examples from a RP toolkit. You can register here nasen.org.uk/events/twili...
@cri-uos.bsky.social #resourcedprovision #specialistunits
@cri-uos.bsky.social #resourcedprovision #specialistunits
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The call for abstracts for the 2026 London International Conference on Inclusive Education is now open! 👏👏
Submit your proposal and join us for what promises to be another fantastic conference, bringing together colleagues from around the world working on #InclusiveEducation.
licie.co.uk
Submit your proposal and join us for what promises to be another fantastic conference, bringing together colleagues from around the world working on #InclusiveEducation.
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Your main source of information for the London International Conference on Inclusive Education (LICIE)
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November 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The call for abstracts for the 2026 London International Conference on Inclusive Education is now open! 👏👏
Submit your proposal and join us for what promises to be another fantastic conference, bringing together colleagues from around the world working on #InclusiveEducation.
licie.co.uk
Submit your proposal and join us for what promises to be another fantastic conference, bringing together colleagues from around the world working on #InclusiveEducation.
licie.co.uk
It has been a pleasure to spend the last two days in Rome with school leaders from all over Europe discussing leadership in education. My keynote and workshop were a lot of fun and it was great to interact with so many old friends and meet so many new ones. Well done ESHA for putting this together!
October 31, 2025 at 9:05 AM
It has been a pleasure to spend the last two days in Rome with school leaders from all over Europe discussing leadership in education. My keynote and workshop were a lot of fun and it was great to interact with so many old friends and meet so many new ones. Well done ESHA for putting this together!
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#CRAEwebinar #archive
“I liked school, but school didn’t like me” with Jo Billington (14-Nov-24)
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“I liked school, but school didn’t like me” with Jo Billington (14-Nov-24)
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@drjobillington.bsky.social
“I liked school, but school didn’t like me” with Jo Billington (14-Nov-24)
There is much literature which shows that autistic pupils in mainstream schools in England are much more likely than their non-autistic peers to experience academic underachievement, formal and informal exclusion, bullying and victimisation, and poor mental health. However, how autistic children and
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October 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
#CRAEwebinar #archive
“I liked school, but school didn’t like me” with Jo Billington (14-Nov-24)
www.youtube.com/watc...
@drjobillington.bsky.social
“I liked school, but school didn’t like me” with Jo Billington (14-Nov-24)
www.youtube.com/watc...
@drjobillington.bsky.social
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The call for abstracts for the 2026 London International Conference on Inclusive Education is now open! 👏👏
Submit your proposal and join us for what promises to be another fantastic conference!
All details at licie.co.uk
Submit your proposal and join us for what promises to be another fantastic conference!
All details at licie.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The call for abstracts for the 2026 London International Conference on Inclusive Education is now open! 👏👏
Submit your proposal and join us for what promises to be another fantastic conference!
All details at licie.co.uk
Submit your proposal and join us for what promises to be another fantastic conference!
All details at licie.co.uk
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There's a lot of bad right now and certainly a lot of difficult. Overwhelming to take in, really, even though we must.
But in the classroom? There is so much good. Kids are good.
So, so good.
But in the classroom? There is so much good. Kids are good.
So, so good.
September 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
There's a lot of bad right now and certainly a lot of difficult. Overwhelming to take in, really, even though we must.
But in the classroom? There is so much good. Kids are good.
So, so good.
But in the classroom? There is so much good. Kids are good.
So, so good.
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I said goodbye to one of my favourite ever colleagues on their last day today. Just a profoundly great person to work with, who I’d never have got to know if we hadn’t worked together. And I’m so glad we did, but urgh we do not talk enough about the grief of losing a very good colleague!!
August 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I said goodbye to one of my favourite ever colleagues on their last day today. Just a profoundly great person to work with, who I’d never have got to know if we hadn’t worked together. And I’m so glad we did, but urgh we do not talk enough about the grief of losing a very good colleague!!
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What an inspiring 3 days at #LICIE2025 discussing #InclusiveEducation with colleagues from around the world, brilliantly captured by live illustrator Georgia Cowley.
Save the date and join us #LICIE2026, happening on July 27, 28, 29 2026 at @ioe.bsky.social @ucl-ioe-cie.bsky.social!
Save the date and join us #LICIE2026, happening on July 27, 28, 29 2026 at @ioe.bsky.social @ucl-ioe-cie.bsky.social!
July 31, 2025 at 10:35 AM
What an inspiring 3 days at #LICIE2025 discussing #InclusiveEducation with colleagues from around the world, brilliantly captured by live illustrator Georgia Cowley.
Save the date and join us #LICIE2026, happening on July 27, 28, 29 2026 at @ioe.bsky.social @ucl-ioe-cie.bsky.social!
Save the date and join us #LICIE2026, happening on July 27, 28, 29 2026 at @ioe.bsky.social @ucl-ioe-cie.bsky.social!
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Insightful keynote from Prof Jo Van Herwegen on day 3 of #LICIE2025, exploring how research can inform practice for students with #SEND and the potential of tailored strategies to enhance learning.
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July 31, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Insightful keynote from Prof Jo Van Herwegen on day 3 of #LICIE2025, exploring how research can inform practice for students with #SEND and the potential of tailored strategies to enhance learning.
@ucl-ioe-cie.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
@ucl-ioe-cie.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
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Final touches before the big day!
Preparation for #LICIE2025 has been full of energy with LICIE core team and all the wonderful volunteers (including the youngest ones!). We're ready to welcome over 300 participants from around the world and kick off a powerful celebration of inclusion on Monday!
Preparation for #LICIE2025 has been full of energy with LICIE core team and all the wonderful volunteers (including the youngest ones!). We're ready to welcome over 300 participants from around the world and kick off a powerful celebration of inclusion on Monday!
July 27, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Final touches before the big day!
Preparation for #LICIE2025 has been full of energy with LICIE core team and all the wonderful volunteers (including the youngest ones!). We're ready to welcome over 300 participants from around the world and kick off a powerful celebration of inclusion on Monday!
Preparation for #LICIE2025 has been full of energy with LICIE core team and all the wonderful volunteers (including the youngest ones!). We're ready to welcome over 300 participants from around the world and kick off a powerful celebration of inclusion on Monday!
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Special Issue edited by Andy Tolmie, Cristina Rodríguez, Roberto Ferreira @ me! Cultural & contextual variations in translation of research into teaching practice. We encourage contributions from low income countries (APC arrangements/adjustments possible).
www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
Frontiers | Educational Neuroscience: Approaches to Translation into Practice in Different Cultural Contexts
In the realm of educational neuroscience, significant strides have been made over the past three decades to understand how cognitive and neural processes aff...
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July 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Special Issue edited by Andy Tolmie, Cristina Rodríguez, Roberto Ferreira @ me! Cultural & contextual variations in translation of research into teaching practice. We encourage contributions from low income countries (APC arrangements/adjustments possible).
www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
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Two weeks left to apply to our GDip in Habilitation and Disabilities of Sight!
Gain training to learn how to support, plan, carry out and evaluate the habilitation skills of children and young people with vision impairment(s) in home, public and educational settings.
Gain training to learn how to support, plan, carry out and evaluate the habilitation skills of children and young people with vision impairment(s) in home, public and educational settings.
Specialist Qualification in Habilitation and Disabilities of Sight (Children and Young People) Grad Dip
The Specialist Qualification in Habilitation and Disabilities of Sight (Children and Young People) Graduate Diploma trains students to become Qualified Habilitation Specialists. An interim award, the…
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July 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Two weeks left to apply to our GDip in Habilitation and Disabilities of Sight!
Gain training to learn how to support, plan, carry out and evaluate the habilitation skills of children and young people with vision impairment(s) in home, public and educational settings.
Gain training to learn how to support, plan, carry out and evaluate the habilitation skills of children and young people with vision impairment(s) in home, public and educational settings.
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Stephen Colbert is a profoundly good and deeply talented man with a great staff and an excellent show. They all deserve better.
July 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Stephen Colbert is a profoundly good and deeply talented man with a great staff and an excellent show. They all deserve better.
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‘The key change has been the way that developmental work has embraced complexity’
Professor Andrew Tolmie is retiring from University College London in September…
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Professor Andrew Tolmie is retiring from University College London in September…
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‘The key change has been the way that developmental work has embraced complexity’ | BPS
Professor Andrew Tolmie is retiring from University College London in September…
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July 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
‘The key change has been the way that developmental work has embraced complexity’
Professor Andrew Tolmie is retiring from University College London in September…
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Professor Andrew Tolmie is retiring from University College London in September…
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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In June @scastrokemp.bsky.social spoke to the House of Commons on strengthening SEND provision in England.
@ucl-ioe-cie.bsky.social
She highlighted the need for:
• a needs-based approach
• early childhood intervention
• sustained professional development for schools
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@ucl-ioe-cie.bsky.social
She highlighted the need for:
• a needs-based approach
• early childhood intervention
• sustained professional development for schools
uclioe.info/44MjMoX
Building high-quality SEND provision across England
Dr Susana Castro-Kemp gave evidence to UK Parliament on how to strengthen special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision through early childhood intervention and a needs-based approach.
uclioe.info
July 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
In June @scastrokemp.bsky.social spoke to the House of Commons on strengthening SEND provision in England.
@ucl-ioe-cie.bsky.social
She highlighted the need for:
• a needs-based approach
• early childhood intervention
• sustained professional development for schools
uclioe.info/44MjMoX
@ucl-ioe-cie.bsky.social
She highlighted the need for:
• a needs-based approach
• early childhood intervention
• sustained professional development for schools
uclioe.info/44MjMoX
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How can we better support individuals living with #dyslexia?
We spoke to @drrebeccagordon.bsky.social (@ioe.bsky.social) to find out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
We spoke to @drrebeccagordon.bsky.social (@ioe.bsky.social) to find out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
July 14, 2025 at 10:08 AM
How can we better support individuals living with #dyslexia?
We spoke to @drrebeccagordon.bsky.social (@ioe.bsky.social) to find out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
We spoke to @drrebeccagordon.bsky.social (@ioe.bsky.social) to find out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
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🎧 UK parents & preschool teachers!
Join our interactive workshop on young children’s media use.
🎓 Learn what research says
🗣 Share your experience
🛠 Co-create guidance for others
🎁 £10 voucher for your time!
🔗 www.bit.ly/00mediaworkshop
#parenting #earlyyears #digitalmedia #edtech #preschool
Join our interactive workshop on young children’s media use.
🎓 Learn what research says
🗣 Share your experience
🛠 Co-create guidance for others
🎁 £10 voucher for your time!
🔗 www.bit.ly/00mediaworkshop
#parenting #earlyyears #digitalmedia #edtech #preschool
July 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🎧 UK parents & preschool teachers!
Join our interactive workshop on young children’s media use.
🎓 Learn what research says
🗣 Share your experience
🛠 Co-create guidance for others
🎁 £10 voucher for your time!
🔗 www.bit.ly/00mediaworkshop
#parenting #earlyyears #digitalmedia #edtech #preschool
Join our interactive workshop on young children’s media use.
🎓 Learn what research says
🗣 Share your experience
🛠 Co-create guidance for others
🎁 £10 voucher for your time!
🔗 www.bit.ly/00mediaworkshop
#parenting #earlyyears #digitalmedia #edtech #preschool
Great work @geowalshe.bsky.social !
So excited to collect the hard copies of the
@ucl-cccse.bsky.social report: 'Climate change and sustainable development education in Egypt', ready for our policy roundtable on 15 July. Last few places available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-ch... @ioe.bsky.social @cpaucl.bsky.social
@ucl-cccse.bsky.social report: 'Climate change and sustainable development education in Egypt', ready for our policy roundtable on 15 July. Last few places available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/climate-ch... @ioe.bsky.social @cpaucl.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Great work @geowalshe.bsky.social !
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Congratulations to @vassilisside.bsky.social on winning @ucl.ac.uk's Research Technical Professional of the Year Award at the Technical Showcase at UCL East! 🥳
Read an interview with Vassilis on UCL's Spotlight On series here:
Read an interview with Vassilis on UCL's Spotlight On series here:
Spotlight on... Vassilis Sideropoulos
This week we chat to Vassilis Sideropoulos, Senior Research Technical Professional in the Department of Psychology and Human Development, and winner of UCL’s Research Technical Professional of the…
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July 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Congratulations to @vassilisside.bsky.social on winning @ucl.ac.uk's Research Technical Professional of the Year Award at the Technical Showcase at UCL East! 🥳
Read an interview with Vassilis on UCL's Spotlight On series here:
Read an interview with Vassilis on UCL's Spotlight On series here:
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Dr Gisele Dias, Dr Zoë Gallant and Dr Mário Bevilaqua have launched the Voices in Education podcast!
In the first episode, Gisele and Zoë recount their visit to @columbiauniversity.bsky.social and interview Professor Felicia Moore Mensah on race and education.
Listen here!
In the first episode, Gisele and Zoë recount their visit to @columbiauniversity.bsky.social and interview Professor Felicia Moore Mensah on race and education.
Listen here!
Is everybody a teacher?
Voices in Education · Episode
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July 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Dr Gisele Dias, Dr Zoë Gallant and Dr Mário Bevilaqua have launched the Voices in Education podcast!
In the first episode, Gisele and Zoë recount their visit to @columbiauniversity.bsky.social and interview Professor Felicia Moore Mensah on race and education.
Listen here!
In the first episode, Gisele and Zoë recount their visit to @columbiauniversity.bsky.social and interview Professor Felicia Moore Mensah on race and education.
Listen here!
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This week, we held our yearly #PsychedinEd conference!
It was wonderful to have colleagues, students and collaborators join us for a celebration of the impactful work happening in our department to address key challenges in education and society - and our yearly #PsychedinEd bake off!🙌
#WeAreIOE
It was wonderful to have colleagues, students and collaborators join us for a celebration of the impactful work happening in our department to address key challenges in education and society - and our yearly #PsychedinEd bake off!🙌
#WeAreIOE
July 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This week, we held our yearly #PsychedinEd conference!
It was wonderful to have colleagues, students and collaborators join us for a celebration of the impactful work happening in our department to address key challenges in education and society - and our yearly #PsychedinEd bake off!🙌
#WeAreIOE
It was wonderful to have colleagues, students and collaborators join us for a celebration of the impactful work happening in our department to address key challenges in education and society - and our yearly #PsychedinEd bake off!🙌
#WeAreIOE
We are looking forward to having you!
Not long until this conference.
I am really looking forward to presenting with a colleague from @libertytrust.bsky.social
We will be sharing the curriculum dev journey, mixed methods evaluation and impact.
😊
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I am really looking forward to presenting with a colleague from @libertytrust.bsky.social
We will be sharing the curriculum dev journey, mixed methods evaluation and impact.
😊
bsky.app/profile/ucl-...
Registration for the London International Conference on Inclusive Education closes today! 🌏
Join us on July 28-30 as we exchange ideas, challenge assumptions, and work towards a more inclusive future for all learners 💡
Get your ticket now at www.licie.co.uk
Join us on July 28-30 as we exchange ideas, challenge assumptions, and work towards a more inclusive future for all learners 💡
Get your ticket now at www.licie.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We are looking forward to having you!