Department of Education, University of Oxford
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Latest updates from the Department of Education, @ox.ac.uk
Latest updates from the Department of Education, @ox.ac.uk
Thank you to Dr Joanne Caddy (@oecd-ocde.bsky.social) for an insightful public seminar yesterday, exploring how we can build skills for citizen participation as an essential element of democratic resilience and renewal 🗳️
Catch up with the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxpJ...
Catch up with the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxpJ...
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Thank you to Dr Joanne Caddy (@oecd-ocde.bsky.social) for an insightful public seminar yesterday, exploring how we can build skills for citizen participation as an essential element of democratic resilience and renewal 🗳️
Catch up with the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxpJ...
Catch up with the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxpJ...
📢 Join Martin Unger for a seminar on the Reflections on the Social Dimension in the European Higher Education Area.
Martin will discuss the developments of inclusion and equity in the European Higher Education Area from a policy perspective.
🗓️ 12 Nov
⏱️ 4.30 - 5.30pm
Register: shorturl.at/i8ZgE
Martin will discuss the developments of inclusion and equity in the European Higher Education Area from a policy perspective.
🗓️ 12 Nov
⏱️ 4.30 - 5.30pm
Register: shorturl.at/i8ZgE
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
📢 Join Martin Unger for a seminar on the Reflections on the Social Dimension in the European Higher Education Area.
Martin will discuss the developments of inclusion and equity in the European Higher Education Area from a policy perspective.
🗓️ 12 Nov
⏱️ 4.30 - 5.30pm
Register: shorturl.at/i8ZgE
Martin will discuss the developments of inclusion and equity in the European Higher Education Area from a policy perspective.
🗓️ 12 Nov
⏱️ 4.30 - 5.30pm
Register: shorturl.at/i8ZgE
Dr Isar Godreau, a researcher from the University of Puerto Rico, will join the Department next year as a Visiting Fellow as part of The Caribbean Oxford Initiative 👏
The year-long fellowship will provide Isar an opportunity to develop her research 💡
Read more on our website 👉 shorturl.at/GPRB6
The year-long fellowship will provide Isar an opportunity to develop her research 💡
Read more on our website 👉 shorturl.at/GPRB6
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Dr Isar Godreau, a researcher from the University of Puerto Rico, will join the Department next year as a Visiting Fellow as part of The Caribbean Oxford Initiative 👏
The year-long fellowship will provide Isar an opportunity to develop her research 💡
Read more on our website 👉 shorturl.at/GPRB6
The year-long fellowship will provide Isar an opportunity to develop her research 💡
Read more on our website 👉 shorturl.at/GPRB6
🎙️ Education Explored: A Department of Education Podcast!
Our brand new podcast explores the incredible work happening throughout our Department.
In Episode 1, we chat with our Director, Professor Victoria Murphy about her career and research in Applied Linguistics.
🎧 bit.ly/43hdzlj #Edusky
Our brand new podcast explores the incredible work happening throughout our Department.
In Episode 1, we chat with our Director, Professor Victoria Murphy about her career and research in Applied Linguistics.
🎧 bit.ly/43hdzlj #Edusky
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🎙️ Education Explored: A Department of Education Podcast!
Our brand new podcast explores the incredible work happening throughout our Department.
In Episode 1, we chat with our Director, Professor Victoria Murphy about her career and research in Applied Linguistics.
🎧 bit.ly/43hdzlj #Edusky
Our brand new podcast explores the incredible work happening throughout our Department.
In Episode 1, we chat with our Director, Professor Victoria Murphy about her career and research in Applied Linguistics.
🎧 bit.ly/43hdzlj #Edusky
The Curriculum & Assessment Review final report is out today — the first major update in a decade for a modernised, world-class curriculum.
Professor Jo-Anne Baird was part of the expert panel for the report, which helped shape the recommendations.
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3wO0PZx #Eduksy
Professor Jo-Anne Baird was part of the expert panel for the report, which helped shape the recommendations.
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3wO0PZx #Eduksy
November 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The Curriculum & Assessment Review final report is out today — the first major update in a decade for a modernised, world-class curriculum.
Professor Jo-Anne Baird was part of the expert panel for the report, which helped shape the recommendations.
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3wO0PZx #Eduksy
Professor Jo-Anne Baird was part of the expert panel for the report, which helped shape the recommendations.
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3wO0PZx #Eduksy
Last month, we welcomed over 90 British Pakistani & British Bangladeshi families to Lady Margaret Hall for a day exploring the hopes & aspirations of sixth form students of Pakistani & Bangladeshi heritage.
Learn more about the project ➡️ bit.ly/3yWb4xv
#Edusky #AccessToEducation
Learn more about the project ➡️ bit.ly/3yWb4xv
#Edusky #AccessToEducation
November 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Last month, we welcomed over 90 British Pakistani & British Bangladeshi families to Lady Margaret Hall for a day exploring the hopes & aspirations of sixth form students of Pakistani & Bangladeshi heritage.
Learn more about the project ➡️ bit.ly/3yWb4xv
#Edusky #AccessToEducation
Learn more about the project ➡️ bit.ly/3yWb4xv
#Edusky #AccessToEducation
Thank you Professor Jason Arday for an inspiring talk on equity, equality, & diversity.
He reminded us to focus on leaving a good footprint & that academia should serve something greater than ourselves as progress comes from empathy, care & collective healing.
🎥 Recording here: shorturl.at/2drkM
He reminded us to focus on leaving a good footprint & that academia should serve something greater than ourselves as progress comes from empathy, care & collective healing.
🎥 Recording here: shorturl.at/2drkM
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Thank you Professor Jason Arday for an inspiring talk on equity, equality, & diversity.
He reminded us to focus on leaving a good footprint & that academia should serve something greater than ourselves as progress comes from empathy, care & collective healing.
🎥 Recording here: shorturl.at/2drkM
He reminded us to focus on leaving a good footprint & that academia should serve something greater than ourselves as progress comes from empathy, care & collective healing.
🎥 Recording here: shorturl.at/2drkM
How can we build the skills that citizens need to participate meaningfully in democracy - and strengthen trust in government?
Join Dr Joanne Caddy (@oecd-ocde.bsky.social) for a public seminar on Building Skills for Citizen Participation on 10 November at 5pm.
Register: bit.ly/49swtcD
#Edusky
Join Dr Joanne Caddy (@oecd-ocde.bsky.social) for a public seminar on Building Skills for Citizen Participation on 10 November at 5pm.
Register: bit.ly/49swtcD
#Edusky
October 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
How can we build the skills that citizens need to participate meaningfully in democracy - and strengthen trust in government?
Join Dr Joanne Caddy (@oecd-ocde.bsky.social) for a public seminar on Building Skills for Citizen Participation on 10 November at 5pm.
Register: bit.ly/49swtcD
#Edusky
Join Dr Joanne Caddy (@oecd-ocde.bsky.social) for a public seminar on Building Skills for Citizen Participation on 10 November at 5pm.
Register: bit.ly/49swtcD
#Edusky
📣 We're hiring a Senior Departmental Lecturer in Mathematics Education.
The post-holder will lecture and teach graduate students on the PGCE Mathematics, MSc in Learning and Teaching and MSc in Teacher Education.
🔗 Apply now: bit.ly/3WrAExG
Deadline: 10 November
#Edusky #AcademicSky
The post-holder will lecture and teach graduate students on the PGCE Mathematics, MSc in Learning and Teaching and MSc in Teacher Education.
🔗 Apply now: bit.ly/3WrAExG
Deadline: 10 November
#Edusky #AcademicSky
October 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
📣 We're hiring a Senior Departmental Lecturer in Mathematics Education.
The post-holder will lecture and teach graduate students on the PGCE Mathematics, MSc in Learning and Teaching and MSc in Teacher Education.
🔗 Apply now: bit.ly/3WrAExG
Deadline: 10 November
#Edusky #AcademicSky
The post-holder will lecture and teach graduate students on the PGCE Mathematics, MSc in Learning and Teaching and MSc in Teacher Education.
🔗 Apply now: bit.ly/3WrAExG
Deadline: 10 November
#Edusky #AcademicSky
🌐 Teachers: Join us on 7 November for a Digital Citizenship workshop
Led by Jonny Tridgell, Dr Jeremy Knox and Professor Bob Davis, this in-person workshop introduces a framework for digital citizenship education and invites you to help co-create a benchmark tool.
Register: bit.ly/OxDigitalCit...
Led by Jonny Tridgell, Dr Jeremy Knox and Professor Bob Davis, this in-person workshop introduces a framework for digital citizenship education and invites you to help co-create a benchmark tool.
Register: bit.ly/OxDigitalCit...
October 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🌐 Teachers: Join us on 7 November for a Digital Citizenship workshop
Led by Jonny Tridgell, Dr Jeremy Knox and Professor Bob Davis, this in-person workshop introduces a framework for digital citizenship education and invites you to help co-create a benchmark tool.
Register: bit.ly/OxDigitalCit...
Led by Jonny Tridgell, Dr Jeremy Knox and Professor Bob Davis, this in-person workshop introduces a framework for digital citizenship education and invites you to help co-create a benchmark tool.
Register: bit.ly/OxDigitalCit...
💡 Open to all with an interest in research-policy collaboration:
Policy Engagement in Action: Reflections from OPEN Visiting Fellowship at Oxford’s SKOPE Research Centre
📆 Monday 3 November
⏱️ 10.30am-12pm
No registration required!
More here ➡️ shorturl.at/3g4bo
Policy Engagement in Action: Reflections from OPEN Visiting Fellowship at Oxford’s SKOPE Research Centre
📆 Monday 3 November
⏱️ 10.30am-12pm
No registration required!
More here ➡️ shorturl.at/3g4bo
October 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
💡 Open to all with an interest in research-policy collaboration:
Policy Engagement in Action: Reflections from OPEN Visiting Fellowship at Oxford’s SKOPE Research Centre
📆 Monday 3 November
⏱️ 10.30am-12pm
No registration required!
More here ➡️ shorturl.at/3g4bo
Policy Engagement in Action: Reflections from OPEN Visiting Fellowship at Oxford’s SKOPE Research Centre
📆 Monday 3 November
⏱️ 10.30am-12pm
No registration required!
More here ➡️ shorturl.at/3g4bo
Earlier this week, staff and students showcased their research across all three of our research themes at our Annual Poster Conference.
Posters were judged by our Research Theme Leads, with three winners and highly commended announced at the end of the evening👏
More here ➡️https://shorturl.at/b2a2x
Posters were judged by our Research Theme Leads, with three winners and highly commended announced at the end of the evening👏
More here ➡️https://shorturl.at/b2a2x
October 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Earlier this week, staff and students showcased their research across all three of our research themes at our Annual Poster Conference.
Posters were judged by our Research Theme Leads, with three winners and highly commended announced at the end of the evening👏
More here ➡️https://shorturl.at/b2a2x
Posters were judged by our Research Theme Leads, with three winners and highly commended announced at the end of the evening👏
More here ➡️https://shorturl.at/b2a2x
✏️ Get your tickets: Preparing Children for Excellence in Learning Literacy in the Early Years.
Join Professor Iram Siraj in a day of learning and exploring the evidence around the central role of oral language and how it underpins early literacy.
📅20 March 2026
Register: shorturl.at/ED4GX
Join Professor Iram Siraj in a day of learning and exploring the evidence around the central role of oral language and how it underpins early literacy.
📅20 March 2026
Register: shorturl.at/ED4GX
October 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
✏️ Get your tickets: Preparing Children for Excellence in Learning Literacy in the Early Years.
Join Professor Iram Siraj in a day of learning and exploring the evidence around the central role of oral language and how it underpins early literacy.
📅20 March 2026
Register: shorturl.at/ED4GX
Join Professor Iram Siraj in a day of learning and exploring the evidence around the central role of oral language and how it underpins early literacy.
📅20 March 2026
Register: shorturl.at/ED4GX
⏱️REMINDER: What to read for climate and nature in the classroom
Join Megan Murray-Pepper, Phoebe Mortimer & Nicole Dingwall in a webinar that explores literature that sparks discussion of ecological themes in English classrooms.
📅 23 Oct, 4:15pm
Register: bit.ly/4nGMyzu
Join Megan Murray-Pepper, Phoebe Mortimer & Nicole Dingwall in a webinar that explores literature that sparks discussion of ecological themes in English classrooms.
📅 23 Oct, 4:15pm
Register: bit.ly/4nGMyzu
October 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
⏱️REMINDER: What to read for climate and nature in the classroom
Join Megan Murray-Pepper, Phoebe Mortimer & Nicole Dingwall in a webinar that explores literature that sparks discussion of ecological themes in English classrooms.
📅 23 Oct, 4:15pm
Register: bit.ly/4nGMyzu
Join Megan Murray-Pepper, Phoebe Mortimer & Nicole Dingwall in a webinar that explores literature that sparks discussion of ecological themes in English classrooms.
📅 23 Oct, 4:15pm
Register: bit.ly/4nGMyzu
💬 Around 1 in 14 people live with Developmental Language Disorder.
On #DLDDay, Natalie Waters shares how the Intervention Consensus for Language Disorder (TICLD) project is ensuring people with DLD have a voice in research.
Read the blog: www.education.ox.ac.uk/news/you-can... #Edusky
On #DLDDay, Natalie Waters shares how the Intervention Consensus for Language Disorder (TICLD) project is ensuring people with DLD have a voice in research.
Read the blog: www.education.ox.ac.uk/news/you-can... #Edusky
October 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
💬 Around 1 in 14 people live with Developmental Language Disorder.
On #DLDDay, Natalie Waters shares how the Intervention Consensus for Language Disorder (TICLD) project is ensuring people with DLD have a voice in research.
Read the blog: www.education.ox.ac.uk/news/you-can... #Edusky
On #DLDDay, Natalie Waters shares how the Intervention Consensus for Language Disorder (TICLD) project is ensuring people with DLD have a voice in research.
Read the blog: www.education.ox.ac.uk/news/you-can... #Edusky
How does movement shape learning and development in early childhood education?
The latest Deanery Digest by Professor Iram Siraj shares insights from the MOVERS research, showing how movement-rich environments boost both cognitive & motor skills 🧠🤸
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3KQmxj0
#Edusky #EarlyYears
The latest Deanery Digest by Professor Iram Siraj shares insights from the MOVERS research, showing how movement-rich environments boost both cognitive & motor skills 🧠🤸
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3KQmxj0
#Edusky #EarlyYears
October 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
How does movement shape learning and development in early childhood education?
The latest Deanery Digest by Professor Iram Siraj shares insights from the MOVERS research, showing how movement-rich environments boost both cognitive & motor skills 🧠🤸
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3KQmxj0
#Edusky #EarlyYears
The latest Deanery Digest by Professor Iram Siraj shares insights from the MOVERS research, showing how movement-rich environments boost both cognitive & motor skills 🧠🤸
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3KQmxj0
#Edusky #EarlyYears
🌍📢 Calling secondary teachers! Join us for an in-person CPD workshop on teaching the British Empire, Migration and Belonging in the classroom on 31 October
Drawing on a landmark new report, we’ll translate research into immediately usable classroom approaches
Register now ➡️ bit.ly/4n60CSa #Edusky
Drawing on a landmark new report, we’ll translate research into immediately usable classroom approaches
Register now ➡️ bit.ly/4n60CSa #Edusky
October 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🌍📢 Calling secondary teachers! Join us for an in-person CPD workshop on teaching the British Empire, Migration and Belonging in the classroom on 31 October
Drawing on a landmark new report, we’ll translate research into immediately usable classroom approaches
Register now ➡️ bit.ly/4n60CSa #Edusky
Drawing on a landmark new report, we’ll translate research into immediately usable classroom approaches
Register now ➡️ bit.ly/4n60CSa #Edusky
We’re proud to share our new Annual Report, showcasing the Department’s key activities and achievements from the past academic year💡
Discover highlights from our research, impact, and teaching, and explore our major new projects that are shaping the future of education.
Read report: bit.ly/479Fe8V
Discover highlights from our research, impact, and teaching, and explore our major new projects that are shaping the future of education.
Read report: bit.ly/479Fe8V
October 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
We’re proud to share our new Annual Report, showcasing the Department’s key activities and achievements from the past academic year💡
Discover highlights from our research, impact, and teaching, and explore our major new projects that are shaping the future of education.
Read report: bit.ly/479Fe8V
Discover highlights from our research, impact, and teaching, and explore our major new projects that are shaping the future of education.
Read report: bit.ly/479Fe8V
Join Professor Jason Arday (@cam.ac.uk) for our annual Equity, Diversity and Belonging Lecture on 29 October at 5.30pm.
Professor Arday will explore new ways of thinking together about equality, equity and diversity in education.
Register ➡️ bit.ly/48jJ5ST
Professor Arday will explore new ways of thinking together about equality, equity and diversity in education.
Register ➡️ bit.ly/48jJ5ST
October 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Join Professor Jason Arday (@cam.ac.uk) for our annual Equity, Diversity and Belonging Lecture on 29 October at 5.30pm.
Professor Arday will explore new ways of thinking together about equality, equity and diversity in education.
Register ➡️ bit.ly/48jJ5ST
Professor Arday will explore new ways of thinking together about equality, equity and diversity in education.
Register ➡️ bit.ly/48jJ5ST
We are proud to be a research partner in the Research Professional Futures project - a national initiative to transform the visibility, recognition, and career pathways of the UK’s research professional workforce.
Read more: bit.ly/4oilSoZ
#Edusky @socsci.ox.ac.uk
Read more: bit.ly/4oilSoZ
#Edusky @socsci.ox.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
We are proud to be a research partner in the Research Professional Futures project - a national initiative to transform the visibility, recognition, and career pathways of the UK’s research professional workforce.
Read more: bit.ly/4oilSoZ
#Edusky @socsci.ox.ac.uk
Read more: bit.ly/4oilSoZ
#Edusky @socsci.ox.ac.uk
UK teachers – get your school involved in Picture This: The Robson Orr Visual Literacy Research Initiative 🎨
Through free CPD, give your students aged 7-12 the chance to use art as a powerful language for learning, expression, and connection.
Register interest ➡️ bit.ly/4o02xbK
#PictureThisResearch
Through free CPD, give your students aged 7-12 the chance to use art as a powerful language for learning, expression, and connection.
Register interest ➡️ bit.ly/4o02xbK
#PictureThisResearch
October 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
UK teachers – get your school involved in Picture This: The Robson Orr Visual Literacy Research Initiative 🎨
Through free CPD, give your students aged 7-12 the chance to use art as a powerful language for learning, expression, and connection.
Register interest ➡️ bit.ly/4o02xbK
#PictureThisResearch
Through free CPD, give your students aged 7-12 the chance to use art as a powerful language for learning, expression, and connection.
Register interest ➡️ bit.ly/4o02xbK
#PictureThisResearch
New research: School exclusions in England increased after the Covid-19 pandemic, disproportionately affecting pupils with SEND, those in care, children living in poverty, and some ethnic groups
Read Dr Ian Thompson and Professor Harry Daniels’ new article in Teachers College Record➡️ bit.ly/46BtNaW
Read Dr Ian Thompson and Professor Harry Daniels’ new article in Teachers College Record➡️ bit.ly/46BtNaW
October 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
New research: School exclusions in England increased after the Covid-19 pandemic, disproportionately affecting pupils with SEND, those in care, children living in poverty, and some ethnic groups
Read Dr Ian Thompson and Professor Harry Daniels’ new article in Teachers College Record➡️ bit.ly/46BtNaW
Read Dr Ian Thompson and Professor Harry Daniels’ new article in Teachers College Record➡️ bit.ly/46BtNaW
How can we confront race and class injustices in education and reimagine schooling for justice & equity? ⚖️
🎧 Listen to Dialogues on Educational Justice – a new podcast from the Reparative Futures of Education (Repair-Ed) project, featuring educators, activists & students: bit.ly/48P13g6 #Edusky
🎧 Listen to Dialogues on Educational Justice – a new podcast from the Reparative Futures of Education (Repair-Ed) project, featuring educators, activists & students: bit.ly/48P13g6 #Edusky
October 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
How can we confront race and class injustices in education and reimagine schooling for justice & equity? ⚖️
🎧 Listen to Dialogues on Educational Justice – a new podcast from the Reparative Futures of Education (Repair-Ed) project, featuring educators, activists & students: bit.ly/48P13g6 #Edusky
🎧 Listen to Dialogues on Educational Justice – a new podcast from the Reparative Futures of Education (Repair-Ed) project, featuring educators, activists & students: bit.ly/48P13g6 #Edusky
Last week, we hosted the inaugural AI in Education at Oxford University (AIEOU) Hub Conference, bringing together 100+ global experts to explore how AI can transform education while keeping equity, inclusion & human values at the core. More ➡️ www.education.ox.ac.uk/news/global-... @socsci.ox.ac.uk
September 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Last week, we hosted the inaugural AI in Education at Oxford University (AIEOU) Hub Conference, bringing together 100+ global experts to explore how AI can transform education while keeping equity, inclusion & human values at the core. More ➡️ www.education.ox.ac.uk/news/global-... @socsci.ox.ac.uk
📢 SEMINAR: Teacher knowledge, re-contextualisation and the case of the burnt cream: Implications for mentoring in the FE and Skills sector and beyond.
Join us in-person or online to reflect on how we can better support teachers in FE.
More info ➡️ bit.ly/46mSCax
Join us in-person or online to reflect on how we can better support teachers in FE.
More info ➡️ bit.ly/46mSCax
September 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
📢 SEMINAR: Teacher knowledge, re-contextualisation and the case of the burnt cream: Implications for mentoring in the FE and Skills sector and beyond.
Join us in-person or online to reflect on how we can better support teachers in FE.
More info ➡️ bit.ly/46mSCax
Join us in-person or online to reflect on how we can better support teachers in FE.
More info ➡️ bit.ly/46mSCax