Emily Ellington
@emilyellington.bsky.social
▪︎ PhD Researcher at University of Southampton ▪︎ No action without research. No research without action ▪︎ Co-Founder of Research Box www.myresearchbox.com
As the expatriate population continues to grow rapidly, the UAE doubles down on maintaining high behaviour standards. Bravo. 👏🏼 👇🏼
"UAE schools issue 12 strict rules for students and parents as new academic year begins"
gulfnews.com/uae/educatio...
"UAE schools issue 12 strict rules for students and parents as new academic year begins"
gulfnews.com/uae/educatio...
UAE schools issue 12 strict rules for students and parents as new academic year begins
The rules aim to strengthen discipline, ease congestion during drop-off and pick-up
gulfnews.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
As the expatriate population continues to grow rapidly, the UAE doubles down on maintaining high behaviour standards. Bravo. 👏🏼 👇🏼
"UAE schools issue 12 strict rules for students and parents as new academic year begins"
gulfnews.com/uae/educatio...
"UAE schools issue 12 strict rules for students and parents as new academic year begins"
gulfnews.com/uae/educatio...
Research Box has arrived at @wholeeducation.bsky.social's Annual Conference!
Whether you’re curious about action research, looking for fresh approaches to school improvement, or just want to say hello... we’d love to connect.
📍 See you there!
www.myresearchbox.com
Whether you’re curious about action research, looking for fresh approaches to school improvement, or just want to say hello... we’d love to connect.
📍 See you there!
www.myresearchbox.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Research Box has arrived at @wholeeducation.bsky.social's Annual Conference!
Whether you’re curious about action research, looking for fresh approaches to school improvement, or just want to say hello... we’d love to connect.
📍 See you there!
www.myresearchbox.com
Whether you’re curious about action research, looking for fresh approaches to school improvement, or just want to say hello... we’d love to connect.
📍 See you there!
www.myresearchbox.com
🧠⭐️ A fantastic day at Neuroscience for Education's Annual Conference. ⭐️🧠
A brilliant opportunity to hear from expert speakers and to connect with those keen to use action research to embed evidence-informed approaches and drive teacher-led inquiry.
www.myresearchbox.com
A brilliant opportunity to hear from expert speakers and to connect with those keen to use action research to embed evidence-informed approaches and drive teacher-led inquiry.
www.myresearchbox.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🧠⭐️ A fantastic day at Neuroscience for Education's Annual Conference. ⭐️🧠
A brilliant opportunity to hear from expert speakers and to connect with those keen to use action research to embed evidence-informed approaches and drive teacher-led inquiry.
www.myresearchbox.com
A brilliant opportunity to hear from expert speakers and to connect with those keen to use action research to embed evidence-informed approaches and drive teacher-led inquiry.
www.myresearchbox.com
Why is NVivo always soooooo glitchhyyyyy. 🤯
The whole software is giving 90s vibes, but I can't find an adequate replacement.
Any suggestions?!
The whole software is giving 90s vibes, but I can't find an adequate replacement.
Any suggestions?!
June 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Why is NVivo always soooooo glitchhyyyyy. 🤯
The whole software is giving 90s vibes, but I can't find an adequate replacement.
Any suggestions?!
The whole software is giving 90s vibes, but I can't find an adequate replacement.
Any suggestions?!
It is utterly absurd that the system has deteriorated to the point where, instead of fulfilling their statutory duty to secure their own EP assessments, a local authority has had to reimburse parents nearly £26,475 for arranging these assessments themselves...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Private educational psychologist assessments refunded by council
Families went private due to a lack of qualified professionals at Surrey County Council.
www.bbc.com
April 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
It is utterly absurd that the system has deteriorated to the point where, instead of fulfilling their statutory duty to secure their own EP assessments, a local authority has had to reimburse parents nearly £26,475 for arranging these assessments themselves...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I think the huge overreach in this abstract is a big issue.
One cannot claim, after interviewing 6 students in 1 school, that "findings suggest autistic students are routinely overstimulated...& lack adequate support to overcome sensory barriers in m/s settings"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
One cannot claim, after interviewing 6 students in 1 school, that "findings suggest autistic students are routinely overstimulated...& lack adequate support to overcome sensory barriers in m/s settings"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
‘It just feels unnatural being here’: Autistic secondary school students’ experiences of sensory sensitivities in the school environment - Jennifer Price, Anna Mel Romualdez, 2025
Autistic young people often struggle to cope with the daily demands of school and are likelier to experience poorer wellbeing and educational outcomes than thei...
journals.sagepub.com
April 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I think the huge overreach in this abstract is a big issue.
One cannot claim, after interviewing 6 students in 1 school, that "findings suggest autistic students are routinely overstimulated...& lack adequate support to overcome sensory barriers in m/s settings"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
One cannot claim, after interviewing 6 students in 1 school, that "findings suggest autistic students are routinely overstimulated...& lack adequate support to overcome sensory barriers in m/s settings"
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Emily Ellington
Very pleased to see this paper published open access in BMC Psychology today, where we interviewed 24 young people to discover their thoughts towards online single-session interventions. It is the FIRST qualitative paper to focus on SSIs in UK-based young people 🤯
doi.org/10.1186/s403...
doi.org/10.1186/s403...
Young people’s attitudes towards online self-help single-session interventions: findings from a co-produced qualitative study - BMC Psychology
Background Many young people experience at least subthreshold depression symptoms which impact their functioning. Yet, access to evidence-based help is limited, with barriers such as service threshold...
doi.org
April 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Very pleased to see this paper published open access in BMC Psychology today, where we interviewed 24 young people to discover their thoughts towards online single-session interventions. It is the FIRST qualitative paper to focus on SSIs in UK-based young people 🤯
doi.org/10.1186/s403...
doi.org/10.1186/s403...
Thoroughly enjoyed this paper from Smith et al (2025) which makes an excellent contribution to the debate around the current state of educational research.
It's critical we find ways to support methodological plurality so we can ask broad and varied qs.
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
It's critical we find ways to support methodological plurality so we can ask broad and varied qs.
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
<em>British Educational Research Journal</em> | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library
There have been debates about the quality and usefulness of education research for a long time, with opinion often dividing along methodological lines. Those on different sides of an apparent methodo...
doi.org
April 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Thoroughly enjoyed this paper from Smith et al (2025) which makes an excellent contribution to the debate around the current state of educational research.
It's critical we find ways to support methodological plurality so we can ask broad and varied qs.
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
It's critical we find ways to support methodological plurality so we can ask broad and varied qs.
doi.org/10.1002/berj...
*Highlights the *perceived* impact...
While I'm not questioning the teachers' experience, professional perception is not the best proxy for what's *actually* influencing student behaviour.
Lots of claims that Andrew Tate (et al) are driving an increase in misogyny but we lack any solid inquiry.
While I'm not questioning the teachers' experience, professional perception is not the best proxy for what's *actually* influencing student behaviour.
Lots of claims that Andrew Tate (et al) are driving an increase in misogyny but we lack any solid inquiry.
More than a quarter of female teachers say they suffer verbal abuse several times a week, in new research that highlights the impact of misogyny and influencers like Andrew Tate in schools
1 in 4 female teachers verbally abused several times a week
School staff concerns about misogyny and the influence of Andrew Tate laid bare in research that reveals how female teachers have been ‘barked at’ and intimidated by male students
www.tes.com
April 20, 2025 at 7:04 AM
*Highlights the *perceived* impact...
While I'm not questioning the teachers' experience, professional perception is not the best proxy for what's *actually* influencing student behaviour.
Lots of claims that Andrew Tate (et al) are driving an increase in misogyny but we lack any solid inquiry.
While I'm not questioning the teachers' experience, professional perception is not the best proxy for what's *actually* influencing student behaviour.
Lots of claims that Andrew Tate (et al) are driving an increase in misogyny but we lack any solid inquiry.
Another great day data collecting today.
I will never stop being grateful to all the young people who are willing to share their views within research.
I will never stop being grateful to all the young people who are willing to share their views within research.
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Another great day data collecting today.
I will never stop being grateful to all the young people who are willing to share their views within research.
I will never stop being grateful to all the young people who are willing to share their views within research.
As the F1 season has excitingly restarted full of energy, I'm reminded again of what a complete CHAMPION Sir Lewis Hamilton is.
Rarely do you get a sportsman so talented, so determined, so ELITE but also so full of class, respect, and humility.
A true king - SIR Lewis. 👑
Rarely do you get a sportsman so talented, so determined, so ELITE but also so full of class, respect, and humility.
A true king - SIR Lewis. 👑
March 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
As the F1 season has excitingly restarted full of energy, I'm reminded again of what a complete CHAMPION Sir Lewis Hamilton is.
Rarely do you get a sportsman so talented, so determined, so ELITE but also so full of class, respect, and humility.
A true king - SIR Lewis. 👑
Rarely do you get a sportsman so talented, so determined, so ELITE but also so full of class, respect, and humility.
A true king - SIR Lewis. 👑
Effective guides to self-help for mental health?
It is beyond sickening to discover that someone who paraded so publicly, so virtuously, has now been convicted for child rxpe of a 12 year old.
This is where a beyond challenge or question culture gets us. 👇🏼
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is beyond sickening to discover that someone who paraded so publicly, so virtuously, has now been convicted for child rxpe of a 12 year old.
This is where a beyond challenge or question culture gets us. 👇🏼
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
March 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Effective guides to self-help for mental health?
It is beyond sickening to discover that someone who paraded so publicly, so virtuously, has now been convicted for child rxpe of a 12 year old.
This is where a beyond challenge or question culture gets us. 👇🏼
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is beyond sickening to discover that someone who paraded so publicly, so virtuously, has now been convicted for child rxpe of a 12 year old.
This is where a beyond challenge or question culture gets us. 👇🏼
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I absolutely hate that the term "my truth" is still being used in place of "my perspective/view/experience".
March 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I absolutely hate that the term "my truth" is still being used in place of "my perspective/view/experience".
Happy International Women's Day. 🤍
March 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Happy International Women's Day. 🤍
This thread speaks to my thoughts entirely. 👇🏼
Action research can be a powerful tool for self-directed professional development and school improvement.
It's why a colleague and I founded Research Box - to make this manageable for schools and teachers.
Check it out here. 🔗
www.myresearchbox.com
Action research can be a powerful tool for self-directed professional development and school improvement.
It's why a colleague and I founded Research Box - to make this manageable for schools and teachers.
Check it out here. 🔗
www.myresearchbox.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This thread speaks to my thoughts entirely. 👇🏼
Action research can be a powerful tool for self-directed professional development and school improvement.
It's why a colleague and I founded Research Box - to make this manageable for schools and teachers.
Check it out here. 🔗
www.myresearchbox.com
Action research can be a powerful tool for self-directed professional development and school improvement.
It's why a colleague and I founded Research Box - to make this manageable for schools and teachers.
Check it out here. 🔗
www.myresearchbox.com
This also reflects my concerns about blanket approaches to language and terminology in any direction.
If anything, we know individual preferences can differ hugely, and language choices are highly contextual - so a "we never" or "we always" approach doesn't ever seem the best way.
If anything, we know individual preferences can differ hugely, and language choices are highly contextual - so a "we never" or "we always" approach doesn't ever seem the best way.
Some of the content that appears on mental health social media accounts is so odd. I don’t know anyone with experience of mental illness who has a problem with the framing ‘I have (or had) X’, myself included. Surely this isn’t evidence based?
(NB I’m not talking about neurodivergence)
(NB I’m not talking about neurodivergence)
February 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This also reflects my concerns about blanket approaches to language and terminology in any direction.
If anything, we know individual preferences can differ hugely, and language choices are highly contextual - so a "we never" or "we always" approach doesn't ever seem the best way.
If anything, we know individual preferences can differ hugely, and language choices are highly contextual - so a "we never" or "we always" approach doesn't ever seem the best way.
Reposted by Emily Ellington
This certainly does not reflect linguistics-based research on mental health/illness. This campaign seems to conflate the verbs ‘have’ and ‘be’, whereas ‘having’ a mental illness is usually reported as preferable to ‘being’ a mental illness
Some of the content that appears on mental health social media accounts is so odd. I don’t know anyone with experience of mental illness who has a problem with the framing ‘I have (or had) X’, myself included. Surely this isn’t evidence based?
(NB I’m not talking about neurodivergence)
(NB I’m not talking about neurodivergence)
February 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This certainly does not reflect linguistics-based research on mental health/illness. This campaign seems to conflate the verbs ‘have’ and ‘be’, whereas ‘having’ a mental illness is usually reported as preferable to ‘being’ a mental illness
Reposted by Emily Ellington
Really pleased to have been part of the team who authored this new article: 'Applied Principles for Inclusive Practice in Neurodevelopmental Research: A Selection and Report of Illustrative Case Studies'. Huge thanks to @cjcrompton.bsky.social & @suereviews.bsky.social for bringing us all together!
Applied Principles for Inclusive Practice in Neurodevelopmental Research: A Selection and Report of Illustrative Case Studies - Current Developmental Disorders Reports
Purpose of Review Inclusive research practices are important for neurodevelopmental studies, facilitating the involvement of community members throughout the research process. Highlighting this value,...
link.springer.com
February 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Really pleased to have been part of the team who authored this new article: 'Applied Principles for Inclusive Practice in Neurodevelopmental Research: A Selection and Report of Illustrative Case Studies'. Huge thanks to @cjcrompton.bsky.social & @suereviews.bsky.social for bringing us all together!
There are so many fascinating psychological theories, concepts and phenomena to explore. I find it incredibly difficult not to fall down rabbit holes of entirely new reading.
February 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
There are so many fascinating psychological theories, concepts and phenomena to explore. I find it incredibly difficult not to fall down rabbit holes of entirely new reading.
Another fantastic day data collecting in a wonderful school.
I'm always so grateful to be able to conduct research in schools, especially when it involves working with students whose voices are often excluded from educational research.
I'm always so grateful to be able to conduct research in schools, especially when it involves working with students whose voices are often excluded from educational research.
February 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Another fantastic day data collecting in a wonderful school.
I'm always so grateful to be able to conduct research in schools, especially when it involves working with students whose voices are often excluded from educational research.
I'm always so grateful to be able to conduct research in schools, especially when it involves working with students whose voices are often excluded from educational research.
⚠️ Some universal mental health interventions in schools are having an ADVERSE effect on well-being outcomes. ⚠️
This evaluation report makes the work being done by people like @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social all the more important.
We must proceed with caution.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
This evaluation report makes the work being done by people like @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social all the more important.
We must proceed with caution.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Education for wellbeing programme findings
Findings from evaluation of mental health interventions in schools.
www.gov.uk
February 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
⚠️ Some universal mental health interventions in schools are having an ADVERSE effect on well-being outcomes. ⚠️
This evaluation report makes the work being done by people like @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social all the more important.
We must proceed with caution.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
This evaluation report makes the work being done by people like @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social all the more important.
We must proceed with caution.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
It's Saturday night, and I'm sitting on the sofa contemplating the order in which to tackle:
- amendments to a paper for submission
- starting analysis on a new data set
- reworking a previous chapter
- drafting a new chapter
Gosh, I'm a real loser these days. 😂
- amendments to a paper for submission
- starting analysis on a new data set
- reworking a previous chapter
- drafting a new chapter
Gosh, I'm a real loser these days. 😂
February 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It's Saturday night, and I'm sitting on the sofa contemplating the order in which to tackle:
- amendments to a paper for submission
- starting analysis on a new data set
- reworking a previous chapter
- drafting a new chapter
Gosh, I'm a real loser these days. 😂
- amendments to a paper for submission
- starting analysis on a new data set
- reworking a previous chapter
- drafting a new chapter
Gosh, I'm a real loser these days. 😂
Reposted by Emily Ellington
🚦 Big Ofsted news this morning - Schools Week has you covered …
News: Report card plan revealed
schoolsweek.co.uk/five-grades-...
Views: Martin Oliver Q&A
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-chief...
Round-up: The 11 key proposals
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-schoo...
News: Report card plan revealed
schoolsweek.co.uk/five-grades-...
Views: Martin Oliver Q&A
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-chief...
Round-up: The 11 key proposals
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-schoo...
Ofsted school report cards: The 11 key proposals
From 'exemplary' to ditched deep dives: what you need to know about Ofsted's big inspection shake-up
schoolsweek.co.uk
February 3, 2025 at 7:26 AM
🚦 Big Ofsted news this morning - Schools Week has you covered …
News: Report card plan revealed
schoolsweek.co.uk/five-grades-...
Views: Martin Oliver Q&A
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-chief...
Round-up: The 11 key proposals
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-schoo...
News: Report card plan revealed
schoolsweek.co.uk/five-grades-...
Views: Martin Oliver Q&A
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-chief...
Round-up: The 11 key proposals
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-schoo...
I'm continually directing school leaders and safeguarding leads to the work of @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social's lab.
While we all want to support students' social/emotional health, it's vital schools do not lean in to mass 'mental health intervention'.
While we all want to support students' social/emotional health, it's vital schools do not lean in to mass 'mental health intervention'.
February 2, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I'm continually directing school leaders and safeguarding leads to the work of @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social's lab.
While we all want to support students' social/emotional health, it's vital schools do not lean in to mass 'mental health intervention'.
While we all want to support students' social/emotional health, it's vital schools do not lean in to mass 'mental health intervention'.
Reflecting on a wonderful few days at the BSME Leadership Conference in Abu Dhabi.
A fantastic chance to showcase Research Box and how we can support schools to develop teacher research literacy and conduct high quality action research.
www.myresearchbox.com
A fantastic chance to showcase Research Box and how we can support schools to develop teacher research literacy and conduct high quality action research.
www.myresearchbox.com
February 1, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Reflecting on a wonderful few days at the BSME Leadership Conference in Abu Dhabi.
A fantastic chance to showcase Research Box and how we can support schools to develop teacher research literacy and conduct high quality action research.
www.myresearchbox.com
A fantastic chance to showcase Research Box and how we can support schools to develop teacher research literacy and conduct high quality action research.
www.myresearchbox.com