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We're absolutely delighted that the #UNESCO Chair in International Education and Development has been renewed for a further four years and remains in #UoNSoE under the leadership of Professor Juliet Thondhlana as Chairholder.
Find out more about work of the Chair: bit.ly/3Vme7B1
Find out more about work of the Chair: bit.ly/3Vme7B1
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We're absolutely delighted that the #UNESCO Chair in International Education and Development has been renewed for a further four years and remains in #UoNSoE under the leadership of Professor Juliet Thondhlana as Chairholder.
Find out more about work of the Chair: bit.ly/3Vme7B1
Find out more about work of the Chair: bit.ly/3Vme7B1
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Enjoyed presenting today at #UCET with @lauralondo1017.bsky.social on our paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
And having the opportunity to meet up with National #HistoryEducation colleagues outside of our usual conference meeting schedule.
#historyteacher #TeacherEducation #ITT
And having the opportunity to meet up with National #HistoryEducation colleagues outside of our usual conference meeting schedule.
#historyteacher #TeacherEducation #ITT
“An incentive for innovation”: the impact of being a subject-specific secondary ITE mentor within an HEI partnership on the professional learning of teacher mentors
This paper explores how the subject-specific professional learning of secondary history teachers is supported by mentoring a preservice teacher within a subject-specific Higher Education Institutio...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Enjoyed presenting today at #UCET with @lauralondo1017.bsky.social on our paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
And having the opportunity to meet up with National #HistoryEducation colleagues outside of our usual conference meeting schedule.
#historyteacher #TeacherEducation #ITT
And having the opportunity to meet up with National #HistoryEducation colleagues outside of our usual conference meeting schedule.
#historyteacher #TeacherEducation #ITT
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A great discussion with amazing colleagues; catching up with @pallavibanerjee.bsky.social was the icing on the cake. We have superb seminars planned for @srhe.bsky.social #SAEN for 2026, watch this space!
Say hi at the SRHE conference in Nottingham next month! srhe.ac.uk/internationa...
Say hi at the SRHE conference in Nottingham next month! srhe.ac.uk/internationa...
Was part of a panel with @rhordosy.bsky.social , @mannymadriaga.bsky.social and @soniailie.bsky.social as @srhe.bsky.social network convenors talking about wider widening participation dynamics for Cambridge Faculty of Education's new THRiVE research group.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
A great discussion with amazing colleagues; catching up with @pallavibanerjee.bsky.social was the icing on the cake. We have superb seminars planned for @srhe.bsky.social #SAEN for 2026, watch this space!
Say hi at the SRHE conference in Nottingham next month! srhe.ac.uk/internationa...
Say hi at the SRHE conference in Nottingham next month! srhe.ac.uk/internationa...
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Every week the #ITT #historyteacher s @uonsoe.bsky.social undertake a reflective activity posted on our cohort message board. Today their honesty & humility around their success & challenges, moments of realisation, & their developing understanding of what being a teacher means is incredible. 🤩
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Every week the #ITT #historyteacher s @uonsoe.bsky.social undertake a reflective activity posted on our cohort message board. Today their honesty & humility around their success & challenges, moments of realisation, & their developing understanding of what being a teacher means is incredible. 🤩
A big day for our Observatory for Mathematical Education #OME colleagues as they launch their Review of Mathematical Education 2025 at the @rigb.org.
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#rome2025 | Observatory for Mathematical Education
Today, the Observatory launches its inaugural Review of Mathematical Education (RoME 2025) at The Royal Institution providing another step toward a greater understanding of how to improve mathematical...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
A big day for our Observatory for Mathematical Education #OME colleagues as they launch their Review of Mathematical Education 2025 at the @rigb.org.
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Have you signed up yet for our #CRELM #PGR conference?
The keynote by Professor Courtney and presentation by Dr Showunmi will also be available to join on MS Teams.
All welcome, please register: bit.ly/3LpO6je
The keynote by Professor Courtney and presentation by Dr Showunmi will also be available to join on MS Teams.
All welcome, please register: bit.ly/3LpO6je
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Have you signed up yet for our #CRELM #PGR conference?
The keynote by Professor Courtney and presentation by Dr Showunmi will also be available to join on MS Teams.
All welcome, please register: bit.ly/3LpO6je
The keynote by Professor Courtney and presentation by Dr Showunmi will also be available to join on MS Teams.
All welcome, please register: bit.ly/3LpO6je
Interested in finding out more about funded PhD opportunities in social sciences?
Register for the ESRC Midlands Graduate School University of Nottingham Virtual Open Day
Wed 19 Nov, 2.30-4pm UK time.
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Register for the ESRC Midlands Graduate School University of Nottingham Virtual Open Day
Wed 19 Nov, 2.30-4pm UK time.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Interested in finding out more about funded PhD opportunities in social sciences?
Register for the ESRC Midlands Graduate School University of Nottingham Virtual Open Day
Wed 19 Nov, 2.30-4pm UK time.
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Register for the ESRC Midlands Graduate School University of Nottingham Virtual Open Day
Wed 19 Nov, 2.30-4pm UK time.
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How lucky are we to call this our work place!
Our beautiful #JubileeCampus in full glory this morning captured by #UoNSoE's Ellen on her way into the office.
Our beautiful #JubileeCampus in full glory this morning captured by #UoNSoE's Ellen on her way into the office.
November 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
How lucky are we to call this our work place!
Our beautiful #JubileeCampus in full glory this morning captured by #UoNSoE's Ellen on her way into the office.
Our beautiful #JubileeCampus in full glory this morning captured by #UoNSoE's Ellen on her way into the office.
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Research aims and objectives aren’t the same thing but are related It helps to understand the differences and connections patthomson.net/2025/11/01/r...
research aims vs. objectives – what’s the difference?
You’re finally sitting down to write your research proposal and you’ve hit that section where you need to outline your aims and objectives. You stare at the page. Aren’t these bas…
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November 2, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Research aims and objectives aren’t the same thing but are related It helps to understand the differences and connections patthomson.net/2025/11/01/r...
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🚨BIG day on the BLOG🚨
MY 100th POST‼️
Never thought I'd get to 10, let alone 100.😮
A new blog for #ITT #ECT #mentors #coaches on setting meaningful targets for their #mentees. Particularly helpful for #ITAP follow-up!
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#TeacherEducation
MY 100th POST‼️
Never thought I'd get to 10, let alone 100.😮
A new blog for #ITT #ECT #mentors #coaches on setting meaningful targets for their #mentees. Particularly helpful for #ITAP follow-up!
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#TeacherEducation
Setting granular targets for beginning teachers
Photo by Mikhail Nilov on Pexels.com Saima’s teaching practice placement is well underway, and she is getting used to the pattern of her teaching week and her regular mentor meetings. Things …
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November 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🚨BIG day on the BLOG🚨
MY 100th POST‼️
Never thought I'd get to 10, let alone 100.😮
A new blog for #ITT #ECT #mentors #coaches on setting meaningful targets for their #mentees. Particularly helpful for #ITAP follow-up!
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/11/03/s...
#TeacherEducation
MY 100th POST‼️
Never thought I'd get to 10, let alone 100.😮
A new blog for #ITT #ECT #mentors #coaches on setting meaningful targets for their #mentees. Particularly helpful for #ITAP follow-up!
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/11/03/s...
#TeacherEducation
Dr Subarna Sivapalan will be wearing her tri-campus hat as moderator of this EAUC panel next week.
Subarna is Associate Dean of Research and Knowledge Exchange at #UoN's Malaysia campus and also leads the UNESCO Chair in International Education and Development (Malaysia Office).
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Subarna is Associate Dean of Research and Knowledge Exchange at #UoN's Malaysia campus and also leads the UNESCO Chair in International Education and Development (Malaysia Office).
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Meet the panellists 🌎🎓
With just one week to go until our SDG Accord webinar, we're very excited to announce our international panel of sustainability leaders who will join us to discuss the… | ...
Meet the panellists 🌎🎓
With just one week to go until our SDG Accord webinar, we're very excited to announce our international panel of sustainability leaders who will join us to discuss the report'...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Dr Subarna Sivapalan will be wearing her tri-campus hat as moderator of this EAUC panel next week.
Subarna is Associate Dean of Research and Knowledge Exchange at #UoN's Malaysia campus and also leads the UNESCO Chair in International Education and Development (Malaysia Office).
lnkd.in/eHmBVFQA
Subarna is Associate Dean of Research and Knowledge Exchange at #UoN's Malaysia campus and also leads the UNESCO Chair in International Education and Development (Malaysia Office).
lnkd.in/eHmBVFQA
Combining master's study with a busy professional and personal life is never easy. But studying part-time online gives the flexibility to study at your own pace and at times that suit you. Our MA online courses can be can be completed over two years, with a further eight months for the dissertation.
October 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Combining master's study with a busy professional and personal life is never easy. But studying part-time online gives the flexibility to study at your own pace and at times that suit you. Our MA online courses can be can be completed over two years, with a further eight months for the dissertation.
The Observatory for Mathematical Education is delighted to welcome Dame Jil Matheson as Chair of the Observatory’s Strategic Advisory Board.
Find out more about Dame Jil and the expertise she brings to the #OME: bit.ly/4oEemoy
Photo: Dame Jil with OME Director, Professor Andy Noyes
Find out more about Dame Jil and the expertise she brings to the #OME: bit.ly/4oEemoy
Photo: Dame Jil with OME Director, Professor Andy Noyes
October 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The Observatory for Mathematical Education is delighted to welcome Dame Jil Matheson as Chair of the Observatory’s Strategic Advisory Board.
Find out more about Dame Jil and the expertise she brings to the #OME: bit.ly/4oEemoy
Photo: Dame Jil with OME Director, Professor Andy Noyes
Find out more about Dame Jil and the expertise she brings to the #OME: bit.ly/4oEemoy
Photo: Dame Jil with OME Director, Professor Andy Noyes
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Doing a PhD can feel like wandering through a forest with no map. You’re constantly questioning whether you’re smart enough, working hard enough or heading in the right direction. If you’re feeling this way, you’re not alone. More importantly, you’re not broken. patthomson.net/2025/10/25/b...
Building confidence during your PhD
Doing a PhD can feel like wandering through a forest with no map. You’re constantly questioning whether you’re smart enough, working hard enough or heading in the right direction. If yo…
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October 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Doing a PhD can feel like wandering through a forest with no map. You’re constantly questioning whether you’re smart enough, working hard enough or heading in the right direction. If you’re feeling this way, you’re not alone. More importantly, you’re not broken. patthomson.net/2025/10/25/b...
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Just published online - the Open Access Article - “An incentive for innovation”: the impact of being a subject-specific secondary ITE mentor within an HEI partnership on the professional learning of teacher mentors by Victoria Crooks et al. Read and download for free @ bit.ly/4oD8YSs
“An incentive for innovation”: the impact of being a subject-specific secondary ITE mentor within an HEI partnership on the professional learning of teacher mentors
This paper explores how the subject-specific professional learning of secondary history teachers is supported by mentoring a preservice teacher within a subject-specific Higher Education Institutio...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Just published online - the Open Access Article - “An incentive for innovation”: the impact of being a subject-specific secondary ITE mentor within an HEI partnership on the professional learning of teacher mentors by Victoria Crooks et al. Read and download for free @ bit.ly/4oD8YSs
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Having a super week @uonsoe.bsky.social with #ITT #historyteacher s exploring each second order concept in turn and undertaking an #ITAP on questioning to promote historical thinking. Also lovely to celebrate a birthday today. #CakeyThursday
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October 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Having a super week @uonsoe.bsky.social with #ITT #historyteacher s exploring each second order concept in turn and undertaking an #ITAP on questioning to promote historical thinking. Also lovely to celebrate a birthday today. #CakeyThursday
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uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2021/11/13/f...
Co-authored by @dryuweixu.bsky.social and University of Portsmouth colleagues, this is a self-study of their own intercultural experiences of Chinese and English early childhood education, and they challenge a deficit view on Chinese ECE in existing literature.
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Universality versus culturality in early childhood education (ECE): what are they and where are they located in the everyday practice of Chinese and English ECE? / Universalidad frente a culturalidad ...
Criticisms on the dominance of ‘Western’ mores and values in shaping early childhood education (ECE) curriculum frameworks in Asian contexts have led to argumen...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Co-authored by @dryuweixu.bsky.social and University of Portsmouth colleagues, this is a self-study of their own intercultural experiences of Chinese and English early childhood education, and they challenge a deficit view on Chinese ECE in existing literature.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Two research terms to get clear on, contributions and significance patthomson.net/2025/10/19/r...
research contribution vs significance
If you’re a PhDer, you’ve probably heard these terms thrown around in seminars, thesis committees, and paper reviews: “What’s your contribution?” and “Why is thi…
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October 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Two research terms to get clear on, contributions and significance patthomson.net/2025/10/19/r...
Dr Anne Emerson returns to #UoNSoE to present our next Centre for Research in Human Flourishing #CRHF seminar.
All welcome, attend in person or on MS Teams. Please register attendance: bit.ly/3L1tNbP
All welcome, attend in person or on MS Teams. Please register attendance: bit.ly/3L1tNbP
October 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Dr Anne Emerson returns to #UoNSoE to present our next Centre for Research in Human Flourishing #CRHF seminar.
All welcome, attend in person or on MS Teams. Please register attendance: bit.ly/3L1tNbP
All welcome, attend in person or on MS Teams. Please register attendance: bit.ly/3L1tNbP
Registration for winter graduation is now open, so check your university email for full details on attending or graduating in absentia, gown hire and guest tickets.
The #UoNSoE ceremony will take place at 1.30pm on Thursday 11 December.
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The #UoNSoE ceremony will take place at 1.30pm on Thursday 11 December.
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Graduation
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October 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Registration for winter graduation is now open, so check your university email for full details on attending or graduating in absentia, gown hire and guest tickets.
The #UoNSoE ceremony will take place at 1.30pm on Thursday 11 December.
www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservi...
The #UoNSoE ceremony will take place at 1.30pm on Thursday 11 December.
www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservi...
@mannymadriaga.bsky.social is leading a #ESRC funded project drawing on Black, mad and disability studies to explore and enhance the mental health of Black students in four English universities.
Project details: bit.ly/3KZOBk4
Project details: bit.ly/3KZOBk4
Amplifying the mental health of Black university students: A Black, Mad and Disability Studies Intersectional Inquiry - The University of Nottingham
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October 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
@mannymadriaga.bsky.social is leading a #ESRC funded project drawing on Black, mad and disability studies to explore and enhance the mental health of Black students in four English universities.
Project details: bit.ly/3KZOBk4
Project details: bit.ly/3KZOBk4
Happy Diwali to everyone celebrating today.
October 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Happy Diwali to everyone celebrating today.
Episode 34 of the Leadership Launchpads podcast features
@tobygreany.bsky.social discussing the importance of differentiated CPD and his current research into sustainable school leadership.
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@tobygreany.bsky.social discussing the importance of differentiated CPD and his current research into sustainable school leadership.
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Episode 34 - Professor Toby Greany
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October 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Episode 34 of the Leadership Launchpads podcast features
@tobygreany.bsky.social discussing the importance of differentiated CPD and his current research into sustainable school leadership.
open.spotify.com/episode/5ptw...
@tobygreany.bsky.social discussing the importance of differentiated CPD and his current research into sustainable school leadership.
open.spotify.com/episode/5ptw...
Professor Joanna McIntyre and the Hub for Education for Refugees in Europe are working with @reuk.org calling for a more inclusive and intersectional approach to ensure that refugee learners with disabilities receive the tailored support they need to thrive in education.
October 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Professor Joanna McIntyre and the Hub for Education for Refugees in Europe are working with @reuk.org calling for a more inclusive and intersectional approach to ensure that refugee learners with disabilities receive the tailored support they need to thrive in education.