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Three IOE academics are among a team of 12 independent experts appointed to the UK government Department for Education's newly established Science Advisory Council.

On average, social segregation of students has increased in neighbourhoods where mainstream primary free schools opened, and neighbouring schools have lost students, finds a new report by a team of IOE researchers.

What changes would benefit the early years education system? And what’s it like dealing with government and parliament to make funding and policy changes possible?

This podcast hears how mental health and life chances of young people and their parents are being dramatically affected by post-pandemic cost of living pressures.

This podcast hears about research evidence focused on the role of apps in early education.

The UK’s brightest pupils’ chances of getting top GCSE grades are actually lower in grammar schools than in comprehensives, according to a major new piece of research involving UCL researchers.

Up to 34% of A-level students are considering living at home if they get into their preferred university following results day, finds a new study by researchers at UCL and The Sutton Trust.

UCL’s Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (CEPEO) have published 14 priorities for evidence-led education policy, ranging from low-cost changes to ambitious reforms tackling long-standing inequalities.

A “sizeable” gap in the financial knowledge of children, depending on which socio-economic group they come from, has been identified in a new IOE study of more than 3,700 UK families.

Children living with long-term poverty and whose families rely on food banks are more likely to achieve lower GCSE grades, finds a report co-authored by IOE researchers.

We know that teacher shortages are an issue in most developed countries. How has the pandemic and pay played a role, and what can be done to address this?

Dr Jake Anders, Associate Professor at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, spoke at the House of Lords on 28 February as part of the Communications and Digital Committee inquiry into digital exclusion and the cost of living.

Male school inspectors are more likely to award higher Ofsted grades than female inspectors when inspecting similar primary schools, according to a new study involving IOE researchers with the University of Southampton.

Nearly half (45%) of all young people who reported having long COVID felt they had fallen behind their classmates due to the pandemic - with almost three in five (59%) saying that they had not caught up with lost learning - according to new research involving UCL.

Policy makers, education professionals and academics discuss implications of UNESCO’s International Science and Evidence-Based Education (ISEE) Assessment and reorient education to achieve sustainable