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Bespoke support for nursery practitioners in disadvantaged areas would boost language development

Early years practitioners working in socially disadvantaged areas should receive bespoke professional training to help boost children’s English oral language development, finds a study led by IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society.

30 Jun 2023

Bilingualism has a positive effect on working memory, especially in disadvantaged pupils

Bilingualism has a positive effect in measures of working memory, visuo-spatial processing and non-verbal reasoning, a new paper by researchers from IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, Imperial College and Birkbeck College shows.

06 May 2022

IOE named World Number 1 for Education in QS subject rankings

IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, has been named Number 1 for Education in the QS World University Rankings by Subject for the ninth year in a row.

06 Apr 2022

Helping disadvantaged nursery children to develop their language skills

We meet an IOE researcher focused on the development of language in young people, particularly for those disproportionately affected by the pandemic and living in deprived areas.

21 Mar 2022

Embedding research into language literacy and numeracy practice

In this podcast, Professors Julie Dockrell and Chloe Marshall discuss their work examining what affects the development of language, literacy and numeracy, but also the kinds of educational practice t

28 Feb 2022

Psychological research informing Ed Tech

Educational technology such as apps and online resources to support learning is booming, from preschool to higher education and beyond, but how can we ensure it is well designed and effective?

27 Feb 2022

IOE. For Life. Celebrating 120 years of excellence.

I am delighted to launch IOE’s year of celebrations to mark our 120th anniversary and our record of excellence, collaboration and impact.

10 Jan 2022

Highlights: Five things we learned in 2021

We’ve reached the end of another challenging year that seems to have flown by and dragged on at the same time. IOE researchers have continued to work hard in their fields of expertise and we’re delighted to share snippets that have struck a chord with us.

20 Dec 2021

No harm to cognitive and linguistic development for second language learners

Multilingual acquisition is not detrimental for cognitive and linguistic development, a research project from UCL Institute of Education (IOE) and Anglia Ruskin University has found.

03 Dec 2021

Neuromyths prevalent among general population and educators

New research finds misconceptions about the brain, known as neuromyths, are common, particularly those related to neurodevelopmental disorders such as dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and autism spectrum disorders.

03 Nov 2021

New project part of £24m investment into adolescent mental health

A new collaboration between UCL Institute of Education (IOE), the Anna Freud Centre and King’s College London has been awarded £3.3 million funding to generate a whole new understanding of the developing mind of young people on the autistic spectrum and/or with ADHD.

22 Jul 2021

Free online deaf awareness course for teachers launched

UCL Institute of Education (IOE) and the UCL Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre have created a free online deaf awareness course for teachers.

25 May 2021

Understanding how deaf children and adults learn sign language

Unpacking research on developmental language disorder and the abilities of children and adults to learn sign language.

19 Apr 2021

New project examines how COVID-19 impacts literacy and numeracy for disadvantaged pupils in Israel

Researchers at UCL Institute of Education (IOE) and Beit Berl College in Israel have obtained funding to assess the impact of COVID-19 on early literacy and numeracy amongst disadvantaged pupils in Israel.

05 Mar 2021

UCL Institute of Education ranked world number one for Education in QS subject rankings

UCL Institute of Education (IOE) has been rated as the world number one for Education for the eighth year in a row, the QS World University Rankings by Subject published today (3 March) reveal.

03 Mar 2021

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