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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.

Sixty percent of state school teachers report always coming home from work exhausted compared to 37% of teachers at ‘top’ private schools, finds research from Professor Francis Green.

The impact of job quality on wellbeing is of a similar magnitude to that of health, outshining more traditional factors, finds a report co-authored by Professor Francis Green and Dr Sangwoo Lee.

Professor Andy Green received funding for a Senior Fellowship for his collaborative work with the National Chung Cheng University (CCU) to teach and research in Taiwan for the next three years.

Professors David Guile and Lorna Unwin examine the evolving meaning of expertise in a paper which won joint-first place in the Journal of Vocational Education and Training (JVET)’s 2022 paper of the year award.

While job quality improved in many other professions, a new study by academics at Cardiff University and IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, reveals the ongoing strain of teachers’ working conditions.

Researchers from IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, will investigate the experiences of workers over the past six years through the Skills and Employment Survey 2023.

Young people need better access to civic activities in schools to address social and gender gaps in political engagement that emerge during adolescence, according to a new report by UCL, University of Roehampton and University of Southampton researchers.

UCL’s submission to the Education Unit of Assessment (UoA23) has been ranked first for research strength and research power in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, according to the Elsevier REF 2021 Results Analysis Tool.

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.

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

The chances of a teenager getting involved in politics is linked to how much education their parents had, according to UCL Institute of Education (IOE) and University of Roehampton researchers.

UCL Institute of Education (IOE) academic Dr Susanne Wiborg has been awarded £1 million funding for a research project examining school choice in European cities.

60% of students in school, college or university felt their opportunities to learn job skills worsened due to the pandemic, according to a new study led by UCL Institute of Education (IOE) researchers. The percentage remained high even when school and colleges reopened.

Research from the UCL Institute of Education (IOE) shows that children's social background impacts the early development of cognitive and social-emotional competences, like verbal skills, self-control and peer relationships, and their subsequent outcomes in adulthood.