Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment – News

For the twelfth year running, IOE - UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society remains the top place in the world to study Education in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025.

The new route into teaching secondary school maths will open up the profession to more people, through our degree apprenticeship.

History teacher Danilo Kovač has been named a top 50 finalist in the 2025 Global Teacher Prize.

Associate Professor Dr Frances Hunt has been appointed as the new Director of IOE’s Development Education Research Centre (DERC).

Young people worldwide increasingly want a role in addressing global issues, living sustainable lives and securing future employment. The new degree has been designed to respond to this social need.

A number of doctoral researchers studying at IOE, Faculty of Education and Society, have been awarded prizes this autumn which recognise the excellence of their research in a wide range of areas.

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.

This year’s theme of ‘Reclaiming Narratives’ invites reflection of the wide variety of Black experiences in our academic spaces and in the wider world we engage in through our research, teaching, and enterprise.

UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society has been recognised for its significant commitment to promoting gender equality.

The Department of Education has appointed Professor Becky Francis, former IOE Director, to lead the 12-member panel responsible for reviewing the curriculum, which includes IOE’s Professor Zongyi Deng and Dr Vanessa Ogden.

Think pieces by Professors Arthur Chapman, Michael Young, Lynn Ang and Dominic Wyse share their insights on curriculum theory and design in “Curriculum in a Changing World,” published last week by the British Educational Research Association (BERA).

Photos and paintings by three postgraduate students illustrate the beauty of images produced during academic research and how art can be a form of researching, in UCL’s annual cross-disciplinary competition.

Led by Professor Douglas Bourn, Director of the Development Education Research Centre (DERC), a coalition of organisations called on the government to cement a national strategy on global learning at a launch event last week.

How do you make the leap into doctoral study to make the most of life as a PhD researcher? This episode's guest Dr Jenny Chanfreau recommends treating your PhD like a full-time job - we explore how.

IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society has named Robert Rinder MBE an Honorary Doctor of Literature (DLit) for his contributions to Holocaust education through his collaboration with the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education.