Education, Practice and Society – News

A number of doctoral researchers studying within IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, have been awarded prizes this autumn which recognise the excellence of their research in a wide range of educational specialisms, from languages and sociology to issues facing teachers.

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.

The Making Good prize, awarded by the UCL-led Making Spaces project, celebrates young people’s innovation in makerspaces and aims to encourage diverse youth engagement with STEM and community engagement.

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

IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society has awarded Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE an Honorary Doctorate of Science (DSc) for her work to break down barriers and champion female potential in STEM.

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.

UCL students from the Education, Society and Culture BA* engaged with the Deputy Mayor for Housing during a demonstration at City Hall, London, highlighting the negative impact of the housing crisis on children.

Taking a closer look at the power and pull of political protest, the response to the rise of populism and what we can learn from the research evidence to inform policy and practice.

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.

A new report from Professor Georgina Brewis (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society) and Dr Daniel Laqua (Northumbria University) explores the relationship between student activism and the construction of democratic societies amidst drastic political transformation.

Professor Louise Archer, together with artist Maxi Himpe, collaborated on a documentary theatre piece featured in Field Works: a Trellis exhibition last month.

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.

IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, is Number 1 place to study Education for the eleventh year running in the 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject.

Dr Emily Macleod (PhD) and Kate Fox (Education and International Development MA) have won the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Doctoral and Master’s Thesis prizes respectively.