Learning and Leadership – 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.

Several studies from IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, feature in the British Educational Research Association (BERA)’s ‘50@50’ portrait of 50 years of impactful educational research.

Julie Dockrell talks to us about how oral language is the foundation for all other learning and what the implications of this are for teachers.

Expertise by Professor Lynn Ang has contributed to the research behind the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood ‘Shaping Us’, a campaign led by HRH The Princess of Wales.

In this episode, Guy Claxton takes us beyond simplified conceptions of the learning sciences and explains why teachers are sometimes vulnerable to fads and trends.

An IOE project led by Dr Sinéad Harmey collaborated with families and their nursery school in East London to create strategies that develop children’s writing skills from an early age.

The UK government’s Department for Education (DfE) has confirmed UCL IOE as a lead provider for the new Early Career Teacher Entitlement (ECTE), commencing in September 2025.

In this episode, Sally Adams tells us about her new role leading adult learning – and the ways teaching can be a great stepping stone for a host of different careers.

Mark and Elaine hear from researcher Emily Macleod, who says that if we want more people to try out teaching, we have to stop thinking of it as a vocation.

As human beings, how do we learn? In this episode, Dr Rebecca Gordon explores how educational neuroscience can be used in the classroom.

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.

IOE researchers have established robust evidence of strong links between experiential learning and children’s science and maths performance, as well as cross-curricular skills that aid learning.

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.

Research England has appointed IOE Pro-Director and Vice Dean (Research) Professor Lynn Ang as the new Deputy Chair of the Research Excellence Framework’s (REF) advisory panel focused on People and Diversity.

Emily Taylor, ECT in Airdale Academy in Castleford, talks about how her strong bond with her mentor has supported her personally and professionally, and how she in turn builds strong relationships with her pupils.