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A powerful documentary by campaigning chef Jamie Oliver, calling for the Government to do more to empower teachers to help pupils with dyslexia, has been broadcast featuring UCL research.

Research England has appointed Professor Dominic Wyse (IOE – Faculty of Education and Society) as Chair of the Education unit of assessment and Professor Nick Gallent (Bartlett School of Planning) as Chair of the Architecture, Built Environment and Planning unit of assessment.

The age at which pupils start to enjoy school less has been revealed in a new study by a UCL researcher.

Children's participation in educational decisions impacts their motivation, engagement, and enjoyment of learning, finds research from Professor Dominic Wyse and Dr Yana Manyukhina.

IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society has awarded Dr Charles Chen Yidan an Honorary Doctorate of Literature (Education) for his work supporting educational research and practice.

A report led by Professor Francis Green found that jobs have become less gendered over recent decades, though gaps persist in pay and job autonomy in favour of men.

“People with dyslexia have no problems with intelligence, their overall intelligence is the same,” Professor Jo Van Herwegen (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society), who is developing an early-years screener for children with neurodiversity.

“Teaching children some independence can start in year 5. So much is going on in year 7 that you want to start on organisational skills earlier and gradually build them up so year 7 isn’t such a sheer drop” said Professor John Jerrim (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society).

“If you prohibit something, you’re trying to reduce it to as close to zero as possible. And that manifestly hasn’t worked because it’s still really easy under prohibition to get hold of cannabis,” said Professor Toby Seddon (UCL Social Research Institute), on legalising cannabis.

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Katherine Twamley (UCL Social Research Institute) explains her research into why fathers do not believe the UK government or their employers view their participation in childcare as important.

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Dominic Wyse and Dr Yana Manyukhina (both IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society) argue that children’s agency should be at the heart of educational reform.

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Alice Bradbury, Professor Gemma Moss and Dr Sinead Harmey (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society) explain how their research shows that teachers recognised straight away how the pandemic was affecting the children they taught.