UCL News: IOE headlines

Congratulations to members of UCL’s community who have been recognised in the New Year Honours 2025. Notably, two of our distinguished professors have earned Damehoods.

Working women in their early 30s in England are paid less than men of the same age, in the same types of jobs, who have similar levels of education and work experience, finds a new study from UCL researchers.

In the last year UCL’s staff, students and alumni have continued to change the world with their research, innovation and achievements. From making key discoveries in dementia and cancer research, to building bonds overseas and even winning multiple Nobel Prizes.

A total of 75 UCL academics are featured in Clarivate’s annual ‘Highly Cited Researchers List’ 2024, recognising authors of the most influential research papers around the world.

Pupils in years 5 and 9 in England have maintained or improved scores in maths and science compared to pre-pandemic results, report UCL researchers who analysed findings in the latest Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).

Private school pupils in England no longer perform better at GCSE level than state school pupils in the core subjects of English, Maths and Science when the results are adjusted for socioeconomic background, finds a study by UCL researchers.

Truancy rates have risen faster in developed English-speaking countries since the Covid-19 pandemic than in non-English-speaking countries, according to a new working paper by UCL researchers.

Writing for the British Medical Journal, Dr Katie Gaddini (UCL Social Research Institute) argues that by identifying the priorities of anti-abortion and other movements working to further rollback reproductive rights, we can take action to safeguard these rights.

Writing for TIME, Dr Katie Gaddini (UCL Social Research Institute) recounts the story of Norma Gabler, who led the crusade against the so-called secular trend in school textbooks in the USA throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.

Experts from policy, politics, and research examined the challenges facing Britain’s core public services from criminal justice to the NHS, at the Institute for Government Public Services Conference, supported by UCL.

Professor Dominic Wyse (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society) highlights in The Conversation his new research showing that experiential, hands-on learning can keep school children motivated and engaged at school, helping them learn and retain vital skills.

Inspired by research from the UCL Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education, Professor Nicola Walshe, Dr Grace Healy and Dr Rachael Edwards (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society) offer three recommendations to make climate education more inclusive.

Writing in The Conversation, Dr James Ransom (IOE, UCL's Faculty of of Education and Society) asks how Africa’s flagship universities are performing today when it comes to serving their local communities?

A range of barriers prevent disadvantaged children in England from taking up their entitlement to 15 hours of funded early education, but national and local action could change this, concludes a major new report involving UCL researchers.

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Joyce Harper and PhD researcher Rina Biswakarma explore which areas of relationships and sex education is lacking in the current UK curricula.