UCL News: IOE headlines

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Dominic Wyse (IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education & Society) explains the basis of the national curriculum and argues that schools should be given more freedom over what they teach.

A new framework aimed at improving awareness of and knowledge about social and emotional skills, based in part on UCL research, has been published by the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, led by Her Royal Highness, The Princess of Wales.

Writing in New Statesman, Professor Francis Green (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society) and historian David Kynaston analyse the social and economic impact of a proposed VAT added to private school fees.

Graffinity, an innovative EdTech start-up supported by the UCL Centre for Digital Innovation Acceleration Programme, has won a share of £1 million as part of the Department for Education’s AI Tools for Education Competition.

In an essay for The New York Times, Dr Saul Justin Newman (UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies) highlights how pervasive bureaucratic errors, lost documentation and outright fraud cloud research into the longevity of supercentenarians, individuals more than 100 years old.

Calorie labelling of food on menus and products leads people to choose slightly fewer calories finds a new Cochrane review co-led by UCL researchers.

Writing for Wonkhe, Dr Joe Mintz (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society) discusses the challenges around demonstrating research impact.

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.