The mental health and wellbeing of young people is a pressing societal concern. Rates of probable mental disorders have increased over the past few years. …

by Mel O’Connor (PGDE Maths)

I completed my undergraduate degree in Business in 2014. Since then, I ended up working in the technology industry in a range of product and customer facing roles. I’d always loved been in the school environment, taking advantage of various work experience and school-based roles…

by Dr Becky Parry

In my previous blog I described the way 360 content can provide students with a distinct opportunity to experience learning spaces (an early childhood setting) and research data (an episode of play.) …

This week I received a shiny copy of a new publication ‘Digital Literacies in Education: Teaching, Learning and Assessment in 21st Century Classrooms’ edited by Clare Dowdall and Cathy Burnett. However long in the tooth we get as academics, the arrival of a new book, a labour of love, is…

by Dr Becky Parry

When we first proposed to colleagues that we could use virtual reality in our higher education teaching, it is fair to say there was some healthy scepticism. Some colleagues had early experiences of VR headsets and worried about feeling sick. …

Any parent of an autistic child is likely, at some point, to wonder how their son or daughter is able to understand and experience emotions. ‘Do they know when another child is upset?’ ‘Do they know that I’m feeling sad/happy/angry?’ ‘Do they care?’ ‘Can they share in that experience with…

by Dr Tim Herrick

How do gender, conflict, education, and young people’s experiences all intersect? This was the question explored by three excellent expert speakers as we traveled from Canada to Fiji and then into cyberspace, in the latest in a series of “Conflict Conversations” between academics and practitioners involved…