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The British State Isn’t Working

• 27 Sep

Video Game Playing and Literacy During the COVID-19 Lockdown in 2020

Video games can encourage young people’s creativity through writing, and playing video games can support young people’s literacy, creativity and empathy.

• 25 Aug

Apprenticeships and the Pay Review Body Workforces: Final Report

This report by researchers at King’s Business School explores the impact of apprenticeships on recruitment and retention in the public sector.

• 25 Aug

Online Safety: A Parent’s Perspective

This report is a follow up to the 2018 report Online Safety: A Pupil’s Perspective, surveyed 2000+ parents about their approach, and perception of, online safety in the home.

• 25 Aug

Legal Briefing: Can My Boss Make Me Go Back To the Classroom?

Schools and colleges re-open for all students as normal in September. The Department for Education (DfE) argues that most staff will be able to attend school where necessary protective measures set out in its guidance, particularly cleaning, hygiene and social distancing arrangements, are applied.

• 25 Aug

Talking About A (Real) Revolution

It’s true that a revolution is happening in our attitudes to online learning. Now we need to make sure that it is sustained over the longer term, says Will Chambers of Bramble.

• 19 Aug

Learning Lessons In Lockdown

LEO Academy Trust struck lucky when it decided to adopt Google's G Suite for Education as its digital education platform. This is how they did it.

• 12 Aug

School Funding Allocations

At a time of growing concern about the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on the most disadvantaged children, analysis of government education spending plans shows extra funding will be “skewed” in favour of pupils from wealthy backgrounds.

• 12 Aug

Linking Adolescents’ Gender Role Profiles to Motivation, Engagement, and Achievement

Boys who resisted traditional ideas about masculinity did well in their exams, while those who had an emotionally ‘hard’ image performed poorest.

• 12 Aug

Education in Times of Crisis: Teachers’ Views on Distance Learning and School Reopening Plans During COVID-19

The COVID-19 outbreak has led to an unprecedented level of partial school closures in the UK and the world more widely. Even though some countries are gradually reopening schools to more students, they continue to be closed to at least part of the student population in 116 countries, affecting over 60 per cent of the global student population.

• 12 Aug