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🔈Leverhulme Trust-funded PhD studentship available: ‘Communicative framings of insects in children’s educational materials and their effects on children’s perceptions of and engagement with insects. More: www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...

QS 2026 rankings highlight ongoing excellence at SSPP! 👏

Several subjects taught at the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy are ranked in the top 50 in the world ⬇️

Politics - 11th
Geography - 14th
Education - 16th
International Development - 21st

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Congratulations to 4 of our MA students selected to pitch at the Finals of Policy Idol 2026. 👏 Sabina Miah, Thai Braddick, Ola Ahmed-Ebbiary, and Jade Hyland are passionate to see increased support for pastoral staff within schools.
👉 Find out more www.kcl.ac.uk/ecs-students...

Dr Simon Coffey examines the establishment of English as an esteemed and reputable language, looking back at its advocates and the forewarning of 'inkhorning'. Read at: kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/pu...

It's Just Research, Season 3, Ep 1: Affective Bordering: The Emotional… What is the emotional fuel of political action? How can one uncover the hidden emotions that drive political structures? Using examples from Germany, Billy shows how emotions play a key role in…

What is the emotional fuel of political action? How can one uncover the hidden emotions that drive political structures? Listen to Dr Billy Holzberg & Dr Sara black in discussion on the latest It's Just Research Podcast tinyurl.com/za7xuutv

University Refugee Week 2026 | 2–8 March
Join us for a week of talks, creative events and shared conversations exploring forced displacement, and recognising the resilience and contributions of refugees and people seeking sanctuary.
Find out more: www.kcl.ac.uk/university-r...

Universities in conflict zones have much to teach the world A special journal issue containing 24 papers about higher education institutions in conflict zones fills an existing scholarship gap and is evidence t...

A recently published special issue gains new insights into the social, political and epistemic significance of the university in times of conflict, advancing a critical research agenda in a neglected field.

Read more here, with links to the full issue: www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

📚 Make this blog by Dr Meg Maguire and Dr Emma Towers your next read.

🏆 'Reflecting on educational policy in the UK' was BERA's 5th most popular read of 2025, and interrogates the fundamental ideas that shape and complicate the UK's education policy.

🔗 Read here: www.bera.ac.uk/blog/reflect...

Human Rights Day 2025: My Youth Advocacy Journey and What I Learned in… Molly Taylor, youth advocate, human rights ambassador and MA International Child Rights and Development student shares her insights into her career and life ambition as a child rights champion,…

This Human Rights Day, we follow an MA International Child Rights and Development student's journey through youth advocacy, from a Master's at King's, to being nominated to visit Lviv, the current European Youth Capital.

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Mixed-heritage pupils 'invisible' within school policies | King's College London Young people of mixed heritage are being left out of educational policy and practice.

Young people of mixed heritage feel ‘invisible’ in educational policy and practice.

A new report from the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy funded by The Portal Trust examined the lived experiences of mixed-heritage pupils across London classrooms.

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Education for a liveable future: what kind of practice is good enough for the task at hand? | King's College London Dr Sophie Perry presents research on transformative pedagogy for a more sustainable future.

🌍 ✏️ How can education systems be transformed to effectively teach future generations about social and climate crises and fighting them?

Join us at the next CRESTEM seminar where Dr Sophie Perry offers informed solutions to this question.

🗓️3 Dec, 14:30
📍FWB 4.63/Online

🔗 Register: bit.ly/3XuSLn4

Attitudes Towards Bilingualism: Insights From Parents of Children With Down Syndrome Background Recent research indicates that bilingualism does not exacerbate the language learning difficulties commonly seen in children with down syndrome (DS). However, misconceptions persist about.....

🗨️ Recent research in ECS looks to destigmatise the bilingual upbringing of children with Down syndrome.

🗣️Parents commented on the concerns around support available, and how negative attitudes mainly exist outside the household.

Read the full report here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Join for the launch of 'Harold Rosen and English in Education and the Language Arts' by Dr Simon Gibbons.

Gibbons' new book explores the prolific influence of Harold Rosen on the teaching of English.

📆 15 January, 6pm
📍River Room, Strand Campus / Online

🎟️Register here: bit.ly/4pyz4GE

From learning for unsustainability to unlearning for sustainability? How does the feeling of 'stuckness' effect teachers teaching the climate crisis?

Join us for the next online RE-SET seminar.

🗓️ 2 December, 5:30pm-6.45pm

Register for the meeting link here: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...

Magna Charta Anniversary 2025 YouTube video by Magna Charta Observatory

📢 Did you know that you can stream the Magna Charta Universitatum 2020?

The flagship event concerning academic freedom and university values can be streamed on YouTube, starting from today until Thursday.

📺Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=be_h...

Meet the team working to address child marriage in crisis 🫂

Join us for a webinar where researchers will discuss their plans to optimise the work community-rooted and feminist groups across sub-Saharan Africa.

🗓️5 Nov, 9am GMT, 12pm EAT

📍Sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...

Exploring the lives of blind scientists of the past and present 🧪 🔢

Dr Michele Mele presents the next CRESTEM seminar, exploring the achievements of scientists with low to no sight.

📍 WBW G/8 and online
📅 12 November, 2.30-3.30pm

🔗 Link to register: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...

Want to learn more about Colourism and Racism in Schools?🎒👥

Attend the first seminar in a new series exploring how skin shade and racialisation shape experiences in schools.

📅 Tuesday 11 November, 12.30pm-1.30pm
📍 Online

🎟️ Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...

HE leaders brand Trump’s compact for HE as ‘extortion’ The Trump administration’s compact offered to nine elite US universities has provoked alarm among higher education leaders. It demands surrender of ...

'Universities have more leverage than they think.'

Prof Liviu Matei, Head of ECS, comments on the latest provision by the Trump administration on universities in the US, and warns of threats to academic freedom.

Read the full article here: www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

⚛️The CRESTEM seminars kick off again this week with a presentation from Anna T. Danielsson on the role of physics in creating resonant experiences for young students.

🕝 15 October, 2.30-3.30pm
📍 WBW G/8 or online

🎟️ Register for the seminar here: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...

King's-funded multilingual education project pilots in The Gambia | King's College London Dr Clyde Ancarno’s multilingual education initiative, co-developed with Gambian educators and shaped by teacher practice in the classrooms, was received positively by stakeholders in The Gambia.

Dr Clyde Ancarno's multilingual teaching toolkit, which won the 2024 SSPP Impact Award, was recently delivered to trainee teachers in The Gambia. 🔤📚

The toolkit bridges the gap between children's native languages used at home and The Gambia's English-only schooling system.

🔗 bit.ly/41XPvTH

Georgetown University and King’s College London Virtual Symposium Series (Series 1) We warmly invite you to join the inaugural session of the Georgetown University and King’s College London Virtual Symposium Series, jointly led by Dr. Qiwei Britt He (Georgetown University, US) and Dr...

💡 🗣️ Join the Georgetown University and King's College London virtual symposium series starting this Friday!

Advancing Process Data Analysis in Large-Scale Assessments
📅 12 September, 15:00 BST
📍 Online

Register now ⬇️
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🎊 Dr Sharon Gewirtz, Professor of Education, has been appointed on the Education sub-panel for the next Research Excellence Framework (REF).

💼 Recent work by Dr Gewirtz includes her research on the @youngliveskcl.bsky.social project.

Congratulations to Dr Gewirtz on her appointment!

📢 Join Antonia Dawes for a book talk about her new release, England's military heartland, which explores life on the Salisbury Plain and of the communities next to it.

🗓️ 24 September, 7:00pm
📍Housmans Bookshop, Caledonian Road

🎟️ Get your tickets now: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...

Sign up now for our first Faculty alumni pub quiz of the year! 🏆

Alumni teams from @kingsbschool.bsky.social @kcllaw.bsky.social and SSPP will compete against each other at The Vault on Wednesday 3 September. 🤔

🔗 Book your free ticket now: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/busin...

You can now watch the 2025 ECS Annual Lecture on the ECS website.

Last month we invited Prof Emily Shuckburgh of Cambridge Zero to talk on how educators can equip young people with the skills and vigour to take on socioecological challenges.

Watch now ➡️ bit.ly/4mn40sl

Summer school promotes physics amongst young girls Twenty-six students attended a three-day girls optics summer school at King’s College London in July, inspiring the next generation of female physicists.

🔬 Twenty-six students attended a three-day girls optics summer school at King’s College London in July, inspiring the next generation of female physicists.

Read more here ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/inspiri...

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Graduating at the Royal Festival Hall? Your Alumni Team is looking forward to welcoming all new King’s graduates into our global alumni community of 220,000+ people.

Read more on the free benefits we offer to all our alumni: www.kcl.ac.uk/alumni/forever-kings-edge

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