Introducing the Learning Sciences: Insights and Implications for Teaching Learning Sciences is a cutting-edge interdisciplinary field that investigates how people learn and applies these insights to improve educational practices. This essential textbook introduces the field...

If you have ever wondered what the learning sciences actually is, this book is for you, especially if you are interested in teaching.

It's written by members of our @lsriuk.bsky.social, published by @routledgebooks.bsky.social, and now available for pre-order.

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This symposium will combine keynote talks, interdisciplinary panels, facilitated discussion groups, and structured roundtables aimed at producing publishable outputs and future collaboration.

Full event details and programme: bit.ly/4eaMeHv

Free to attend, please register.

Interested in studying at #UoNSoE?

Join our team at the university's Master's Open Day on Saturday 27 June to discuss our courses in more depth and see our beautiful #JubileeCampus.

Register at: nott.ac/masters-open-day

We want to understand the impact we have had on members' feelings of professionalism, belonging in the profession, agency, job satisfaction and use of research evidence.

Complete survey to share how membership has impacted you: https://surveymonkey.pulse.ly/7scbd4cdzx

Early years educators are among the most important professionals in our education system. The relationships they build, the environments they create, and the learning they enable in those critical first years have a profound and lasting impact on children's development.

Thank you 💙

Literacies in the Age of AI: Teaching and Learning in the Digital Era <p><b>An innovative resource for understanding and teaching literacy in a digital and AI-powered world</b> <p><i>Literacies: Learning and Teaching in the Age of Digital Media and Artificial Intellige...

#UoNSoE's Dr Gabriela Zapata and colleagues from the University of Illinois have provided an innovative resource for understanding and teaching literacy in a #digital and #AI-powered world.

wiley.com/en-gb/Literacies+in+the+Age+of+AI%3A+Teaching+and+Learning+in+the+Digital+Era-p-9781394338634

The line it is drawn; the curse it is cast: A Bourdieusian exploration of inclusion The inclusion of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in mainstream schools requires leaders to manage external and internal pedagogical priorities. This paper uses Bourdie...

Co-written by Dr Sophie Potter, this paper uses Bourdieu's theoretical toolkit to explore the ways in which inclusion is considered and enacted in UK schools.

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#SIE #inclusion #SEND

Enjoyed working through the formative Spring Profile reports of my #ITT beginning #historyteacher s today. Not just because of the evidence of sustained progress but because of the targets our #mentors have set out for their next steps - clear and actionable. #TeacherMentoring #MentorsMatter

Andy Warhol: Pop Icon Enjoy the career of Pop artist Andy Warhol, with rare drawings, screenprints, and photographs of celebrities at Lakeside Arts, Nottingham

Exhibition at Lakeside Arts finishes this weekend. Open Tuesday to Sunday if you don't want to miss it.

www.lakesidearts.org.uk/exhibition/a...

Collaborative Approaches to Widening Participation | Improving Univers Collaborative Approaches to Widening Participation (WP) offers a much-needed look into how academic and professional university staff can work together to

🆕E-book from Dr Tara Webster-Deakin

taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003539148/collaborative-approaches-widening-participation-tara-webster-deakin

#HigherEducation #WideningParticipation

Revisiting Lawrence Stenhouse’s work in context: a conversation with John Elliott This is an atypical paper for Educational Action Research as it uses an interview format to encourage a first-person reflective account of living and working with Lawrence Stenhouse as he initiated...

The collection also features an article by #UoNSoE's Martin Cummings and Andy Convery (University of East Anglia).

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Revisiting, reevaluating, and reimagining: exploring the contemporary relevance of Lawrence Stenhouse’s work on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth Published in Educational Action Research: Connecting Research and Practice for Professionals and Communities (Vol. 34, No. 2, 2026)

Co-edited by Martin Cummings, a special issue of Educational Action Research celebrates Stenhouse’s influential contributions to curriculum development and practitioner action research and aims to spark fresh reflection, discussion, and debate.

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09650792.2026.2633059

Our next event from the Centre for Research in Human Flourishing #CRHF will be an interesting panel discussion.

Join us online on 22 April: bit.ly/47zqhOq

in defence of procrastination Procrastination often gets a bad rap in academic writing advice circles. It’s generally seen as a problem to be managed, a symptom of anxiety or perfectionism. In other words, it’s a pr…

Academic writing and procrastination revisited patthomson.net/2026/04/06/i...

Dr Richard Doyle will be presenting 'More than a diagnosis: depression and young people from a person-centred perspective' at the #BACP Making Connections event on 15 April.

bacp.co.uk/events-and-resources/bacp-events/programmes/making-connections/making-connections-norwich-150426/

Today we are welcoming our new cohorts starting pre-sessional English for Academic Purposes courses. Hello to both our online students and those joining us here in Nottingham.

Ranked top ten for education in the UK in the QS World Rankings 2026, and at =56 worldwide.

Find out more about studying at the School of Education:
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#WeAreUoN #UoNSoE #QSRankings

forwarding – writing with other people’s texts We’ve probably all read papers where the writer has treated the literature as something to be surveyed and reported. the result often takes the shape of the dreaded laundry list, where the writer p…

This week I’m looking at forwarding, a key aspect of working with literatures patthomson.net/2026/03/30/f...

Following recent celebrations to mark the achievements of the #UNESCO Chair in International Education and Development, and the start of a renewed term, we're very happy to share details of this new collaboration.
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Our next event from the Centre for Research in Human Flourishing #CRHF will be an interesting panel discussion.

Join us online on 22 April: bit.ly/47zqhOq

And so we reach the end of an exhausting term. Last night was #mentor development followed today by our @uonsoe.bsky.social #ITT #historyteacher s returned to us so we could take stock at the end of their second term & celebrate with a fabulously yummy #CakeyFriday made by one of their lovely mums.

Hello UAE 32 cohort. We look forward to working with you this weekend for your online induction. Welcome to your #PGCEi course.
@staffordglobal.bsky.social
#InternationalTeachers

Our #UoNSoE team will be available at the university's Master's Open Day on Saturday 27 June. You'll have the opportunity to attend central talks, meet with colleagues to discuss specific courses in more detail and meet alumni.

Register your attendance at: nott.ac/masters-open-day

#WeAreUoN

Find out more about #UoNSoE's relationship with UNESCO. #UNESCO

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#UoNSoE recently celebrated the renewal of the UNESCO Chair in International Education and Development. The event was hosted by the Centre for International Education Research and brought together colleagues from across our UK, China and Malaysia campuses.

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#UNESCO #CIER