An illustration of some of the key themes emerging from LICIE 2025.
What an inspiring 3 days at #LICIE2025 discussing #InclusiveEducation with colleagues from around the world, brilliantly captured by live illustrator Georgia Cowley.
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Prof Jo Van Herwegen presenting
Insightful keynote from Prof Jo Van Herwegen on day 3 of #LICIE2025, exploring how research can inform practice for students with #SEND and the potential of tailored strategies to enhance learning.
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What a joy to be part of such an inspirational, diverse and inclusively minded 3 days at the first LICIE conference!
Overjoyed that a quote from one of my participants about addressing the ‘Double Empathy Problem’ was included in the live artwork 🤩
Hats off to everyone involved!
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Prof Julie Dockrell on the LICIE stage
Powerful keynote by Prof. Julie Dockrell at Day 3 of #LICIE2025, reminding us that language and communication are central to inclusion, learning, and equity.
Oral language underpins cognitive, social, and academic development and classroom environments supporting communication are crucial.
Miriam McBreen on the LICIE stage
Miriam McBreen, PhD, Deputy Director of CIE, has opened Day 3 of #LICIE2025, with a captivating live illustration of the conference by Georgia Cowley in the background. Georgia’s illustrations bring key moments and ideas to life as they happen.
#inclusion #inclusiveeducation #SEND #educationalpolicy
Marcela Pozas on the LICIE stage
Powerful #LICIE2025 Day 2 keynote by Prof. Marcela Pozas on Differentiated Instruction (DI): vital for inclusion, but still rare in daily practice. Prof. Pozas called for better teacher training, more experimental and longitudinal research, and student voice. DI isn’t a luxury - it’s essential.
Great day discussing our research at #LICIE2025 with @melnind.bsky.social @ucl-ioe-cie.bsky.social @scdtp.bsky.social @cri-uos.bsky.social
Susana Castro Kemp Opening the conference
Prof Marcela Pozas presenting hey keynote speech
Another day of stimulating discussions on #InclusiveEducation at #LICIE2025, kicking off with a keynote by Prof Marcela Pozas from @uni.lu on the past, present and future of #DifferentiatedInstruction!
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A picture of Professor Zachary Walker and Dr Susana Castro Kemp opening the conference
A photo of Prof Kenneth Poon delivering his keynote speech
What a fantastic opening to #LICIE2025 yesterday, with our keynote speaker Prof Kenneth Poon from Nanyang Technological University presenting on learning and social inclusion of children with #SEN in schools.
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Prof Kenneth Poon on the stage
Insightful keynote by Prof. Kenneth Poon at #LICIE2025 on the inclusion of students with SEN in mainstream schools.
While many are learning academically, social inclusion remains a challenge.
To truly include, we must foster peer relationships and equip teachers to support social connection.
“There is so much more to a child’s language than the number of words a child knows”
Fascinating talk by Prof Cameron-Faulkner, explaining recent study looking at correlation between chronic health conditions in early childhood and language dev.
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One of the overriding impressions I am getting from the research presented so far is that inclusion is hard.
The barriers are immense: social, cultural, societal
But when it works, it helps everyone.
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Dr Susana Castro-Kemp on the LICIE stage
Prof. Lynn Ang at the stage
Prof. Zachary Walker at the stage
Crowds at LICIE conference
Aaand we’re off!
#LICIE2025 has officially begun, opened by the CIE’s Director Dr Susana Castro-Kemp, the Head of Psychology and Human Development Prof. Zachary Walker and Pro-Director and Vice-Dean Research at IOE Prof. Lynn Ang.
Let the conversation and collaboration begin!
#inclusion #education
Final touches before the big day!
Preparation for #LICIE2025 has been full of energy with LICIE core team and all the wonderful volunteers (including the youngest ones!). We're ready to welcome over 300 participants from around the world and kick off a powerful celebration of inclusion on Monday!
I'm very excited to be attending #LICIE2025 next week. What a fantastic programme line up and a great opportunity to connect with like-minded researchers.
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