Systematic reviews are essential for evidence-informed decision-making processes in health and education (Langer & Stewart, 2014). A systematic review is a rigorous and methodical synthesis ...

Teaching primary science in Northern Ireland is a journey filled with both challenges and exciting opportunities. Revised in 2007, the Northern Ireland Curriculum for Primary was designed ...

Social media is an important part of young people’s lives in our connected society; however, its use in higher education is currently sporadic, localised, and not aligned with the large ...

Northern Ireland education has just had an Independent Review . It remarked that: ‘Northern Ireland could significantly benefit if unnecessary fragmentation or duplication, where they ...

In recent years, governments have moved social policy towards being ‘evidence-based’. To give just two examples, in the US the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) restricts funding ...

Adrian Simpson is the principal of St Mary’s College and Professor of Mathematics Education at Durham University. His research focuses on the school–university transition in ...

Imagine undergoing a high stakes education assessment at the age of 11, and that result dictating many of the options available to you for the rest of your life. The detrimental impact of ...

Beverley McCormick is a Lecturer of Education and the Course Director of the PGCE Primary at Ulster University. She is an active STEM ambassador having received recognition as Outstanding ...

Dr Matthew Milliken was a research assistant in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences at Ulster University, and is now an independent researcher. He is a former youth worker with ...

The Independent Review of Education in Northern Ireland asserts that ‘education is the greatest investment any society makes in its own future’, bringing ‘societal benefits’ ...

Despite the surge of the neurodiversity movement and tremendous efforts by schools, parents and SEND specialists, negative connotations around autism still pervade. One need only to look ...

Denominational Christianity is woven into the fabric of education in Northern Ireland (NI). Catholic, Presbyterian, Anglican and Methodist Churches, all Christian, are embedded in the ...