Hello everyone! We are HYPED for our new series and you can listen to or watch episode 1 of 'The Educated Guess Podcast' here: open.spotify.com/episode/1Cdg... #edpsychs

The Department for Education ‘Areas of Research Interest: 2025 have been released. Just some of the topics include: - SEND - Working with parents and families - Belonging - Using technology for learning - Attendance …and more. The priorities and emphasis are clear. www.gov.uk/government/p...

Good to see so many people come to our open evening last night. We did record it & it will soon appear on our website. Tim & I are also offering a further online Q&A on 7th Oct 4.30-5.30. More info to follow. Meanwhile don't forget to check out our blog blog.soton.ac.uk/edpsych/ #edpsychs

Kudos to these authors for framing their scoping review of #GenAI effects across individual, community, and system levels. There's not a lot of high-quality GenAI x misinformation research out there, but this review identifies promising future research directions. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

“AI intensifies rather than innovates”

Great news! Submissions & Registrations for the DECP Annual Conference 2026 are officially open. The conference theme is 'Applying Psychology to Challenge Inequity.' Share your work & be part of the conversation! Deadline to submit is November 3, 2025. #DECP2026 #Psychology

The Word Gap ™️ is something most teachers learn by osmosis. Given that what we think it means is not correct, we need to unlearn it, and dig at the biases that made it so attractive and idea in the first place.

A really great read about the tyranny of the "word gap"; like a "zombie statistic", it refuses to die, despite its troubling & misleading origins. The article reminds me of www-tandfonline-com.soton.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.... which shows how such thinking plays out in practice.

We started a new video podcast!! @edpsydan.bsky.social and I are hosts of the new podcast Educated Guess, where we talk about education, psychology, and society, and show just how much we have to learn. But fortunately we have educated guests to teach us. Welcome to Educated Guess!!!

Great news! We’ve climbed to 17th in @thetimes.com Good University Guide 2026 🎉 We’re delighted to see our research excellence, rising student satisfaction scores, strong graduate prospects and investment in new facilities highlighted. For more 👉 www.thetimes.com/uk-universit...

There are some good recommendations in y/day's Select Cttee report. Until curriculum flexibility and accountability is sorted, there's a risk that SEND practice is inconsistent with other drivers to which schools must respond. committees.parliament.uk/committee/20... #edpsychs

So...I can't tell you have excited I am about this. Today we launch 'The Educated Guess Podcast'. A privilege to co-host this new podcast with the inimitable Dr Cora Sargeant. It's audio & video so listen/watch wherever you get your podcasts or here: open.spotify.com/show/1eoMLC9... #edpsychs

One third of parents have asked for SEND assessments. This is not about individual children, teachers or schools but about a systemic problem. Desperately hoping for some wisdom and relief from the SEND review. #edpsychs www.theguardian.com/education/20...

A fantastic session by Louise and Charlotte at our first whole course day of the year. Lots of ideas and resources and opportunities to consider the difference between ‘inclusive’ and ‘neurodiversity-affirming’ practice? Thank you 🙏

Really looking forward to this afternoon session by Jake Fox for our whole course day tomorrow 😀 #edpsychs #legotherapy

The full Year 1 cohort! They have all come back for week 2 so we haven't put them off yet! We have our first whole course day tomorrow and are looking forward to sessions on neurodiversity affirming practice and Lego Therapy 😍

Six new research posts on the blog today #edpsychs. Have a look blog.soton.ac.uk/edpsych/

Ghosts within the educational machine: Are hidden young carers going with their needs unmet? (2024) blog.soton.ac.uk/edpsych/2025... #edpsychs

TEP Talks episode 21: Trainee educational psychologists Katy, Rebecca, Victoria, Nichola and Chloe respond to a question from a headteacher with several children who have joined the school from Hong Kong. Listen in via our blog #edpsychs blog.soton.ac.uk/edpsych/2025...

Do you want something to accompany you on a walk or in the car. Look no further Southampton TEP Talks episode 20: Home environment and self-regulation in Early Years blog.soton.ac.uk/edpsych/2025... #edpsychs

Such a great photo! Did you all make it out? #edpsych training

Adolescent Masculinity and Homophobic-Name-Calling: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2025) blog.soton.ac.uk/edpsych/2025... #edpsychs #research

Times Tables Rock Stars is popular digital intervention but as yet there are no formal studies exploring its effectiveness. Here Julia explores similar digital interventions to consider its potential role in increasing pupils’ multiplication tables fluency. #edpsychs blog.soton.ac.uk/edpsych/2025...

Check out the latest trainee research on our blog: How can nature connectedness and behaviours for learning be deliberately developed in children, adolescents and young adults? A systematic literature review (2025) blog.soton.ac.uk/edpsych/2025... #edpsychs

It’s now normal for young people not to attend school every day, with exhaustion and emotional wellbeing cited as key drivers. Our new report with Public First on the school attendance crisis reveals not just what is happening amongst young ppl, but why. www.impetus.org.uk/news-and-vie...

I’m not ashamed to say that I felt a bit teary as I read this. This is the sort of country I want to live in. One where we care about others.

Our Year 1 journey begins! Here’s to a fantastic year of growth, curiosity, and experience 😊🌟#edpsych

Today is Supervisors' Day. Not quite the same online as in person but easier on a wet day which also coincides with back to school (and work) for many. Thank you for joining us we are really looking forwards to working with you this year 🎉. A special shout out to our new LA placements. #edpsychs

Fab discussion re benefits & downsides of having SEND formally identified and (hopefully) accommodated in school. @martinnoon.bsky.social raises important points re GCSE exam adjustments and uni accessibility. For unis, ‘SEN’, ‘ALN’ etc = #disability. Focus is on access tools so YP can crack on.

Big welcome to our new Year ones starting today! 🎉 Year 2 & 3 are back on placement too, good luck to all as the new year gets underway. #edpsychs

Great to see an outgoing Year 3 trainee, Sophie Brinsmead presenting her work at the European Early Childhood Research Association (EECERA) conference in Bratislava. Delegates from 52 countries all interested in early childhood research #impact #edpsychs

💫Dr Cora Sargeant - festival headliner In what promises to be a science filled discussion, Cora will discuss the steps we can take to make space for everyone, in their diverse gender experiences, to find a place to belong Tickets here: festival.edpsy.org.uk #epfest2025 #edpsychs

Are you a qualified or trainee educational psychologist who sometimes feels like a fraud, doubts your abilities, or attributes success to luck rather than skill? I would love to hear from you! southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Great talk on AI and environmental impacts - as part of a series... will be posted online when recording done! perc.ac.nz/wordpress/en...

Free training with the @nihr.bsky.social research support service hub at @kingsioppn.bsky.social & partners: Are they who they say they are? Exploring impostor / fraudulent participants in #qualitative research & PPIE www.quahrc.co.uk/training-sem... #researchmethods #researchhelp #academicsky

@bpsofficial.bsky.social #blueskyeps

Great thread by @ipanalysis.bsky.social on AI and qualitative analysis (and other things). I remain completely baffled about the enthusiasm for using AI to do qualitative analysis and (reflexive) TA specifically... not least because it is profoundly unethical, exploitative, eco disaster technology

What happens to legal professionals when they are exposed to stories of fear, despair, mental distress from people of refugee background who an endure insecure and uncertain visa status? Here @maryannekenny.bsky.social explains. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/...

This is a powerful reminder of the risk that qualitative research becomes "reframed as a simple information extraction from words rather than a more complex mess, disentangling and entangling and sense making process". I recommend a listen #edpsychs

One of the biggest concerns for me about AI is that people will increasingly no longer be able to tell what is real and true, and what isn't, even more so than at present. You can already see this in people having heated 'conversations' with clearly fake AI accounts on social media.

Fantastic job guys. Great to see so many Southampton trainees sharing research widely. Brilliant photos #edpsychs Very proud.

and almost all the tutor team enjoying a drink afterwards #epsychs training

The obligatory hat throwing! Great to welcome back the 2021 cohort for graduation today 🎉 #edpsychs

Graduation of our 2021 cohort today! Lovely to see everyone back after a year as newly qualified EPs 🎉

Congratulations to all the newly qualified EPs-

What with it being our @suedpsy.bsky.social trainees’ #graduation tomorrow, I thought it was time for Hartley to make an appearance. He was knitted/born in 2020 when we had to start virtual COVID graduations. @unisouthampton.bsky.social

A herd of completed elephants! And a rightfully proud Year 1 👏

As the report says, in addition to this striking gap,"to fully understand the trends in the SEND gap, there needs to be further research into the wider characteristics and outcomes for children with additional needs."

💡Your top 5 edpsy reads At the end of every academic year we like to look back and see the articles that you’ve read the most. If you missed these first time around, here’s some perfect summer easy-read CPD. Read here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/yo... #edpsychs #psychology