We’re holding our first Community Learning Day on the theme of Psychology and Inequality - 9th Jan 2026! Please share widely! We’re currently looking for speakers! We’d particularly like to hear from those who have lived experience in relation to inequality and psychology #edusky #edpsychs

There seems to have been a shift over the last 5-10 years to much more external control over behaviour in secondary, based on 'zero tolerance' type approaches pushed by high profile educators. So we have a split between a self-regulation/agency focus in primary and a control focus in secondary. 2/3

I had such a fantastic day yesterday at @edspy.bsky.social Festival of Educational Psychology. So many inspiring speakers, challenging us to turn towards places where educational psychology can and should be making a difference. Thank you @edpsydan.bsky.social for bringing our community together.

new article published open access in Reading Research Quarterly 💫 Follow the word gap: the social life of a deficit concept doi.org/10.1002/rrq.... i trace how deficit ideologies associated with the 'word gap' get reproduced - and rejected - in teacher education and schools.

🌟150 people registered so far...! ...This is just amazing and we can't wait for the buzz on the day. Festival programme and tickets are here: festival.edpsy.org.uk #epfest2025 #edpsychs

Working in schools & communities you can’t fail to notice the massive impacts of child poverty. This report has rightly given children a chance to speak about their experiences, I hope it leads to change. assets.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/wpuploads/20...

"The two child limit pulls 109 kids into poverty every single day, so unless that policy goes child poverty is going to be higher at the end of this parliament than at the start" Sara Ogilvie from the Child Poverty Action Group #GMB

Early Bird discount is ending on Thursday - which can only mean one thing... ....our Programme is on its way! That's obvs exciting - but if you want to benefit from 10% your ticket price, you know what to do...! #edpsychs #epfest2025

📢🎟️Our Early Bird Festival discount ends this Thursday! When you use code 'EARLYBIRD10' you can still benefit from 10% off all our tickets...but be quick, this ends at midday Thursday 10th July. Get your tickets here: festival.edpsy.org.uk #edpsychs

🌟💥🎪 Announcing our Festival headliners We're...proper...excited! Keri Opai, Dr Cora Sargeant and Bernard Coard. Join us on 19th September for inspiration, challenge and hope. More about our headliners: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/an... #epfest2025 #edpsychs

Every. Single. Day. News reports of multiple Palestinians shot dead at food "aid" distribution points. Not only is food weaponised, civilians aren't even safe seeking out what little food they're allowed. Our psychological bodies say *nothing*. Shameful www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...

For anyone working in educational psychology and interested in reducing exclusions, see here: edpsy.org.uk/interest-gro... #educationalpsychology #EPs

📢🎪 Announcing our festival theme! 'Lasting change through collective action' Our festival celebrates the power of people coming together. Community psychology teaches us that real change begins when communities lift each other up. Get your ticket now: festival.edpsy.org.uk #edpsychs

When you have an evening reception at 7 but have to crawl the cathedral steps in penance for getting Thomas Beckett killed at 3

I think this is such a major driver of AI use in university assessments. And also just a real… disconnection between why we think students are here (to learn about history!) and why students think they are here (to get good grades, to get a job)

Heeeeere we go! Delighted to be part of the organising team this year, it’s going to be 🔥

The Family Fund Cost of Caring report was published a couple of days ago. It is relevant to any SEND professional, making it clear why we must advocate for an adequately funded system of income support. www.familyfund.org.uk/impact/resea...

This is a hell of a thing to read.

🌟edpsy hosts Dr Mary Stanley-Duke Join Mary next Tuesday to dive in to mediating learning - the psychology, its importance and how to do it. You'll leave with practical ideas to use to develop a child's learning skills. Info and booking here: edpsy.org.uk/event/edpsy-... #edpsychs

Are you an EP/TEP who is passionate about reducing exclusions? We are forming an interest group to share best practice, network and access CPD. We would love for you to join us! The first meeting will be September 9th at 3pm. *Also looking for presenters to share research. DMs open!

This is so frustrating for so many reasons... but especially absolute, barefaced cheek of adults asking children if they like school, being told "no", and concluding that actually school is fine, it's the kids who are disengaged (and who need special attention)

We must stay true to our values. If a generally free society loses its moral courage, then what is left. Thank you for continuing to remind us @noushaep.bsky.social “We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” #EdPsychs

Very VERY proud to have been part of this incredible piece of work Hundreds of paired and group interactions, exploring the double empathy problem in a large diverse sample.

These findings validate the presence of effective communicative skills in autistic people, even if they do not necessarily adhere to non-autistic social norms. This was consistent across different samples and sites.

Water profiteers are clinging to a broken system that lines their pockets while polluting our rivers and making us pay for their failures. But we can change course. A publicly owned water system would serve people and planet - not profit. If you agree, sign up: actionnetwork.org/forms/we-can...

📢 Calling all Trainee EPs! Expressions of interest to join our edpsy TEP group close next week! The energy and grassroots innovation of TEPs deserves a greater chance to influence what we do. Hear more from Dan below, and more here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/we... #edpsychs - please share 😀

Today I was thinking about Steve Richards and him saying politicians need to be teachers- the government should be making the case about doing the right thing and moving public opinion towards justice and not tracking populism

It would be fab if colleagues could share this with their teams and networks 🙏🏻

As a psychologist that worked in older adults services for three years, providing consultation on complex care cases - I can absolutely tell you this is going to smash the care sector (already on its arse) into pieces.

Good to see Clive Lewis keeping this issue alive from within his own party. Just one of many areas where Labour should be much bolder for the public and planet. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

💻 edpsy hosts Dr Mary-Stanley Duke 🕹️Mediating learning - supporting children to get the most from every learning task This is going to be a fun, accessible and informative webinar for psychologists and anyone involved in children's learning Book here: edpsy.org.uk/event/edpsy-... #edpsychs

💬 "We’re no longer even making glacial progress towards closing the gap – we’re going backwards." The gap in outcomes between pupils from richer and poorer backgrounds is unacceptable. Concerted efforts is needed to level the playing field.

Very excited for this!! Get signed up and sharing #edpsychs

We’ve over 100 signatures in the first few hours of our healthcare providers’ letter against disability cuts — including doctors, psychologists, nurses, social workers, paramedics, OTs, carers & disabled claimants. Professionals, please sign its evidenced! tinyurl.com/4vav3vnv #WelfareNotWarfare 1/2

💭We want to establish an 'edpsy TEP group' The energy and grassroots innovation of TEPs deserves a greater chance to influence what we do. Take a read and if interested, complete an expression of interest by 19th May. Please share with your TEP colleagues edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/we... #edpsychs

These personal stories highlight how truly heinous these cuts are. Coming from a Labour government, they are all the more galling. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

My passion project is ready ⭐️ three years in the making Please share my thesis project amongst your networks - I’m seeking primary/secondary teachers of PHSEE and curriculum leads for reflective group sessions on sexism

across 563 school behaviour policies, i found that notions of 'misbehaviour' coalesce with a whole constellation of linguistic features. of course, these linguistic features are not empirically connected to 'misbehaviour', but they are strongly ideologically connected.

Cutting disability support is awful and I feel utterly dismayed by it.

In response to Wes Streeting's claim over "over-diagnosis", says @rcpsych.bsky.social President Dr Lade Smith CBE aid the "rise in people with mental illness is being driven by real societal challenges and lack of available treatment” - www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...

Today, more than 700 representatives from across the arts & education world signed an open letter in @thetimes.com, calling for more opportunities for arts education for every child from every background. I was pleased to sign on behalf of the @oracycommission.bsky.social

Around 44% of secondary school teacher participants described female pupils being the victims of misogynistic comments, discrimination, or inappropriate behaviour…30% of these teachers making reference to negative influences on self esteem and engagement.

“Unexpected item in bagging area”

Schools should not withhold breaktimes for behavioural reasons, a new report into the importance of play has warned. The commission has called on the govt to discourage “punitive withdrawal” of school breaktimes as a way of punishing poor behaviour: www.tes.com/magazine/new...

From Rebecca Solnit’s Meditations in an Emergency.

@aaronwiles.bsky.social hiya!

"When politicians who are seen as mainstream treat an extremist far-right party as normal, public opinion will tend to follow; and once such normalization has happened, as in Europe today, it is virtually impossible to undo."

You can still access our Understanding Memory online collection at @journalphp.bsky.social! Fourteen classic articles for you to read and download, for a limited time only: www.tandfonline.com/journals/cph... #philsky

@oliverturnbull.bsky.social and here you are!