Young people of mixed heritage feel ‘invisible’ in educational policy and practice. A new report from the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy funded by The Portal Trust examined the lived experiences of mixed-heritage pupils across London classrooms. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/mixed-h...

🌍 ✏️ How can education systems be transformed to effectively teach future generations about social and climate crises and fighting them? Join us at the next CRESTEM seminar where Dr Sophie Perry offers informed solutions to this question. 🗓️3 Dec, 14:30 📍FWB 4.63/Online 🔗 Register: bit.ly/3XuSLn4

🗨️ Recent research in ECS looks to destigmatise the bilingual upbringing of children with Down syndrome. 🗣️Parents commented on the concerns around support available, and how negative attitudes mainly exist outside the household. Read the full report here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Join for the launch of 'Harold Rosen and English in Education and the Language Arts' by Dr Simon Gibbons. Gibbons' new book explores the prolific influence of Harold Rosen on the teaching of English. 📆 15 January, 6pm 📍River Room, Strand Campus / Online 🎟️Register here: bit.ly/4pyz4GE

From learning for unsustainability to unlearning for sustainability? How does the feeling of 'stuckness' effect teachers teaching the climate crisis? Join us for the next online RE-SET seminar. 🗓️ 2 December, 5:30pm-6.45pm Register for the meeting link here: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...

📢 Did you know that you can stream the Magna Charta Universitatum 2020? The flagship event concerning academic freedom and university values can be streamed on YouTube, starting from today until Thursday. 📺Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=be_h...

Meet the team working to address child marriage in crisis 🫂 Join us for a webinar where researchers will discuss their plans to optimise the work community-rooted and feminist groups across sub-Saharan Africa. 🗓️5 Nov, 9am GMT, 12pm EAT 📍Sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...

Exploring the lives of blind scientists of the past and present 🧪 🔢 Dr Michele Mele presents the next CRESTEM seminar, exploring the achievements of scientists with low to no sight. 📍 WBW G/8 and online 📅 12 November, 2.30-3.30pm 🔗 Link to register: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...

Want to learn more about Colourism and Racism in Schools?🎒👥 Attend the first seminar in a new series exploring how skin shade and racialisation shape experiences in schools. 📅 Tuesday 11 November, 12.30pm-1.30pm 📍 Online 🎟️ Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...

'Universities have more leverage than they think.' Prof Liviu Matei, Head of ECS, comments on the latest provision by the Trump administration on universities in the US, and warns of threats to academic freedom. Read the full article here: www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

⚛️The CRESTEM seminars kick off again this week with a presentation from Anna T. Danielsson on the role of physics in creating resonant experiences for young students. 🕝 15 October, 2.30-3.30pm 📍 WBW G/8 or online 🎟️ Register for the seminar here: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...

Dr Clyde Ancarno's multilingual teaching toolkit, which won the 2024 SSPP Impact Award, was recently delivered to trainee teachers in The Gambia. 🔤📚 The toolkit bridges the gap between children's native languages used at home and The Gambia's English-only schooling system. 🔗 bit.ly/41XPvTH

💡 🗣️ Join the Georgetown University and King's College London virtual symposium series starting this Friday! Advancing Process Data Analysis in Large-Scale Assessments 📅 12 September, 15:00 BST 📍 Online Register now ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🎊 Dr Sharon Gewirtz, Professor of Education, has been appointed on the Education sub-panel for the next Research Excellence Framework (REF). 💼 Recent work by Dr Gewirtz includes her research on the @youngliveskcl.bsky.social project. Congratulations to Dr Gewirtz on her appointment!

📢 Join Antonia Dawes for a book talk about her new release, England's military heartland, which explores life on the Salisbury Plain and of the communities next to it. 🗓️ 24 September, 7:00pm 📍Housmans Bookshop, Caledonian Road 🎟️ Get your tickets now: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...

Sign up now for our first Faculty alumni pub quiz of the year! 🏆 Alumni teams from @kingsbschool.bsky.social @kcllaw.bsky.social and SSPP will compete against each other at The Vault on Wednesday 3 September. 🤔 🔗 Book your free ticket now: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/busin...

You can now watch the 2025 ECS Annual Lecture on the ECS website. Last month we invited Prof Emily Shuckburgh of Cambridge Zero to talk on how educators can equip young people with the skills and vigour to take on socioecological challenges. Watch now ➡️ bit.ly/4mn40sl

🔬 Twenty-six students attended a three-day girls optics summer school at King’s College London in July, inspiring the next generation of female physicists. Read more here ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/inspiri...

Graduating at the Royal Festival Hall? Your Alumni Team is looking forward to welcoming all new King’s graduates into our global alumni community of 220,000+ people. Read more on the free benefits we offer to all our alumni: www.kcl.ac.uk/alumni/forever-kings-edge #ForeverKings

📣 In the season finale of the 'It's Just Research' Podcast, our hosts have an animated discussion with Dr Panos Theodoropoulos and his research into the socialisation of precarity. Read more and listen to the episode here: www.kcl.ac.uk/its-just-res...

King’s College London has been ranked 31st in the QS World University Rankings 2026. ECS is proud to have contributed to this growth. King’s is ranked 22nd in the world in Education and Training, 31st in Sociology and Management and 32nd in Social Policy and Administration.

📢 NEW PODCAST EPISODE 📢 We talk to Dr Tania de St Croix and Louise Doherty about their collaborative research project that sought to address the impact of rising evaluation of youth work and how policy threatens the spirit of youth work. www.kcl.ac.uk/its-just-res...

📢 2 WEEKS TO GO! Just two weeks until our the ECS Annual Lecture delivered by @emilyshuckburgh, presenting her vision into thriving sustainably on Planet Earth. 🌎 This won't be one to miss. Register now 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/2025-...

The launch of The Precarious Migrant Worker coincided with the release of the UK government's white papers on immigration. The speakers included at least three migrant workers. The staff running the event also included migrant workers without whom it wouldn't have been possible. 🧵⬇️

POSTPONED 📣 We've pushed this event to the 11th of June, still at 1pm!

Dr Francesca Meloni (@francescameloni.bsky.social) has won the Hart-SLSA award for Early Career Academics 2025 for her book Ways of Belonging: Undocumented Youth in the Shadow of Illegality. 🎉 Read more about the award and the book here ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/dr-fran...

TOMORROW: “You laugh at it as a joke, but it’s not funny:” Young People’s Experiences of Colourist Banter Join us for this CPPR seminar delivered by colorism expert Dr Aisha Phoenix. 📆 14 May, 13:00 📍WBW 3/8 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/you-l...

London, 12th May – don’t miss @ptheodoropoulos.bsky.social’s book launch @kingsecs.bsky.social ↓ details interregnum.ghost.io/book-launch-... Including Bridget Anderson @mmbuob.bsky.social and Yasmin Gunaratnam @anilsghost.bsky.social @intrrgum.bsky.social

Just days to go until we host the launch of The Precarious Migrant Worker by Panos Theodoropoulos and this is your last chance to register! 🗓️12 May, 6.30pm 📍Great Hall, Strand Campus Register here: bit.ly/43h1TiF @mmbuob.bsky.social @industrialworker.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social

📢🌍💚 ANNOUNCEMENT 💚🌍📢 We are pleased to announce this year's ECS annual lecture with Prof Emily Shuckburgh OBE, Director of @cambridgezero.bsky.social 📆 Tuesday 1 July, 14:15 📍 Anatomy Lecture Theatre / K6.29 Registrations are now open: bit.ly/3GXIhY3

"This is the insidiousness of capitalism: it imprisons us precisely by relying on our desires to feel free." Check out our exclusive interview with Panos Theodoropoulos in the lead up to the release of his new book. www.kcl.ac.uk/the-making-o...

Dr Billy Holzberg's latest book on borders and affect was awarded as the winner of the British Sociological Association's Philip Abrams Memorial Prize for the best sole-authored book in sociology this year! Read more about the book and this prestigious win ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/dr-bill...

Next month we will be hosting a joint conference with UNICA's EduLAB on 19-20 May at King's. The conference is titled 'How models of Higher Education travel internationally: governance, funding and knowledge production'. Find out more and sign up now ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/unica...

📣 NEW PODCAST EPISODE 📣 How do we deconstruct military identity in the UK psyche? 💭🪖 This is the question that Dr Antonia Dawes interrogates in her research. Listen to the latest episode of the 'It's Just Research' podcast. ➡️ bit.ly/4jPoHLT

📢 This #EarthDay we are pleased to announce that the next ECS Annual Lecture will be delivered by Prof Emily Shuckburgh OBE, Director of @cambridgezero.bsky.social 🗓️ Save the date for 1 July, 2:30pm More details to come! 🌎🎓

Young people won't let youth work disappear! Thanks It's Just Research podcast @kingsecs.bsky.social for inviting me and Louise Doherty to discuss our recent article "Embers, and Fragments: Social Haunting in Youth Work, Impact Measurement and Policy Networks" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Tomorrow's Proudly King's "Lunch 'n' Learn" session will be delivered by ECS Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow Pippa Sterk! Join online from 12pm. 🌈🎓

📣📣Calling all international students: the application deadline for overseas applicants has been extended to 23 May!

Rated Hsiao-Hung Pai's 'Book of the Year', join us for the launch of The Precarious Migrant Worker by Panos Theodoropoulos an essential book on the daily realities of migrant workers. 📅 12 May, 6:30pm 📍 Great Hall, Strand Campus Register now ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...

Study a BA in English Language & Linguistics... on a scholarship! Applications are now open for scholarships worth up to £6000 towards the ELL BA. Find out more and apply now: www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...

In this month's episode of the 'It's Just Research' podcast we talk to Dr Sara Black about her research in critical geography, education justice, the cruciality of timetabling and the looming commodification of education. Listen now on all major streaming platforms! www.kcl.ac.uk/its-just-res...

Applications are now open for scholarships for the International Child Rights and Development MA. Successful applicants will receive a £5,000 tuition discount to support their journey in fighting for the rights of children around the world. More details and apply: www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy...

Is nostalgia what it used to be? 🤔💭 Join us for the next 'Corpus and Beyond' seminar where Prof Charlotte Taylor and Dr Anna Marchi will explore the framing of the labels 'nostalgia' and 'nostalgic'. 🗓️ 2 April, 17:00 📍FWB 1.67 and Online ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/is-no...

Join us for an announcement and discussion of the new definition of dyslexia developed by researchers at Oxford, Birmingham, King's College London and the SASC. 📅 2 April, 17:30pm 📍 Nash Lecture Theatre, King's College London Find out more and register here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/towar...

A huge congratulations to ECS PhD student Poppy Ellis-Logan for winning the overall King's Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy Impact Prize 2025. Poppy impressed the judges with her research into representation in public health messaging. Well done, Poppy!

Join us for the launch of Civil Society's Education, published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social. The book offers a philosophical and historical insight into the role of education in civil society. 🗓️ 24 March 🕔 17:30pm 📍River Room, Strand Campus Register now: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...

Catch up on the It's Just Research podcast now! Our last episode interviewed Dr Sophie Perry, a recent PhD graduate, who's research delves into the different ways we can teach the next generation about socio-ecological issues more effectively. 🌍 Listen now on all major streaming platforms.

Read Liam Cini O'Dwyer's recent article about his research for Queer@Kings, an active community of researchers and academics at King’s working on queer studies all year round. Liam is a current PhD candidate at ECS, currently researching the experiences of LGBTI+ students' science education.

Our podcast 'It's Just Research' is back for its second season! Join us as we continue to critically rethink the world we live in. Episode one is out now on all major streaming platforms. shows.acast.com/its-just-res...

Join us for the launch of Diego Santori’s The Quantified School: Pedagogy, Subjectivity, and Metrics. 📅 26 February 🕔 5.30pm 📍 River Room, Strand Campus Register now to secure your place! www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...