How do early years educators engage with research? I recently spoke with some early years educators to find out 💡 Read my blogpost for a summary of my findings ⤵️ blog.lboro.ac.uk/cmc/2025/04/...

New blogpost day! Did you know we tend to associate smaller numbers with our left & larger numbers with our right? Dr Krzysztof Cipora has written a brilliantly accessible overview of this effect (SNARC) & introduces his most recent paper investigating it 🎨 ⤵️ blog.lboro.ac.uk/cmc/2025/02/...

Our pre-test for an RCT targeting transcoding skills - number reading, writing, and recognition - is off to a great start this week 🎉! Our team is working with 500 children aged 5-6 in primary schools. We’re excited to share updates over the coming months.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

"Effective research communication in education: Early years practitioners' views of research summaries" In my newest paper, I discuss the importance of understanding how early years practitioners engage with research & what I learnt from speaking to them.💡 Free access here: doi.org/10.1002/rev3...

**NEW** paper from my fabulously talented colleague @bethwoollacott.bsky.social who’s work aims to bring research and practice in the early years closer together

Free open access article published today @tandfresearch.bsky.social about the challenges faced by Ukrainian refugee students learning mathematics in UK schools: doi.org/10.1080/0305... @colinfoster77.bsky.social

A refreshing blast of icy #sunset at Beacon Hill #Loughborough after an #EMCA (#ESRC CEML #mathematics) day with @tillyflint.bsky.social @katie-seabridge.bsky.social @derekedwards.bsky.social ❄️🥶 @lborouniversity.bsky.social @lsepbs.bsky.social @lborodme.bsky.social

A nice way to start the new year…my first ever blogpost!! Thanks so much @bethwoollacott.bsky.social for your help in editing and @lucycragg.bsky.social and @camillakgilmore.bsky.social my fabulous project P.I.s

5 recommendations for successful school-based data collection. This new @lborodme.bsky.social blogpost from Natasha Guy is worth a read for anyone interested in school-based data collection. Read here: tinyurl.com/mu8am3e And share your experiences with us! 💬 @natashacguy.bsky.social

Doing a degree: What you wanted: permanent employment What you got: permanent nightmare that you have an exam tomorrow you didn’t study for

What a brilliant @ceml_esrc meeting in #oxford at st Hilda’s college hosted by Anne Dowker. We’ve been thinking so much about #earlyyears educators perceptions & practice. Exciting data!!!

Alongside my postdoc, I am the editor of the Centre for Mathematical Cognition blog at Loughborough University. Visit our website (blog.lboro.ac.uk/cmc/) or check out some of our most recent posts linked in this thread! 👇 Our department has a variety of expertise and interests... take a look 👀

In our new paper, we identify six key phases for success in bridging the gap between research and practice, drawing together findings from a range of disciplines: Engage 📢 Understand 💡 Value 💛 Commit 🤝 Adapt 🛠️ Sustain ♻️ Linked below ⬇️ 1/2

Some amazing CAkes at #LboroCADay24