🧠 TEEMUP (Teaching Effective Early Mathematics and Understanding in Primary Schools) professional development programme boosts early maths and self-regulation in primary schools, finds new EEF-funded evaluation study. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/48D2bSo

Yesterday we welcomed Helen Hayes MP to the Department to deliver a thought-provoking Public Seminar on Solving the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Crisis. Thank you Helen for delivering such an insightful seminar 💡 Watch the recording on YouTube: bit.ly/3KGOo5p

Congratulations to the PGCE Class of 2025! 👏🎓 The newly qualified teachers, tutors, families and friends came together at the Sheldonian Theatre for an afternoon of achievement, reflection and inspiration. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/48erXgV #Edusky @ox.ac.uk

Launching our new evidence on #EAL attainment with @education.ox.ac.uk, we hosted a panel in Westminster exploring how EAL learner arrival time and English proficiency shape their achievement. Explore the quotes of our brilliant speakers below ⬇️ and the full report here✨: bit.ly/evidence25

📢 Calling all teachers and academics interested in sustainability education! You are invited to attend a teacher-researcher networking event centred on sustainability in schools 🏫 📅 Thursday 11 December 🏢 Department of Education, Oxford ⌚ 4.30pm – 7pm Book now ➡️ shorturl.at/NWIan

Associate Professor James Robson has been appointed Chief Scientific Advisor to the Local Policy Lab, helping drive research in key policy areas across Oxfordshire. Dr Robson will lead work on building a skilled workforce and promoting fair employment. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3Kqch0Y #Edusky

📣 All are welcome to join our public seminar on Solving the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Crisis on Wednesday 3 December at 5pm. Helen Hayes MP will discuss the Education Select Committee’s recent SEND report. Register to attend 👉 www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/public... #Edusky

🎉 From 1 Jan 2026, Dr Ian Thompson will take up the role of interim Director of the Rees Centre. This follows the news that Prof Leon Feinstein will transition into his new position as Director of the Department of Education. 👉 Read more: shorturl.at/1bXLp @education.ox.ac.uk

🎙️ New podcast episode: Raised by Relatives – Kinship Carers from Black and Asian Communities. 💡 In this new Deanery Digest episode, Dr Priya Tah (Rees Centre) discusses a study that focuses on the experiences of Black and Asian kinship carers. Listen 👉 shorturl.at/LeW20 @reescentre.bsky.social

📢 Calling all teachers! There's still time to sign up for the launch event of Canon in Colour. This session responds directly to two key barriers identified in the 2021 Lit in Colour report: teacher confidence and subject knowledge. 📅 Wednesday 26 Nov ⌚4.15pm Register now 👉 shorturl.at/aVBpj

We were thrilled to host our Talking Time in Action webinar, bringing together dedicated Early Years practitioners from across the country to celebrate their incredible work delivering the Talking Time oral language programme 👏 Watch the webinar 👉 shorturl.at/0WpY5

🎉 Congratulations to Doctoral Student Zhuohan Chen, who has been awarded the prestigious Duolingo English Test Dissertation Research Award for her project on the Impact of Exposure to Global Englishes Accents on Chinese Children’s Learning of EFL. Read more on our website 👉 shorturl.at/TXjs1

🌟 Feature story: We recently spoke with David Vera Tudela Traverso, one of our course administrators, about his journey from Peru to Oxford and the experiences that continue to drive his work. ➡️ David's story: shorturl.at/BBSgX

📣 We're excited to launch two new courses in Mandarin Education - the PGCE Mandarin and the PGDip Learning and Teaching in Mandarin. These courses have been created in direct response to the rapidly growing national and global demand for qualified Mandarin teachers. 🔗 bit.ly/4r6MN9d #Edusky

🌍 This #GeographyAwarenessWeek, explore the Gujarati Navigator Project - re-examining the untold story of the navigator who guided Vasco da Gama across the Arabian Sea The research sheds new light on the geographies of knowledge that shaped global history. Read in our annual report➡️ bit.ly/479Fe8V

🎉The Department is delighted to announce the second public seminar of Michaelmas term: Solving the SEND Crisis: a public seminar about the Education Select Committee report. Speaker: Helen Hayes MP 📅3 Dec ⌚5pm – 6.30pm 🏢Dept of Education and MS Teams Register now 👉 shorturl.at/eJnJR

COMMENT: Digital literacy on the curriculum is an opportunity for a more proactive response to AI in schools. Professor Rebecca Eynon has written a comment piece discussing the recommendations set out in the recent curriculum and assessment review 💡 Read the piece here 👉 shorturl.at/X2GuQ

Our latest evidence from @education.ox.ac.uk shows that the later an EAL pupil joins school, the harder it is for them to catch up in education. Late arriving monolingual pupils do not face this same attainment penalty, however. Explore the findings in our data story: https://bit.ly/3JJVmGp

💡 Expressions of Interest: Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships 2026 Deadline: 30 Nov Submit: Completed EOI form, CV (1 page), and proposal outline (max 2 pages) to: [email protected] Complete the form here 👉 shorturl.at/0O2f4

🔬 New research shows scientists' commentaries on AI are reshaping science education. The Project AI Vision team analysed 150+ commentaries from 2021-2024. After ChatGPT’s launch, scientists’ focus shifted from data & methods to ethics, governance & social dimensions of knowledge. 🔗 bit.ly/49T6Vpf

📢 Calling all teachers! Registration is now open for the launch event of Canon in Colour 🤩 This session responds directly to two key barriers identified in the 2021 Lit in Colour report: teacher confidence and subject knowledge. 📅 26 Nov ⌚4.15pm Register now 👉 shorturl.at/aVBpj

🔊A decade of studies reinforce that proficiency in English is key to transforming outcomes for EAL pupils with high needs. This latest analysis from Dr @ariel-lindorff.bsky.social & Prof Steve Strand OBE was commissioned by @thebellfoundation.bsky.social & Unbound Philanthropy. ➡️ shorturl.at/R57Jf

📣 New report: Despite efforts to widen access to higher education, social mobility is flatlining or declining across wealthier countries Students whose parents did not attend university remain 45% less likely to reach the top earnings quintile than those with graduate parents. ➡️ bit.ly/4oE8YSK

📢 Our new report calls for a complete rethink of how we measure success for young people leaving care. The study highlights how current national data frameworks ignore the emotional realities of entering adulthood from care. Read story & report: shorturl.at/CSk2f @becomecharity.org.uk

Thank you to Dr Joanne Caddy (@oecd-ocde.bsky.social) for an insightful public seminar yesterday, exploring how we can build skills for citizen participation as an essential element of democratic resilience and renewal 🗳️ Catch up with the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxpJ...

🎉We're hiring! Join the Department as a Research Assistant working with the Learning for Families through Technology project. The full-time post is available from 5 January, with applicants required to upload a supporting statement and CV. Apply by midday on 28 November 👉 shorturl.at/W2sej

📢 Join Martin Unger for a seminar on the Reflections on the Social Dimension in the European Higher Education Area. Martin will discuss the developments of inclusion and equity in the European Higher Education Area from a policy perspective. 🗓️ 12 Nov ⏱️ 4.30 - 5.30pm Register: shorturl.at/i8ZgE

Dr Isar Godreau, a researcher from the University of Puerto Rico, will join the Department next year as a Visiting Fellow as part of The Caribbean Oxford Initiative 👏 The year-long fellowship will provide Isar an opportunity to develop her research 💡 Read more on our website 👉 shorturl.at/GPRB6

🎙️ Education Explored: A Department of Education Podcast! Our brand new podcast explores the incredible work happening throughout our Department. In Episode 1, we chat with our Director, Professor Victoria Murphy about her career and research in Applied Linguistics. 🎧 bit.ly/43hdzlj #Edusky

💡The information session on the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship will take place on 12 Nov. The session is intended for early career researchers considering an application. ⚠️Not open to students, except final-year DPhil's who meet eligibility criteria. Registration: shorturl.at/3vdo5

The Curriculum & Assessment Review final report is out today — the first major update in a decade for a modernised, world-class curriculum. Professor Jo-Anne Baird was part of the expert panel for the report, which helped shape the recommendations. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3wO0PZx #Eduksy

Last month, we welcomed over 90 British Pakistani & British Bangladeshi families to Lady Margaret Hall for a day exploring the hopes & aspirations of sixth form students of Pakistani & Bangladeshi heritage. Learn more about the project ➡️ bit.ly/3yWb4xv #Edusky #AccessToEducation

Thank you Professor Jason Arday for an inspiring talk on equity, equality, & diversity. He reminded us to focus on leaving a good footprint & that academia should serve something greater than ourselves as progress comes from empathy, care & collective healing. 🎥 Recording here: shorturl.at/2drkM

Yesterday, we welcomed Dr Birgit Larsson, where she gave an engaging presentation on supporting adolescents in care. Dr Larsson highlighted the need for stronger communication and collaboration between the systems involved in adolescents’ lives. Slides & recording available: shorturl.at/pE55u

How can we build the skills that citizens need to participate meaningfully in democracy - and strengthen trust in government? Join Dr Joanne Caddy (@oecd-ocde.bsky.social) for a public seminar on Building Skills for Citizen Participation on 10 November at 5pm. Register: bit.ly/49swtcD #Edusky

📣 We're hiring a Senior Departmental Lecturer in Mathematics Education. The post-holder will lecture and teach graduate students on the PGCE Mathematics, MSc in Learning and Teaching and MSc in Teacher Education. 🔗 Apply now: bit.ly/3WrAExG Deadline: 10 November #Edusky #AcademicSky

🌐 Teachers: Join us on 7 November for a Digital Citizenship workshop Led by Jonny Tridgell, Dr Jeremy Knox and Professor Bob Davis, this in-person workshop introduces a framework for digital citizenship education and invites you to help co-create a benchmark tool. Register: bit.ly/OxDigitalCit...

💡 Open to all with an interest in research-policy collaboration: Policy Engagement in Action: Reflections from OPEN Visiting Fellowship at Oxford’s SKOPE Research Centre 📆 Monday 3 November ⏱️ 10.30am-12pm No registration required! More here ➡️ shorturl.at/3g4bo

Earlier this week, staff and students showcased their research across all three of our research themes at our Annual Poster Conference. Posters were judged by our Research Theme Leads, with three winners and highly commended announced at the end of the evening👏 More here ➡️https://shorturl.at/b2a2x

Great to see our Students and Politics project featured in Oxford’s Department of Education! @education.ox.ac.uk Do have a read…. @rachelbrooks.bsky.social @rilleraaper.bsky.social

We enjoyed talking about our Students and Politics project at the annual poster conference of Oxford’s Department of Education @education.ox.ac.uk yesterday! Many thanks to Franziska Lessky for designing our poster! @rachelbrooks.bsky.social @rilleraaper.bsky.social

New paper: “Examification: Curricular, temporal, affective, and discursive dimensions of examination’s effects on education” doi.org/10.1177/1474... @education.ox.ac.uk @ecer-eera.bsky.social

✏️ Get your tickets: Preparing Children for Excellence in Learning Literacy in the Early Years. Join Professor Iram Siraj in a day of learning and exploring the evidence around the central role of oral language and how it underpins early literacy. 📅20 March 2026 Register: shorturl.at/ED4GX

⏱️REMINDER: What to read for climate and nature in the classroom Join Megan Murray-Pepper, Phoebe Mortimer & Nicole Dingwall in a webinar that explores literature that sparks discussion of ecological themes in English classrooms. 📅 23 Oct, 4:15pm Register: bit.ly/4nGMyzu

💬 Around 1 in 14 people live with Developmental Language Disorder. On #DLDDay, Natalie Waters shares how the Intervention Consensus for Language Disorder (TICLD) project is ensuring people with DLD have a voice in research. Read the blog: www.education.ox.ac.uk/news/you-can... #Edusky

How does movement shape learning and development in early childhood education? The latest Deanery Digest by Professor Iram Siraj shares insights from the MOVERS research, showing how movement-rich environments boost both cognitive & motor skills 🧠🤸 Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3KQmxj0 #Edusky #EarlyYears

Schools, teachers & parents often face new initiatives designed to improve education — but every change comes with a cost. 🎧 Listen to @education.ox.ac.uk Deanery’s Digest episode about our Questioning guide that helps you assess education claims confidently. podcasts.ox.ac.uk/confident-qu...

🌍📢 Calling secondary teachers! Join us for an in-person CPD workshop on teaching the British Empire, Migration and Belonging in the classroom on 31 October Drawing on a landmark new report, we’ll translate research into immediately usable classroom approaches Register now ➡️ bit.ly/4n60CSa #Edusky

We’re proud to share our new Annual Report, showcasing the Department’s key activities and achievements from the past academic year💡 Discover highlights from our research, impact, and teaching, and explore our major new projects that are shaping the future of education. Read report: bit.ly/479Fe8V

Join Professor Jason Arday (@cam.ac.uk) for our annual Equity, Diversity and Belonging Lecture on 29 October at 5.30pm. Professor Arday will explore new ways of thinking together about equality, equity and diversity in education. Register ➡️ bit.ly/48jJ5ST