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Latest updates from the Department of Education, @ox.ac.uk
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
Watch the webinar 👉 shorturl.at/0WpY5
November 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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
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
Read more on our website 👉 shorturl.at/TXjs1
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🎉 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
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
➡️ David's story: shorturl.at/BBSgX
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🌟 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
➡️ 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
These courses have been created in direct response to the rapidly growing national and global demand for qualified Mandarin teachers.
🔗 bit.ly/4r6MN9d
#Edusky
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📣 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
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 research sheds new light on the geographies of knowledge that shaped global history.
Read in our annual report➡️ bit.ly/479Fe8V
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🌍 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 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
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
November 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🎉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
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
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
November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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
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
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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
Late arriving monolingual pupils do not face this same attainment penalty, however.
Explore the findings in our data story: https://bit.ly/3JJVmGp
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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
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
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
November 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
💡 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
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
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
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🔬 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
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
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
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
📢 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
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
This latest analysis from Dr @ariel-lindorff.bsky.social & Prof Steve Strand OBE was commissioned by @thebellfoundation.bsky.social & Unbound Philanthropy.
➡️ shorturl.at/R57Jf
November 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🔊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
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
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
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
📣 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
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
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📢 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
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
November 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
📢 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
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...
Catch up with the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxpJ...
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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...
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 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
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🎉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 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
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
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
📢 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
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
The year-long fellowship will provide Isar an opportunity to develop her research 💡
Read more on our website 👉 shorturl.at/GPRB6
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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
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
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
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🎙️ 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
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 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
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships: Briefing and General Information Session
shorturl.at
November 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
💡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 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
Professor Jo-Anne Baird was part of the expert panel for the report, which helped shape the recommendations.
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3wO0PZx #Eduksy
November 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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
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
Learn more about the project ➡️ bit.ly/3yWb4xv
#Edusky #AccessToEducation
November 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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
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
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
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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
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
Reposted by Department of Education, University of Oxford
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
Dr Larsson highlighted the need for stronger communication and collaboration between the systems involved in adolescents’ lives.
Slides & recording available: shorturl.at/pE55u
October 29, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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
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
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
October 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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
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