Department of Education, University of Oxford
@education.ox.ac.uk
World-class education research. Rigorous academic programmes. Unrivalled teacher training.
Latest updates from the Department of Education, @ox.ac.uk
Latest updates from the Department of Education, @ox.ac.uk
🎙️ New podcast: Bullying or counter-connecting?
In our new Deanery Digests podcast, Dr Julia Badger and assistant headteacher Simon Fox discuss new research that explores definitions of bullying and coins a new term: counter connecting.
🎧 Listen: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/bullying-or-... #Edusky
In our new Deanery Digests podcast, Dr Julia Badger and assistant headteacher Simon Fox discuss new research that explores definitions of bullying and coins a new term: counter connecting.
🎧 Listen: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/bullying-or-... #Edusky
January 16, 2026 at 12:37 PM
🎙️ New podcast: Bullying or counter-connecting?
In our new Deanery Digests podcast, Dr Julia Badger and assistant headteacher Simon Fox discuss new research that explores definitions of bullying and coins a new term: counter connecting.
🎧 Listen: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/bullying-or-... #Edusky
In our new Deanery Digests podcast, Dr Julia Badger and assistant headteacher Simon Fox discuss new research that explores definitions of bullying and coins a new term: counter connecting.
🎧 Listen: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/bullying-or-... #Edusky
⌚ REMINDER: Inaugural Lecture: Unravelling Early Self-Regulation. Secure your place today for our next public seminar led by Professor Steven Howard.
📅 26 January
⌚ 5pm - 6.30pm
📍 Dept of Education and MS Teams
Register now 👉 bit.ly/3MPn7hI
📅 26 January
⌚ 5pm - 6.30pm
📍 Dept of Education and MS Teams
Register now 👉 bit.ly/3MPn7hI
January 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM
⌚ REMINDER: Inaugural Lecture: Unravelling Early Self-Regulation. Secure your place today for our next public seminar led by Professor Steven Howard.
📅 26 January
⌚ 5pm - 6.30pm
📍 Dept of Education and MS Teams
Register now 👉 bit.ly/3MPn7hI
📅 26 January
⌚ 5pm - 6.30pm
📍 Dept of Education and MS Teams
Register now 👉 bit.ly/3MPn7hI
Reposted by Department of Education, University of Oxford
We are guest-editing a special issue of @bjse.bsky.social on Students and Politics
If you’d like to be part of it, do submit your abstract by 1st Feb - details below
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
@rilleraaper.bsky.social @education.ox.ac.uk
If you’d like to be part of it, do submit your abstract by 1st Feb - details below
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
@rilleraaper.bsky.social @education.ox.ac.uk
Students and Politics
Explore the relationship between higher education and students' political beliefs and activities. Submit work on students and politics for this special issue.
think.taylorandfrancis.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
We are guest-editing a special issue of @bjse.bsky.social on Students and Politics
If you’d like to be part of it, do submit your abstract by 1st Feb - details below
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
@rilleraaper.bsky.social @education.ox.ac.uk
If you’d like to be part of it, do submit your abstract by 1st Feb - details below
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
@rilleraaper.bsky.social @education.ox.ac.uk
Calling primary school teachers! Join us for a day of exploring how play-based pedagogies can deepen thinking, spark creativity, and help children construct meaning 🎨
The event is tailored for primary practitioners, but those teaching younger or older learners are welcome!
Book ➡️ bit.ly/4bmCit1
The event is tailored for primary practitioners, but those teaching younger or older learners are welcome!
Book ➡️ bit.ly/4bmCit1
January 9, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Calling primary school teachers! Join us for a day of exploring how play-based pedagogies can deepen thinking, spark creativity, and help children construct meaning 🎨
The event is tailored for primary practitioners, but those teaching younger or older learners are welcome!
Book ➡️ bit.ly/4bmCit1
The event is tailored for primary practitioners, but those teaching younger or older learners are welcome!
Book ➡️ bit.ly/4bmCit1
⏰ The first application deadline for our postgraduate courses is this Friday, 9 January 2026.
If you’ve already started an application, make sure to complete and submit it.
Apply now for Autumn 2026 entry ➡️ www.education.ox.ac.uk/study/courses/
If you’ve already started an application, make sure to complete and submit it.
Apply now for Autumn 2026 entry ➡️ www.education.ox.ac.uk/study/courses/
January 6, 2026 at 10:06 AM
⏰ The first application deadline for our postgraduate courses is this Friday, 9 January 2026.
If you’ve already started an application, make sure to complete and submit it.
Apply now for Autumn 2026 entry ➡️ www.education.ox.ac.uk/study/courses/
If you’ve already started an application, make sure to complete and submit it.
Apply now for Autumn 2026 entry ➡️ www.education.ox.ac.uk/study/courses/
📣We are delighted to announce Professor Leon Feinstein as the new Director of our Department.
Professor Leon Feinstein is a Professor of Education and Children’s Social Care and has now started in the position which is set to run for four years.
Read more on our website: bit.ly/49DWhlH
Professor Leon Feinstein is a Professor of Education and Children’s Social Care and has now started in the position which is set to run for four years.
Read more on our website: bit.ly/49DWhlH
January 5, 2026 at 10:20 AM
📣We are delighted to announce Professor Leon Feinstein as the new Director of our Department.
Professor Leon Feinstein is a Professor of Education and Children’s Social Care and has now started in the position which is set to run for four years.
Read more on our website: bit.ly/49DWhlH
Professor Leon Feinstein is a Professor of Education and Children’s Social Care and has now started in the position which is set to run for four years.
Read more on our website: bit.ly/49DWhlH
That’s a wrap on 2025 at the Department of Education, @ox.ac.uk 🎉
Here’s a look back at some of our stats and achievements from the year 📚
🔗 Explore more of our 2025 teaching and research highlights in our annual report: bit.ly/4jdkZfV
Here’s a look back at some of our stats and achievements from the year 📚
🔗 Explore more of our 2025 teaching and research highlights in our annual report: bit.ly/4jdkZfV
December 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
That’s a wrap on 2025 at the Department of Education, @ox.ac.uk 🎉
Here’s a look back at some of our stats and achievements from the year 📚
🔗 Explore more of our 2025 teaching and research highlights in our annual report: bit.ly/4jdkZfV
Here’s a look back at some of our stats and achievements from the year 📚
🔗 Explore more of our 2025 teaching and research highlights in our annual report: bit.ly/4jdkZfV
Season’s Greetings from everyone at the University of Oxford's Department of Education ❄️
We wish you a restful and enjoyable festive break and look forward to sharing more of our research and teaching highlights with you in 2026 🎆
We wish you a restful and enjoyable festive break and look forward to sharing more of our research and teaching highlights with you in 2026 🎆
December 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Season’s Greetings from everyone at the University of Oxford's Department of Education ❄️
We wish you a restful and enjoyable festive break and look forward to sharing more of our research and teaching highlights with you in 2026 🎆
We wish you a restful and enjoyable festive break and look forward to sharing more of our research and teaching highlights with you in 2026 🎆
Reposted by Department of Education, University of Oxford
📣New paper, thinking across 2 brilliant doctoral projects @education.ox.ac.uk 📣 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Environmental Education in places: the cases of Azerbaijan and the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. With @ameliafarber.bsky.social, Aysel Mehdiyeva & Ann Childs
Environmental Education in places: the cases of Azerbaijan and the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Environmental education is increasingly seen as an important tool for addressing multiple intersecting crises. The climate and ecological crises are global crises, but multiple scales – local, regi...
tandfonline.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
📣New paper, thinking across 2 brilliant doctoral projects @education.ox.ac.uk 📣 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Environmental Education in places: the cases of Azerbaijan and the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. With @ameliafarber.bsky.social, Aysel Mehdiyeva & Ann Childs
📽️ WATCH: The Centre for Global Higher Education is hosting its Annual Conference on “Navigating the equity crisis in global higher education.” CGHE Director Dr David Mills shares what to expect, including the different streams and highlights.
➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W9c...
➡️ shorturl.at/W9Rjx
➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W9c...
➡️ shorturl.at/W9Rjx
December 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
📽️ WATCH: The Centre for Global Higher Education is hosting its Annual Conference on “Navigating the equity crisis in global higher education.” CGHE Director Dr David Mills shares what to expect, including the different streams and highlights.
➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W9c...
➡️ shorturl.at/W9Rjx
➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W9c...
➡️ shorturl.at/W9Rjx
The Department invites expressions of interest for the British Academy International Fellowships Programme, which will open for applications in mid-January 2026.
For more details, including eligibility criteria and how to submit your Expression of Interest, click this link ➡️ bit.ly/44zCJw9
For more details, including eligibility criteria and how to submit your Expression of Interest, click this link ➡️ bit.ly/44zCJw9
December 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The Department invites expressions of interest for the British Academy International Fellowships Programme, which will open for applications in mid-January 2026.
For more details, including eligibility criteria and how to submit your Expression of Interest, click this link ➡️ bit.ly/44zCJw9
For more details, including eligibility criteria and how to submit your Expression of Interest, click this link ➡️ bit.ly/44zCJw9
💬 What do we know about the educational attainment of English as an Additional Language learners in England?
Find out in a new plain-language summary of EAL research by Dr Ariel Lindorff ➡️ bit.ly/455Khqv
#Edusky #EAL
Find out in a new plain-language summary of EAL research by Dr Ariel Lindorff ➡️ bit.ly/455Khqv
#Edusky #EAL
December 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
💬 What do we know about the educational attainment of English as an Additional Language learners in England?
Find out in a new plain-language summary of EAL research by Dr Ariel Lindorff ➡️ bit.ly/455Khqv
#Edusky #EAL
Find out in a new plain-language summary of EAL research by Dr Ariel Lindorff ➡️ bit.ly/455Khqv
#Edusky #EAL
🎙️ In Episode 2 of the Education Explored podcast, alumnus Luke Brewer discusses life in the classroom, his time at the Department and education as a specialism.
Listen now ➡️ podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/educa...
#Edusky #TeachersOfBluesky
Listen now ➡️ podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/educa...
#Edusky #TeachersOfBluesky
December 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🎙️ In Episode 2 of the Education Explored podcast, alumnus Luke Brewer discusses life in the classroom, his time at the Department and education as a specialism.
Listen now ➡️ podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/educa...
#Edusky #TeachersOfBluesky
Listen now ➡️ podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/educa...
#Edusky #TeachersOfBluesky
Reposted by Department of Education, University of Oxford
iHV is delighted to be collaborating with @education.ox.ac.uk, Newcastle University, and Northumbria University on an exciting NIHR-funded study that will inform health visiting policy and practice to support children’s speech, language & communication.
ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...
#HealthVisiting
ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...
#HealthVisiting
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
iHV is delighted to be collaborating with @education.ox.ac.uk, Newcastle University, and Northumbria University on an exciting NIHR-funded study that will inform health visiting policy and practice to support children’s speech, language & communication.
ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...
#HealthVisiting
ihv.org.uk/news-and-vie...
#HealthVisiting
Reposted by Department of Education, University of Oxford
What do we know about the educational attainment of English as an Additional Language learners in England? Read a plain language summary of the latest report from @ariel-lindorff.bsky.social and colleagues at @education.ox.ac.uk exploring NPD data on EAL learners.
#EduSky #EAL
#EduSky #EAL
What do we know about the educational attainment of English as an Additional Language learners in England?
www.education.ox.ac.uk
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
What do we know about the educational attainment of English as an Additional Language learners in England? Read a plain language summary of the latest report from @ariel-lindorff.bsky.social and colleagues at @education.ox.ac.uk exploring NPD data on EAL learners.
#EduSky #EAL
#EduSky #EAL
📣 SEMINAR: Critical Ed Tech Studies and the University
📅 16 January 2026
⌚ 11am - 1pm
📍 Dept of Education
This event is co-hosted by the Critical Digital Education Research Group at the Department and the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE).
Register now 👉 bit.ly/4oYya5V
📅 16 January 2026
⌚ 11am - 1pm
📍 Dept of Education
This event is co-hosted by the Critical Digital Education Research Group at the Department and the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE).
Register now 👉 bit.ly/4oYya5V
December 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
📣 SEMINAR: Critical Ed Tech Studies and the University
📅 16 January 2026
⌚ 11am - 1pm
📍 Dept of Education
This event is co-hosted by the Critical Digital Education Research Group at the Department and the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE).
Register now 👉 bit.ly/4oYya5V
📅 16 January 2026
⌚ 11am - 1pm
📍 Dept of Education
This event is co-hosted by the Critical Digital Education Research Group at the Department and the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE).
Register now 👉 bit.ly/4oYya5V
📣 British Bangladeshi and British Pakistani students in Year 10, 11, College and Sixth Form are invited to take part in an online interview to share their experiences, hopes and aspirations for life after school.
To sign up, students will need to complete this form: shorturl.at/UrYG0
To sign up, students will need to complete this form: shorturl.at/UrYG0
December 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
📣 British Bangladeshi and British Pakistani students in Year 10, 11, College and Sixth Form are invited to take part in an online interview to share their experiences, hopes and aspirations for life after school.
To sign up, students will need to complete this form: shorturl.at/UrYG0
To sign up, students will need to complete this form: shorturl.at/UrYG0
The Department is delighted to announce that the next public seminar, Unravelling Early Self-Regulation, will be led by Professor Steven Howard.
📅 26 January
⌚ 5pm - 6.30pm
📍 Dept of Education and MS Teams
Register now 👉 bit.ly/3MPn7hI
📅 26 January
⌚ 5pm - 6.30pm
📍 Dept of Education and MS Teams
Register now 👉 bit.ly/3MPn7hI
December 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The Department is delighted to announce that the next public seminar, Unravelling Early Self-Regulation, will be led by Professor Steven Howard.
📅 26 January
⌚ 5pm - 6.30pm
📍 Dept of Education and MS Teams
Register now 👉 bit.ly/3MPn7hI
📅 26 January
⌚ 5pm - 6.30pm
📍 Dept of Education and MS Teams
Register now 👉 bit.ly/3MPn7hI
Great to see this new interview with the Reparative Futures of Education (Repair-Ed) team in @thesociologicalreview.org 💡
“The project came from a deep desire to give back to my community.”
Working with teachers, children, former pupils and parents in Bristol primary schools, Repair-Ed’s action-oriented approach draws on a vision for the future of education.
Read our December feature interview.
buff.ly/AZaixwm
Working with teachers, children, former pupils and parents in Bristol primary schools, Repair-Ed’s action-oriented approach draws on a vision for the future of education.
Read our December feature interview.
buff.ly/AZaixwm
December 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Great to see this new interview with the Reparative Futures of Education (Repair-Ed) team in @thesociologicalreview.org 💡
Our part-time MSc Teacher Education brings together teacher educators from around the world to engage with research and develop their practice 🌍💡
The two-year course is mainly online with two residential weeks in Oxford.
Apply now for 2026 entry➡️ bit.ly/OxTeacherEd
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxrZ...
The two-year course is mainly online with two residential weeks in Oxford.
Apply now for 2026 entry➡️ bit.ly/OxTeacherEd
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxrZ...
MSc Teacher Education | What do our students think?
YouTube video by Department of Education, University of Oxford
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Our part-time MSc Teacher Education brings together teacher educators from around the world to engage with research and develop their practice 🌍💡
The two-year course is mainly online with two residential weeks in Oxford.
Apply now for 2026 entry➡️ bit.ly/OxTeacherEd
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxrZ...
The two-year course is mainly online with two residential weeks in Oxford.
Apply now for 2026 entry➡️ bit.ly/OxTeacherEd
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxrZ...
🗣️ Calling all secondary school teachers!
This webinar will explore what petro-pedagogy looks like in practice — in Canada, the UK, and beyond — and consider how teachers can identify and resist it 💡
📅 12 February 2026
⌚ 4.15pm – 5.30pm
📍 Online
Register now: bit.ly/4rDdjHH
This webinar will explore what petro-pedagogy looks like in practice — in Canada, the UK, and beyond — and consider how teachers can identify and resist it 💡
📅 12 February 2026
⌚ 4.15pm – 5.30pm
📍 Online
Register now: bit.ly/4rDdjHH
December 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🗣️ Calling all secondary school teachers!
This webinar will explore what petro-pedagogy looks like in practice — in Canada, the UK, and beyond — and consider how teachers can identify and resist it 💡
📅 12 February 2026
⌚ 4.15pm – 5.30pm
📍 Online
Register now: bit.ly/4rDdjHH
This webinar will explore what petro-pedagogy looks like in practice — in Canada, the UK, and beyond — and consider how teachers can identify and resist it 💡
📅 12 February 2026
⌚ 4.15pm – 5.30pm
📍 Online
Register now: bit.ly/4rDdjHH
🧠 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
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/48D2bSo
December 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🧠 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
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
Thank you Helen for delivering such an insightful seminar 💡
Watch the recording on YouTube: bit.ly/3KGOo5p
December 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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
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
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
December 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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
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
Reposted by Department of Education, University of Oxford
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
Explore the quotes of our brilliant speakers below ⬇️ and the full report here✨: bit.ly/evidence25
November 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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
Explore the quotes of our brilliant speakers below ⬇️ and the full report here✨: bit.ly/evidence25