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Latest updates from the Department of Education, @ox.ac.uk
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
🔬 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
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...
📢 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 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
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
📣 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
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
October 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
📣 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
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...
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...
October 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🌐 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...
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
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
October 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
💡 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
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
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
October 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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
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
✏️ 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
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
October 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
✏️ 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
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
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
October 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
⏱️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
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