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- More than one in four UK children facing multiple risks to development, study finds
More than one in four UK youngsters are growing up in families facing multiple challenges such as parental depression and financial hardship that can have a damaging effect on children's development, new research suggests.
07 February 2012 - Why you don't have to be middle class to be a good parent
Professor Carol Vincent's inaugural lecture: 'Parenting, Responsibilities and Respect'. Parenting is big business. The growth in books, newspaper articles, television programmes, politicians' speeches -- all focusing on parenting, what to do and how to do it -- is a phenomenon of our contemporary society.
01 February 2012 - Earlier signs of autism detected
Scientists have shown for the first time that measuring brain activity in infants as young as six months may help to predict the future development of autism symptoms.
27 January 2012 - Leading the leaders: 15 years of research and practice
The IOE's London Centre for Leadership in Learning comes full circle this week as its founder, Dame Pat Collarbone, returns to mark its 15th anniversary – and that of the national headship qualification developed there -- with a seminar on its history and implications for the future.
24 January 2012 - All-Party Parliamentary Group on Autism launches SEN commission
A cross-party group of MPs and peers is urging teachers and parents of children with autism to make their views heard regarding Special Educational Needs (SEN) provision. Professor Tony Charman, chair in autism education at the Institute of Education and advisor to the MPs, said too many teachers do not get the training they need to best support these children.
19 January 2012 - Taiwanese Minister of Education given IOE Outstanding Alumnus Award
Dr Wu Ching-ji, Taiwan's Minister of Education, was given an Outstanding IOE Alumnus Award by Professor Chris Husbands in Taipei during his first international visit as Director of the Institute. Dr Wu undertook a post-doctoral programme in economics of education at the IOE in 1987.
11 January 2012 - Former head of administration for the doctoral school – Wendy Barber, awarded MBE
Wendy Barber, former head of administration in the doctoral school at the IOE has been awarded the MBE in the New Year's honours list for her services to higher education.
06 January 2012 - RS Peters, professor emeritus, dies
Emeritus Professor Richard Stanley Peters died on 30 December 2011, aged 92. He was Professor of Philosophy of Education at the IOE for more than 20 years, from 1962 until his retirement in 1983.
04 January 2012 - Book demands radical rethink on how to use teaching assistants
Schools and policy-makers need to make radical changes in the way teaching assistants are deployed in classrooms, according to a new book by academics from the Institute of Education, London.
03 January 2012 - "We must ensure a real curriculum, not just a mechanism for assessment"
Commenting on the Secretary of State's statement today on the National Curriculum review, and on the Expert Group's report, Chris Husbands, Director of the Institute of Education, University of London, said: "Around the world, successful curricula are those which have been taken out of the hurly burly of political argument and built on a powerful consensus between research, practice and policy. The Expert Group have drawn together an impressive range of educational research to support a thoughtful, nuanced and intelligent report.
19 December 2011 - More girls than boys at the highest ability levels, new research suggests
Although girls now generally outshine boys at school it is often argued that there are more males than females at the very top of the ability range. However, new research from the Institute of Education, University of London, suggests that boys may have lost their lead here too – at least in the infant school.
16 December 2011 - IOE names new readers and professors
The IOE has conferred the title of Reader and Professor on 15 distinguished academics this year, recognising the continuing academic excellence of its staff.
14 December 2011 - Geoff Whitty collects CBE award for services to education
Professor Geoff Whitty, former director of the IOE received his CBE award on Tuesday December 6 from The Queen at Buckingham Palace.
08 December 2011 - No hard evidence that England has slid down international performance tables, study says
Claims that England has been plummeting down international pupil performance tables cannot be justified, according to a new study from the Institute of Education, University of London.
07 December 2011 - Reading Recovery achieves high success rate despite uncertainties
The European Centre for Reading Recovery's annual national monitoring report for 2010-11 reveals that 81% of formerly illiterate children aged between five and six have been able to catch up with their classmates after completing the Reading Recovery programme, which provides daily one-to-one lessons with a specially trained teacher.
07 December 2011 - Chris Husbands inaugural lecture: Questions are the answer
The task of an institute of education is to mobilise its partners in schools and the community to "re-vision education for the twenty-first century", IOE Director Chris Husbands told a full hall this week as he concluded his inaugural directorial lecture.
02 December 2011 - Leading academics call for action on "galloping centralisation"
The current model of education has turned our schools into exam factories and our colleges and universities into skill factories for British industry, say two leading academics in a controversial new book from IOE Publications out today.
29 November 2011 - School-in-a-bag reduces drop-out rates
A more flexible approach to teaching methods and better community support could reduce school drop-out in high HIV-prevalence areas in sub-Saharan Africa. Findings from a project led by London's Institute of Education and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Department for International Development (DFID) show that using new ways of encouraging young children to stay in regular schooling cut drop-out rates by 42 per cent in just a year.
28 November 2011 - Why the ukulele could be the secret to a happy retirement
How should the growing number of older people occupy themselves when they do eventually manage to retire? Should they learn a language, practise yoga, or join a book group? All of these activities can be enjoyable and fulfilling.
But a new study from the Institute of Education, University of London, suggests that making music with others can do most to improve an older person's quality of life. It can also help the over-50s to feel as fit as a fiddle.
24 November 2011 - IOE is to support education development in Colombia
The IOE is to provide support for raising teaching standards and enhancing research in Colombia, under two memoranda of understanding signed this week.
24 November 2011 - Schools Minister sees impact of Holocaust Education Development Programme
Nick Gibb, Minister of State for Schools, visited Forest Hill School in Lewisham, South London, on Monday 7 November to see history teacher, Sarah Davey, deliver the first of a series of history lessons on the Holocaust to a class of year 9 students.
09 November 2011 - The best 'research-informed practice' is bottom-up not top-down, says new book
Schools that take research seriously – both their own and published studies – are less likely to accept edicts from central bodies and more likely to trust their own judgment, according to a new book from the Institute of Education (IOE), University of London.
08 November 2011 - Universities "crucial to supply of outstanding teachers"
Professor Chris Husbands, director of the Institute of Education, University of London, responded to the Government's initial teacher training implementation plan, published today.
08 November 2011 - City banker turned trainee teacher gains recognition for inspiring blog
A former city banker turned teaching student at the IOE has been named blogger of the week by the Guardian Teacher Network, for his account on making the transition from the world of finance to the classroom.
04 November 2011 - Summer-born children less likely to attend top universities, study finds
August-born teenagers are 20 per cent less likely to win a place at a top UK university than those born in September, a new study has found.
01 November 2011 - Newton International Fellowship brings outstanding researcher to the IOE
The prestigious Newton International Fellowship has been awarded to an outstanding Spanish research fellow, enabling him to come and work at the Institute of Education alongside Professor Stephen Ball.
11 October 2011 - Inspiring leadership in higher education
The IOE's ASPIRE programme for existing and would-be leaders will be open to individuals from other institutions for the first time this year.
05 October 2011 - School autonomy must sit within a coherent system, IOE director tells Conservative Party conference fringe meeting
Family policy and education policy must be properly joined up if the Government is to narrow the gap between rich and poor, a fringe meeting at the Conservative Party Conference was told today.
04 October 2011 - Music education in the infant class - a cymbal of inequality
In the past it seemed that every primary school had one or two teachers who could bash out an assembly hymn on an old upright piano.
30 September 2011 - Three students earn Alan Dale Tunnicliffe awards
Three IOE students received awards at the second Alan Dale Tunnicliffe memorial ceremony this month at the Institute.
30 September 2011 - European Centre for Reading Recovery responds to tests for six-year-olds
Julia Douetil, lead trainer, European Centre for Reading Recovery, responded to the coverage on the reading test for six-year-olds. She said:
"We are pleased to see the government working towards raising attainment in schools and checking a child's knowledge of phonics is important, but the DfE agrees that this is only one aspect of reading. Schools also need to watch for the child's understanding of what they read, the fluency with which they read, and the child's attitude to reading - do they enjoy it and choose it as an activity? Children's writing is just as important, it is not safe to assume that a child who is making good progress in reading doesn't need help with writing.
16 September 2011 - Bright bilingual migrant children 'placed in low ability classes'
Bright children from migrant backgrounds are routinely placed in classes for low ability pupils because bilingualism is still wrongly associated with special educational needs, a new study suggests
14 September 2011 - Top IB candidates shortchanged by universities
UK universities are systematically underestimating top candidates with International Baccalaureate (IB) qualifications in their admissions procedures, new research from the Institute of Education suggests. The study, by Professor Anna Vignoles and Professor Francis Green, found that at the top end of the scale, universities are demanding higher scores from IB candidates than from their A-level equivalents.
14 September 2011 - Social-class gap in test scores persists despite huge investment in pre-school education
Pre-school education has a positive long-term impact on children's educational achievement but is not helping pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds to catch up with their middle-class peers, a new study has concluded.
14 September 2011 - Success against the odds study wins new award
Professor Iram Siraj-Blatchford has won a prestigious new award from the British Educational Research Journal for her work on how working class children succeed against the odds. Professor Siraj-Blatchford leads the Effective Provision of Pre-School, Primary and Secondary Education (EPPSE 3-16) project at the Institute of Education, London.
08 September 2011 - Primary school children succeed at maths without knowing their tables
Primary children can progress well in maths even if they don't know all their sums by heart, a study presented at the British Educational Research Association annual conference today (Wednesday) shows.
07 September 2011 - Children living in rural poverty "fare worse in reading"
Children living in poverty in some rural areas have lower standards of reading than their counterparts in cities, a new analysis of pupil assessments has shown.
06 September 2011 - Young people in care now face a harder struggle to reach university
The recent rise in the number of young people from the care system going on to university could come to an abrupt halt as a result of government cuts and sharply increased tuition fees, a leading researcher has warned.
01 September 2011 - Report reveals blueprint for good practice in autism education
A new report, commissioned by the Autism Education Trust (AET) and written by Professor Tony Charman and a team at the Institute of Education (IOE), London, has identified the features that represent 'good practice' in autism education across a range of settings and approaches. The report - from the IOE's Centre for Research in Autism and Education - outlines key themes and recommended practices which all schools can adopt to improve their education practice for pupils on the autism spectrum.
01 September 2011 - Geoff Whitty appointed to OFSTED
Professor Geoff Whitty CBE, the former Director of the Institute of Education, has been appointed to the board of OFSTED, the schools inspectorate.
25 August 2011 - New BA Education - applications now open
The Institute of Education, London, is now taking applications for its new part-time undergraduate degree programme in education beginning this autumn.
03 August 2011 - Dr Martin Oliver awarded in National Teaching Fellowship Scheme
Dr Martin Oliver, a visionary academic from the Institute of Education with a unique approach to technology in learning, has received an award in the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme 2011.
28 July 2011 - Almost a quarter of Free School applications led by would-be headteachers, research shows
The clearest picture yet of the groups applying to run free schools is being presented at a conference this Friday (July 8). Dr Rob Higham has identified 135 of the approximately 300 groups that have submitted an official free school proposal to Government. A quarter overall (25 per cent) are parent groups, most of whom hope to set up secondary schools.
08 July 2011 - How do disadvantaged children succeed against the odds?
Parent power can help disadvantaged children get ahead. Parents whose children succeed against the odds of social and economic disadvantage "actively cultivate" their offspring, nurturing their skills and allowing them to benefit from the education system.
04 July 2011 - Teaching really does matter
Teacher behaviours mark out 'excellent schools' from 'good schools' The quality of teaching really does matter to children's outcomes and there are particular behaviours that really mark out "excellent" schools from those that are "good", according to an authoritative study on effective teaching. A report published today by the Department for Education (DfE) is based on work carried out by the EPPSE (Effective Provision of Pre-School, Primary and Secondary Education) researchers at the Institute of Education, London.
30 June 2011 - No move towards 'meritocracy' in top jobs for British males
A new analysis of how people secure professional and managerial careers shows that family background remains just as important as it was three decades ago, relative to educational qualifications.
29 June 2011 - Artist Rooms Research Partnership investigates shared national resource
National Galleries of Scotland and Tate have announced the creation of an innovative research partnership bringing together the two museums with a consortium comprising the Institute of Education, University of London; the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art. The Partnership is being established for a period of five years to deliver an ambitious and far-reaching programme of research into the Artist Rooms Collection and its use as a shared national resource. This partnership will also draw on the expertise of Learning and Teaching Scotland as an associate partner who will provide advice, share knowledge and facilitate connections specifically in relation to education in Scotland.
28 June 2011 - More selection in schools means less equal outcomes, research finds
School systems that select by ability and make extensive use of ability grouping within schools end up with more unequal educational outcomes than non-selective systems with mixed ability classes.
24 June 2011 - Precipitous decline in trust "shows British core values are wobbling"
New research from the Institute of Education, London shows that social cohesion in the UK is threatened - not by multiculturalism - but by the rapid erosion of opportunities, particularly for young people.
24 June 2011 - Past masters: unlock your school's history
Two open days at Institute of Education library: June 29 and July 4. Whether you're a teacher, a parent, or a former pupil, it's intriguing and instructive to find out about your school's past. The Institute of Education holds a unique collection of books and pamphlets on the history of individual schools, the London County Council (LCC) and other local authorities, dating back hundreds of years. Londoners can find out how to research their own school histories, or gain fascinating insights into the past by visiting the IOE library during two open days on June 29 and July 4.
20 June 2011 - One-to-one tuition: when it's state-funded it narrows the gap, says professor
Private tutoring can exacerbate social inequalities, but state-funded one-to-one tuition programmes can narrow the attainment gap between rich and poor, concludes a leading academic from the Institute of Education.
16 June 2011 - One in six UK children being taught in ability streams by age 7, study finds
The controversial practice of teaching primary pupils in ability 'streams' rather than traditional classes is much more prevalent than is generally thought, a new study suggests.
15 June 2011 - Professor Geoff Whitty awarded CBE
Professor Geoff Whitty, former Director of the Institute of Education, has received a CBE for services to teacher education in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours List.
15 June 2011 - A basketball academy aims high and primary children rise to the occasion
A community college that boosts opportunity through sport and a primary school that encourages its pupils to believe in their own futures are among the winners of the fifth annual London Education Partnership Awards.
14 June 2011 - Chris Kiernan, deputy director of the Thomas Coram Research Unit in the IOE from 1975 until 1984, has died.
Chris Kiernan, who has died aged 74, after a long illness, was one of the leading figures in intellectual disability research.
14 June 2011 - Introduce specialised teaching for dyscalculia in schools, urge experts
Specialised teaching for individuals with dyscalculia, the mathematical equivalent of dyslexia, should be made widely available in mainstream education, according to a review of current research published today in the journal Science.
27 May 2011 - "Hard evidence" that Reading Recovery works
Julia Douetil, Reading Recovery trainer/coordinator at the European Centre for Reading Recovery at the Institute of Education, London, responded to Department for Education evaluation on Every Child a Reader.
26 May 2011 - Lifetime achievement award for Ann Oakley
Ann Oakley, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the IOE, has been awarded one of the first ever lifetime achievement awards from the British Sociological Association (BSA) for her pioneering work. The award recognises Professor Oakley's extraordinary contribution to the history of the development of sociology in Britain.
16 May 2011 - Every Child a Reader schools surge ahead
11 May 2011 - How Britain's children helped the war effort
The remarkable and little told story of how thousands of Britain's children helped in the war effort is revealed in a new book from the Institute of Education.
09 May 2011 - Long-term poverty but not family instability affects children's cognitive development
Children from homes that experience persistent poverty are more likely to have their cognitive development affected than children in better off homes, researchers at the Institute of Education have found.
21 April 2011 - Why ethnic diversity does not always boost tolerance
Greater diversity in the classroom does not always lead to increased ethnic tolerance among pupils, according to a new study from the Institute of Education, University of London. The research suggests that young white people are less well-disposed towards immigrants when minority ethnic groups are doing well.
13 April 2011 - Adult numeracy: teacher qualifications matter
Helen Casey, director of the IOE's National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy, has responded to the Ofsted report, "Tackling the challenge of low numeracy skills in young people and adults", published today (Friday, April 8). She said:
08 April 2011 - Learning about global and international issues
Today's world is awash with drama and disturbance -- unrest and conflict in the Middle East; earthquakes, tsunamis and nuclear fallout in Japan and ongoing international economic troubles – so it is essential that young people gain an understanding of global issues.
05 April 2011 - Review proposes 12 principles to guide education policy
The education world is divided into sectors, each with its set of policies and practices, and it is hard to build bridges between them. The result for learners is that every transition brings disjunction with what came before. Performance often suffers.
29 March 2011 - Conference optimistic about future for struggling readers
More than 100 Reading Recovery teacher leaders from around the UK, Ireland and Denmark are attending a week long national conference in Leeds (from 28th March to 1st April 2011) to discuss the impact and future of literacy intervention in schools.
28 March 2011 - Traditional games get a modern twist in today's school playgrounds
Traditional children's games such as Tag and "Ipi–dipi-dation" are thriving in 21st century school playgrounds. New research by the Institute of Education, the University of East London and the University of Sheffield, a ground-breaking website (www.bl.uk/playtimes) from the British Library, and a documentary film produced as part of the project all show that, rather than dying out as some fear, children's play is in robust health.
14 March 2011 - IOE Director welcomes greater special school input to teacher training
Responding to Sarah Teather's Green Paper on special educational needs, Chris Husbands, director of the Institute of Education, University of London, said: "A key test of any education system is how effectively it provides for children with additional needs.
09 March 2011 - Education aid to India is making a difference, says leading academic
UK aid to India is helping improve educational opportunities for poor children, a leading academic from the IOE said this week. Rows have blown up in the press over the Government's five-year £1bn aid programme in India.
18 February 2011 - Mayor commissions new A to Z of London's music education
Concerns about the patchy quality and provision of music education in London have prompted the city's mayor, Boris Johnson, to commission a major survey of schools, colleges and community arts organisations across the capital.
14 February 2011 - UK companies respond to recession by 'training smarter', study finds
Fears that most UK companies would slash investment in skills training as a result of the recession have proved to be largely unfounded, researchers have concluded. Although some employers have cut spending to the bone, total expenditure on training has reduced only slightly.
09 February 2011 - Microfinance "raises hopes but makes some people poorer"
Microfinance projects in the developing world make some people poorer, not richer, a major academic study has concluded. It should not be seen as a panacea in the fight against poverty, nor as a blanket tool to empower women.
08 February 2011 - Disunited kingdom should pull together to safeguard further education
If the Coalition's economic strategy does not succeed, there could be an immediate and devastating effect on further education and training, warn experts from the Institute of Education, London. This is the worst of three alternative scenarios for the future of the sector painted by the academics in a new and timely book from IOE Publications.
31 January 2011 - Inequality puts UK society under strain
Cuts in public spending on education are likely to increase economic and social inequality in the UK, according to new research published today by academics from the Institute of Education, London. Writing in the National Institute Economic Review, the authors suggest that this could reduce the willingness of disadvantaged groups to believe that UK society offers opportunities and security for all its citizens.
29 January 2011 - IOE Three take on the national curriculum
Two IOE professors have been appointed to the four-person National Curriculum Review Expert Panel by Education Secretary Michael Gove. Dylan Wiliam, former deputy director of the Institute (now Emeritus), and Andrew Pollard are joined by a former IOE academic, Professor Mary James, who is now at Cambridge.
25 January 2011 - IOE celebrates new ESRC Doctoral Training Centre
The Institute of Education (IOE) has been awarded accreditation as a Doctoral Training Centre in partnership with Birkbeck, SOAS and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The successful bid to the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) was led by the IOE.
25 January 2011 - "Overhaul workplace training and education," argues new book
Work related training and education needs a complete overhaul if organisations are to function efficiently and play their role in the "big society", enabling individuals to have productive and fulfilling work lives, argue leading academics in a book out Thursday (20 January).
20 January 2011 - Concern that English Baccalaureate overlooks arts subjects
Leading academics at the IOE are expressing concern that the government's proposed English Baccalaureate may overlook subjects such as music, art and religious studies.
18 January 2011 - IOE welcomes New York University as an official university partner
The Institute of Education (IOE), University of London today hosted a signing ceremony formalising its long-standing relationship with the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development at New York University (NYU).
18 January 2011 - Children with autism lack visual skills required for independence
The ability to find shoes in the bedroom, apples in a supermarket, or a favourite animal at the zoo is impaired among children with autism, according to new research led by Dr Liz Pellicano of the IOE.
22 December 2010 - IOE world leader in Holocaust education research
The UK Government's Envoy on Post-Holocaust Issues, Sir Andrew Burns, has submitted a report on Holocaust education in Britain to an intergovernmental body of 27 member states and representatives of international organisations.
22 December 2010 - "Step in early" to boost boys' literacy
Julia Douetil, Reading Recovery trainer/coordinator at the European Centre for Reading Recovery at the Institute of Education, London, responded to reports on boys' literacy. She said:
"BBC research has highlighted the number of boys who are still poor readers at age 11. Its reports are asking why investments in education are not showing up in national assessments. The answer is that it is extremely difficult to turn around a child who has failed in literacy. It is much more effective to step in early, as soon as a child shows signs of difficulty, and prevent them failing.
17 December 2010 - London is becoming more multilingual
Forty-one per cent of state school pupils in London speak another language besides English – up from 33 per cent ten years ago, according to new research published by the Institute of Education and CILT, the National Centre for Languages.
14 December 2010 - Improving parenting does not level school playing field
Children's progress in their first two years at school is still largely driven by their parents' social class, a UK-wide study has concluded. Researchers analysed more than 11,000 seven-year-olds and found a strikingly large gap between children of parents in professional and managerial jobs and those with parents who were long-term unemployed.
07 December 2010 - Girls more likely than boys to be overweight at age 7
IOE researchers who have been monitoring the weights of more than 11,000 UK children born between 2000 and 2002 have calculated that girls are almost 50 per cent more likely than boys to be too heavy at age 7.
07 December 2010 - "White Paper is a wide-ranging prospectus for change"
Chris Husbands, director-designate of the Institute of Education, London, said: "We welcome anything which allows us to deepen and broaden our partnership with schools. The White Paper opens exciting possibilities to extend and improve collaborations between universities and schools." He was responding to the Government's White Paper, published today.
24 November 2010 - Care-leavers' university ambitions "thwarted by lack of support"
Large numbers of young people who have been in care fail to get to university because of "an overriding lack of support". A five-country European study led by academics from the Institute of Education, University of London, has identified the division between care and education as a major part of the problem.
23 November 2010 - Educating China's citizens: an international discussion
China must educate its students and the wider public about citizenship, in order to secure its place in the wider world, a leading Chinese academic told an international conference in London on Friday November 19.
19 November 2010 - Higher skilled, but with less responsibility: the UK workforce
The UK's workforce is more highly skilled than ever before, but statistics show that employees are less likely to be allowed to use their own initiative in their jobs.
09 November 2010 - Network to study Japan's image in East Asia
IOE academics are to lead an international network of scholars interested in analysing nationalistic tensions in East Asia. The Institute has received a prestigious Leverhulme Trust International Network Grant of £97,276 to fund this project, to be led by Professor Paul Morris, with IOE colleagues Edward Vickers and Christine Han. It also involves colleagues from Birkbeck College, Leeds University and five universities across East Asia.
20 October 2010 - Fifteen hours' education for disadvantaged two-year-olds welcomed by Millennium Cohort Study director
The Chancellor of the Exchequer's announcement that disadvantaged two-year-olds are to receive 15 hours a week of education and care has been welcomed by the director of a study that is tracking the development of children born in the UK at the beginning of the new millennium.
20 October 2010 - Reading Recovery lifts poor children out of illiteracy
The European Centre for Reading Recovery's 2009-10 annual monitoring report has shown that the literacy programme for children struggling with reading and writing after their first year of primary school has maintained a consecutively high success rate during a period of extreme growth.
19 October 2010 - Northern Irish seven-year-olds are the happiest in the UK
Childhood may not offer the freedom that it once did but most seven-year-olds in Northern Ireland are enjoying their lives. Their parents are generally content too, a major study suggests.
15 October 2010 - Most Welsh children get off to healthy start despite relatively high poverty rate
The Millennium generation of Welsh children may not have had the easiest start in life but most of them appear to be in excellent health and they have many friends, a new report suggests.
15 October 2010 - Children with younger mothers face much tougher start in life, study shows
Children born to younger mothers may need additional government support if they are to fulfil their potential, a new report suggests.
15 October 2010 - Three in four Pakistani and Bangladeshi children in UK living in poverty at age 7
Almost three-quarters of Pakistani and Bangladeshi children in the UK are being brought up in families that are living on poverty-level income, new research suggests.
15 October 2010 - Mothers help to unlock the mystery of why some children behave worse than others
Why do some children behave badly while others seem almost angelic? Is it nature, or nurture, or a bit of both?
15 October 2010 - Scots children more active than other UK children at age 7, study shows
Scottish seven-year-olds are the most physically active in the UK, new research suggests. More than half of them (55%) walk to school each day, compared with only one in four children of the same age in Northern Ireland (25%), a study involving more than 14,000 children has found.
15 October 2010 - Ethnic minority children read at least as well as white pupils by age 7, study finds
White children are losing their early lead over ethnic minority youngsters in English language during the first two years of primary school, a UK-wide study has found.
15 October 2010 - Millennium mothers want university education for their children
The Millennium generation of UK children may have the most educationally ambitious mothers ever, a new study suggests.
15 October 2010 - One in four boys is turned off school by the age of 7
Almost one in four boys in the UK is already "anti-school" by the age of seven, a major survey has revealed.
15 October 2010 - Roger Slee is Routledge author of the month
Professor Roger Slee, Chair of Inclusive Education at the IOE, is Routledge's October author of the month. He is the founding editor of the International Journal of Inclusive Education and the editor in chief of the London Review of Education. He serves on the editorial boards of a number of other journals including Disability & Society, Critical Studies in Education, British Journal of Studies in Education and Educational Research.
04 October 2010 - Five are named Academicians
The Academy of Social Sciences has conferred the award of Academician on five IOE professors. The award recognises those who have made a major and distinguished contribution to the social sciences.
30 September 2010 - Hoyles is awarded new Royal Society medal
The first ever "Royal Society Kavli Education Medal" has been awarded to Professor Celia Hoyles from the London Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education, University of London. The Medal, established by agreement with the Kavli Foundation, will be made biennially in recognition of a distinguished contribution made by an individual to science or mathematics education.
22 September 2010 - "Huge discrepancies" in support for early years staff
Most practitioners are enthusiastic about the Early Years Foundation Stage framework, according to research from the Institute of Education. "There is a broad consensus that it influences many aspects of daily practice, and improves the quality of experience for young children and their parents," says the study, Practitioners' Experiences of the Early Years Foundation Stage.
20 September 2010 - Cognitive skills in children with autism vary and improve, study finds
People with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are thought to have a specific profile of cognitive strengths and weaknesses—difficulties appreciating others' thoughts and feelings, problems regulating and controlling their behavior, and an enhanced ability to perceive details— but few studies have tracked children's cognitive skills over time. Now new longitudinal research provides clues that can inform our understanding of ASD.
15 September 2010 - Millennium Development Goals: lessons learnt
A new blueprint for international development has been published in The Lancet, a week ahead of the UN's major summit about the Millennium Development Goals. IOE Professors Angela Little, Geeta Kingdon and Elaine Unterhalter and research officer Amy North all contributed to the report, particularly the sections on education and gender.
13 September 2010 - Bright girls less likely to want to study maths and physics at A-level than bright boys
The largest ever investigation analysing whether teenagers want to take maths or physics in the sixth form has found that even high-ability, highly motivated girls are less likely than boys to want to persist with the subjects beyond the age of 16.
04 September 2010 - School improvement comes at a price, study shows
Schools which improve their results may be paying for it by increasing their pupils' levels of disengagement from learning, a major new IOE study based on survey data from more than 9,000 teenagers concludes.
03 September 2010 - Class has much bigger effect on white pupils' results
Poverty has a much greater influence on how White British pupils do at school than it does on the academic performance of other ethnic groups, a new study by academics at Institute of Education and Queen Mary, University of London, has concluded.
03 September 2010 - Catchment areas undermine hopes for Brighton lottery, study finds
Brighton and Hove's controversial school admissions lottery system has failed in one of its key aims – to give deprived children equal access to better performing schools, a study by academics from the Institute of Education, London and the University of Bristol finds. The system has resulted in significant winners and losers – but has not markedly reduced social segregation, it says.
03 September 2010 - Institute of Education – London's top rated university for student satisfaction
The Institute of Education has the highest levels of student satisfaction in London according to the national student satisfaction survey, an honour it shares with the Central School of Speech and Drama. This places the IOE joint 6th in England for student satisfaction.
24 August 2010 - Should parents use league tables to choose schools?
Study shows they can help predict individual children's success
A number-crunching study from academics at the Institute of Education, London, and the Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), Bristol University, shows that when parents use league tables to inform their choice of secondary school, their child is more likely to do better in their GCSEs.
23 August 2010 - Focus on results can make children do worse, study finds
Children do better in their exams when their teachers focus on learning, rather than on test results, a detailed research survey published by the Institute of Education, London, concludes.
13 August 2010 - European MA gets a longer life
The European MA in Lifelong Learning has received another five years' funding from the EU's Erasmus Mundus scheme. The consortium that runs the scheme, led by the Danish School of Education, University of Aarhus, also comprises the Institute of Education, London and the University of Deusto in Bilbao, Spain. They will be joined this year by the University of Melbourne.
11 August 2010 - Chris Husbands named new IOE director
Professor Chris Husbands has been appointed Director of the Institute of Education, University of London. He will take up his post when Professor Geoff Whitty retires on 1 January, 2011.
29 July 2010 - HE dream team to join IOE
Two distinguished professors are to join the IOE as joint Chairs of Higher Education Studies. Claire Callender, Professor of Higher Education Policy at Birkbeck, and Sir Peter Scott, Vice-Chancellor of Kingston University, will start their part-time posts in the coming months.
23 July 2010 - Restricted playlists pose real threat to brass band and folk music
Radio stations, TV channels and websites that offer teenagers nothing but pop, rock, hip hop and rap could eventually help to kill off brass band and folk music in the UK, two leading music educationists have warned.
15 July 2010 - Why music education deserves to be protected from public spending cuts
The remarkable range of music education opportunities currently available to young people and adults in the UK is a vital national resource that must not only be preserved but developed, even at a time of severe public spending cutbacks, says a new book published this week by the Institute of Education, University of London.
15 July 2010 - Campaign for girls' education scores victory at World Cup Education Summit
The World Cup final is not the only important event taking place this Sunday in South Africa. On the same day as the final of the world's greatest sporting tournament, heads of state will gather for an Education Summit in Pretoria. Girls' education will be on the agenda, in part because of the work of Professor Elaine Unterhalter, of the Institute of Education. The Summit has been organised with the commitment of South African President Jacob Zuma and FIFA President Sepp Blatter.
09 July 2010 - Reading Recovery helps close the gap for thousands
Reading Recovery has given 70,000 children a fresh start and a better life since it was launched in England two decades ago, Baroness Shephard told an audience of 750 practitioners of the scheme from around the world at the Institute of Education, London on Thursday July 8.
09 July 2010 - Ofsted recognises IOE's "outstanding" initial teacher training
The Institute of Education, London has been recognised by OFSTED for its "high quality" initial teacher training programmes that inspire its students "to want to be outstanding teachers". Its secondary and further education programmes as well as its employment based routes were graded "outstanding", and the primary PGCE was "good" with some outstanding features.
08 July 2010 - Swedish free schools and academic achievement
Research from the IOE on Sweden's 'free school' reforms suggests that the entry of new schools had a positive effect on pupils' academic achievements. But according to a survey of the evidence by Rebecca Allen, the benefits are small, they are predominantly focused on children from highly educated families and they do not persist: scores are no higher in the end-of-school exams.
23 June 2010 - Nine in ten people in their early 50s consider working beyond retirement age
Almost 90 per cent of people in their early 50s are considering working beyond the state pension age in order to have a higher standard of living, a study has found.
12 June 2010 - IOE Child Development course inspired Orange award-winner
A former IOE student, Irene Sabatini, has won the Orange Award for New Writers with her debut novel, The Boy Next Door.
11 June 2010 - Nine win London Education Partnership Awards
Nine innovative projects that raised the aspirations of young people and adults in London received London Education Partnership Awards at a ceremony at the Institute of Education in Bloomsbury on Monday evening (June 7). Oona King, broadcaster, campaigner, ex-MP and London Mayoral candidate, led the presentations.
08 June 2010 - IOE conference explores future of teaching profession
How can teachers and teaching be placed at the heart of the new coalition government's education agenda? Leading thinkers put forward a range of proposals at the first post-election seminar on the future of teaching at the IOE, entitled Where Next for the Teaching Profession?
04 June 2010 - Autism trial improves communication between parents and children
A social communication intervention in preschool children with autism improves parent-child interaction, but does not deliver clinically significant benefit in autism symptoms.
21 May 2010 - London Knowledge Lab engages with teens to reduce energy use
Researchers from the IOE's London Knowledge Lab will be finding ways to make energy-saving "cool", as they engage teenagers in using digital technology to change their behaviour.
18 May 2010 - New magazine seeks to be an open forum
A new education magazine, which held its launch at the IOE seeks to "restore some grit to the educational debate".
23 April 2010 - Towards equal education for girls around the world
In the past 10 years more children have had better opportunities to attend school, but nearly a billion people still receive little or no education. Most of them are girls and women. An international conference taking place online and in Dakar, Senegal, is bringing together education activists, academics, practitioners, policy makers and girls themselves to debate and develop ways to ensure a better deal for women in education around the world. Titled E4 Engendering Empowerment: Education and Equality, this innovative conference is using both electronic media and participatory discussion.
12 April 2010 - New survey to be launched on the 'rights and wrongs' of school choice
School choice is a topic that stirs up strong emotions, and newspapers are packed with stories about admissions and appeals.
06 April 2010 - New director takes over at Centre for Longitudinal Studies
Professor Jane Elliott is to take over as director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, which houses three of Britain's internationally-renowned birth cohort studies. She will succeed Professor Heather Joshi, who is stepping down after seven years in the post.
31 March 2010 - Honorary awards at IOE Presentation Ceremonies
A children's author, an eminent scientist and prominent educationists received honorary awards at the Institute of Education's graduation ceremonies this month, at which more than 1000 students earned qualifications.
23 March 2010 - New Reading Recovery website brings more and better information
The European Centre for Reading Recovery, based at the Institute of Education, has redeveloped its website. The website, which went live on Monday 22 March 2010, is the first of the IOE's satellite sites to move onto its new Content Management System, acting as a pilot for others to follow.
22 March 2010 - London Education Partnership Awards – Raising aspirations in education and industry
The deadline for this year's London Education Partnership Awards is approaching, giving potential entrants until April 2nd to submit an application.
16 March 2010 - Women's memory better than men's at age 50, researchers find
It is well known that girls are no longer the weaker sex academically – if they ever were. They have overtaken boys at school, and are more likely to go on to university and gain a degree.
12 March 2010 - £90,000 Awarded to the Bloomsbury Colleges to share international development digital resources online
The latest thinking on international development from leading academics will be shared online via podcasts and videos as part of a new initiative. The 15-month project, called the Bloomsbury Media Cloud, is led by The Bloomsbury Colleges – a consortium of six internationally-renowned institutions within the University of London.
10 March 2010 - Turn schools into "talent factories"
Schools must become "talent factories" if Britain is to compete successfully in the new world market, a leading academic warned today (March 4). Dylan Wiliam, Deputy Director of the Institute of Education London will tell a conference organised by The Spectator magazine: "It is not enough to identify talent in our schools any more; we have to create it."
04 March 2010 - Baroness Shephard to watch over IOE council
Baroness Shephard of Northwold has joined the Institute of Education London (IOE) as chair of its council.
02 March 2010 - Good relationships at home and school can lessen life-blows for teens
How can we help youngsters with hardships in their lives to have a better childhood? Research commissioned by the Department for Children Schools and Families shows that good relationships with mum and dad can protect children who have tough challenges in their lives from going off the rails as they reach adolescence.
25 February 2010 - 3,000 school histories to get a make-over
Heritage Lottery Fund will enable restoration, cataloguing and teaching resources
22 February 2010 - Simple tests in babyhood 'could point to children who need help with learning'
Screening tests that monitor babies' motor development could prove crucial in helping to identify children who will need learning support in their pre-school years, says a book published today.
16 February 2010 - Reading to a child at age 3 pays real dividends two years later
Parents who read to their child every day at age 3 are more likely to see them flourishing in a wide range of subjects during their first year in primary school, a UK-wide study suggests.
16 February 2010 - Fewer parents gaining 'first choice' primary schools than statistics suggest
Fewer parents are managing to enrol children in their true 'first choice' primary schools than is generally thought, says a new study.
16 February 2010 - Catching up with the middle classes – how can university access become more equitable?
While more students from poorer backgrounds are now going to university, "there is still a significant way to go in further widening participation and developing fair access to all institutions", said IOE's Director in a talk at City University this week.
09 February 2010 - Michael Young - Routledge author of the month
Michael Young - Professor of Education in the Faculty of Culture and Pedagogy at the Institute of Education has been named Routledge author of the month
05 February 2010 - Children disappointed but not downbeat about school ICT
New study reveals pupils' concerns over 'low-tech' primary schools, but suggests that only minor improvements are needed
05 February 2010 - Brave and Retiring
New book helps with the process of moving on from full-time work
03 February 2010 - Market forces undermine healthy social mix, says don
Schools should receive financial incentives from the Government to take in the full ability range of students living in the capital, a leading London academic proposed last night. In addition, the sum allocated to schools to tackle social disadvantage should be significantly increased, said Professor Kathryn Riley, director of the London Education Research Unit (LERU) at the Institute of Education.
03 February 2010 - Blind children – born to be musical?
Children who have lost their sight because they were born prematurely are around 4,000 times more likely than sighted youngsters to develop exceptional musical abilities such as 'perfect pitch' -traditionally a marker of exceptional musical ability - according to a new study.
28 January 2010 - Teaching about the Holocaust is crucial says leading scholar
There have been many genocides throughout history but the Holocaust was an unprecedented event, the leading Holocaust scholar Professor Yehuda Bauer told an audience at the Institute of Education. But he emphasised that the Holocaust is not unique: "Anything humans do for human reasons can be repeated by other humans. This is why you have to teach it – because it could happen anywhere."
27 January 2010 - IOE director to retire after a decade of achievement
Professor Geoff Whitty has announced his intention to retire as Director of the Institute of Education, University of London in September, after completing 10 years in the post. A leading scholar in the areas of education policy, teacher education and curriculum, Professor Whitty became IOE director in September 2000.
12 January 2010 - 'Pump up the Volume? Don't be Silly, We're Trying to Study' -- Teenagers say
Parents and teenagers have always argued about whether it is possible to study while listening to music. It is one of the rituals of family life.
11 January 2010 - New Report Reveals Success of Every Child a Reader Programme
Government moves to give one-to-one tuition to the children who have the severest learning difficulties will be boosted by the latest research published today (Friday January 8th) into the continuing success of the Every Child a Reader programme three years after the tuition stopped.
08 January 2010 - Helping parents to give their children the best chance
Just having mums and dads in school is simply not enough
22 December 2009 - Climate change: an issue for education
With the science of climate change increasingly clear, sustainability is turning more and more into an issue for education, say academics from all over the world. This means teaching about risk and uncertainty and personal choice. Changing the way people think and behave has got to start with the young, they argue.
11 December 2009 - Doctoral school plays matchmaker for students and staff
Postgraduate students who would like to do some hourly-paid teaching and course leaders needing such help are being brought together by an online 'introduction service' called WouldLikeToTeach.
04 December 2009 - Stephen Ball Named Routledge Author of the Month
Stephen J. Ball, Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education in the Department of Educational Foundations and Policy Studies at the Institute of Education, has been named author of the month by Routledge publications.
04 December 2009 - Faith in the Future
Faith schools – what is their place in a Western democracy? Do they open up or close down the life choices available to children who attend them? What is the impact of a religious upbringing? These debates, which have run for decades, are brought to a new level of sophistication in a book published by the Institute of Education London (IOE) this month.
20 November 2009 - Bridging the North-South Divide through Partnership
Partnerships between schools in the UK and those in developing countries have the greatest impact when students and teachers from different countries actually meet each other, rather than simply having a long-distance relationship.
16 November 2009 - Book on Racism in Education wins Prestigious Research Award
A controversial book which argues that racism in the English education system is still restricting the academic achievements of countless minority ethnic children has won the UK's most prestigious education research award.
04 November 2009 - Music key to older people's well-being
A pioneering research project will explore how making music in groups has the power to enhance the quality of older people's lives.
28 October 2009 - IOE's Part in Primary Review
It may hail from Cambridge, but the biggest review of primary education for 40 years is underpinned by contributions from a large group of academics from the Institute of Education, London (IOE)
22 October 2009 - David Watson wins lifetime achievement award
Sir David Watson, Professor of Higher Education Management at the Institute of Education London has received the prestigious Times Higher Education Lifetime Achievement Award. Over the past 40 years he has championed teaching quality, scholarship and interdisciplinary studies, and was a major force in broadening the reach of higher education. He has been in the forefront of national and international thinking on universities and civic engagement
16 October 2009 - New Online Distance Learning Database Focuses on International Development
An online database of more than 140 distance learning courses about international development, featuring courses from the Institute of Education (IOE), was launched today by Distance Learning for Development (DL4D).
07 October 2009 - The IOE visits Japan, Brazil, Taiwan and Korea this autumn – please join us
The IOE will be hosting events in Japan, Brazil, Taiwan and Korea this autumn, and we welcome future students, alumni and friends of the Institute to join us.
06 October 2009 - Teaching assistants boost teachers' productivity but not pupils' progress
Teaching assistants reduce teachers' stress levels and improve classroom discipline but do not boost pupils' progress, according to the largest-ever study of the impact of support staff in schools.
04 September 2009 - New £232,000 grant encourages students to become global citizens
Undergraduates studying medicine, pharmacy and veterinary science will learn more about global issues and how their professions can contribute to international development due to an unprecedented project.
03 September 2009 - Top research prize for Institute of Education graduate
For the second year running, the British Educational Research Association's (BERA) best PhD dissertation prize has gone to a doctoral graduate from the Institute of Education, London.
03 September 2009 - Top score for IOE in student satisfaction survey
The Institute of Education, London (IOE) has achieved a 93% positive score in the National Student Survey for 2009, placing the IOE joint 4th overall in the UK for student satisfaction.
07 August 2009 - Organisational greed pressurises family life
New book
Work, Families and Organisations in Transition: European perspectives
Edited by Suzan Lewis, Julia Brannen and Ann Nilsen (Policy Press)
31 July 2009 - Institute of Education joins 1994 Group
The Institute of Education, University of London has been invited to become a member of the 1994 Group of leading research-intensive, student-focused universities. The Institute will formally join the 1994 Group on 1 August 2009.
13 July 2009 - Evaluation suggests youth scheme pilot did not reduce teenage pregnancies
An evaluation of a government-funded pilot scheme aimed at reducing teenage pregnancy, drug use and school exclusion suggests it did not reduce – and perhaps might have increased – pregnancies among participants, according to an article just published in the British Medical Journal.
08 July 2009 - New exhibition challenges perceived realities
A first-ever event that brings together a selection of experimental projects that will challenge, and maybe alter, people's perception of what a surface is takes place next Tuesday (23 June 2009).
19 June 2009 - Playground games for the Nintendo generation
Clapping and skipping games that are popular in the school playground are to be converted into Wii-type computer games as part of a unique collaboration between three universities, the British Library and Nintendo.
10 June 2009 - New master's degree in the emotional and social aspects of teaching and learning
A pioneering master's degree course that will examine the emotional aspects of teaching and learning is being launched by the Institute of Education, London.
08 June 2009 - Major education accolade for IOE's director
Professor Geoff Whitty, director of the Institute of Education, London (IOE), will be first ever recipient of the Lady Plowden Memorial Medal, which recognises outstanding services to education.
15 May 2009 - UK needs to rethink approach to workplace learning, study finds
Pushing ever-growing numbers of UK workers through vocational qualification courses will do little to help the country emerge from the economic recession, a five-year study has concluded.
11 May 2009 - School improvement: one size fits nobody, warns leading educationist
Hundreds of millions of pounds have been wasted on well-meaning but misguided programmes aimed at helping England's low-achieving schools, claims one of the country's leading school improvement advisers.
23 April 2009 - Lack of mathematical know-how hampers workplace efficiency
The efficiency of British companies is being compromised by outdated mathematical skills, the government's former maths tsar has warned.
17 April 2009 - Claims of white victimhood fuel racism, says expert
Media reports portraying underachieving white working-class boys as victims of discrimination are fuelling a new kind of racial hatred, a leading academic will warn at a conference today (Thursday 16 April). This leads to the mistaken idea that white students are now a threatened group denied a fair chance because of their ethnicity.
16 April 2009 - Workplace basic skills courses boost taste for learning – but not productivity
The government may believe that workplace literacy courses can boost productivity but employers are more sceptical, according to researchers.
15 April 2009 - Adult basic skills training no boost to economic competitiveness
Short, sharp basic skills courses designed to improve adult literacy and numeracy are a waste of time and money, a leading education economist will warn at a conference today (Friday 3 April).
03 April 2009 - Invest in teachers to raise achievement
Children in classes taught by the best teachers learn four times faster than those in classes taught by the poorest ones, according to a leading educationalist.
02 April 2009 - Breastfeeding may help to offset early disadvantages
Breastfeeding may be particularly important to the educational and emotional development of children from single-parent and low-income families, new research suggests.
26 March 2009 - Grandparents not always the most effective childcarers
Many babies who are looked after by grandparents while their mothers are out at work might be better off in nurseries or crèches, a new study suggests.
10 February 2009 - Lack of training hampers infant school music
Music is the "poor relation" in the infant school curriculum because many primary teachers do not know how to teach it, according to a new study.
06 February 2009 - 'Dehumanising' views of workplace damaging vocational education
Classifying some occupations as "unskilled" and "low-skilled" and others as "high-skilled" or "professional" is outdated and dehumanising, warns a leading academic.
04 February 2009 - Private sector bosses - role models for university leaders?
University staff are to shadow private sector executives as part of a pioneering higher education (HE) leadership programme just launched at the Institute of Education, London.
29 January 2009 - Institute of Education - best and biggest for education research
Education research carried out in UK universities is among the best in the world, according to the just-released RAE (Research Assessment Exercise) results, with the Institute of Education, London (IOE) leading the way.
17 December 2008 - Good pre-school and home-learning environment essential for later academic achievement
Attending a high quality pre-school followed by an academically effective primary school gives a significant boost to chileren's development.
27 November 2008 - Religion and nationality – the new 'race'?
Educational performance tables comparing exam results of pupils from different ethnic groups are fuelling a new kind of racism, a leading academic has warned.
25 November 2008 - National survey launched into how the Holocaust is taught
The first large scale national survey into how the Holocaust is taught in English secondary schools will be launched by the Institute of Education, London (IOE) in November.
07 November 2008 - Early assessments help to identify children at risk of blighted adulthoods
The vast majority of children who will go on to experience serious deprivation in their adult years can now be identified by the age of 10, a new report suggests.
20 October 2008 - Northern Irish mothers 'most likely to read to their children every day'
Mothers in Northern Ireland are more likely to read to their children every day than mothers in other UK countries, new research suggests.
17 October 2008 - Less than two thirds of five-year-olds living with married natural parents
Less than two thirds of UK children are living with their married natural parents when they enter school, a study has found.
17 October 2008 - Welsh mothers less likely to smack naughty five-year-olds
Welsh mothers are less likely to smack their children when they are naughty than mothers in other UK countries, a new study suggests.
17 October 2008 - Girls start primary school with two-month lead over boys
Girls are already two months ahead of boys in their learning development when they start school, a UK-wide study has found.
17 October 2008 - Five-year-olds who eat breakfast are less likely to be obese, study finds
Children who eat breakfast daily are less likely to become obese, new research suggests.
17 October 2008 - Academic writers – made, not born
Getting published is a make-or-break part of every academic's career, but how does a lecturer learn to write?
13 October 2008 - Rock-style music lessons boost popularity of GCSE music
A radical new approach to teaching music that enables secondary pupils to "jam" like rock stars has prompted a sharp rise in the number of pupils wanting to take GCSE music.
10 October 2008 - Top position at worldwide music education goes to IOE professor
Graham Welch, professor of music education at the Institute of Education, London, has been elected president of the International Society for Music Education (ISME).
10 September 2008 - Stereotypical image of school bully needs updating, researchers say
The stereotypical image of the school bully needs to be revised, researchers at the Institute of Education, London, have concluded.
28 August 2008 - Philosophy: the key to good thinking
Children of all ages should study philosophy in school because it is the basis of critical thinking, say leading philosophers of education.
02 July 2008 - English Bac – solution for crisis in 14–19 education?
An English baccalaureate incorporating academic and vocational subjects could overcome the crisis of a general education system that has alienated many 14- to 19-year-olds, say leading experts.
29 June 2008 - Institute of Education scores teaching hat-trick
The Institute of Education (IOE) is delighted to announce that three of its academics have been awarded the prestigious National Teaching Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy.
26 June 2008 - Time to remove school curriculum from government control
Control of the school curriculum should be taken away from politicians and passed to an independent education commission, says a leading educationist.
04 June 2008 - Health means more to teenagers than booze, sex and drugs
That's the opinion of young people speaking at a conference on health in school at the Institute of Education on May 14.
11 May 2008 - How the poorest readers aged six outperformed the national average in two years and reduced the gender gap
New research into the progress of 500 children published today shows that young children who were the poorest readers - and the very lowest-achieving in their class - can go on to outperform the national average within two years.
09 May 2008 - Quentin Blake is muse for teachers of reading
Specially trained teachers who work with young struggling readers are set to receive a little extra inspiration this weekend from world-famous author and illustrator Quentin Blake.
24 April 2008 - Rewards work better than punishments, pupil behaviour experts say
Clean, well-maintained toilets and separate social areas for younger and older pupils could make school-shy children more likely to attend school, suggests new research.
18 April 2008 - Employment rules could trigger London school staffing crisis
An impending government crackdown on the employment of teachers who are not fully qualified could trigger a staffing crisis for London schools, researchers believe.
17 April 2008 - Institute of Education welcomes government citizenship education report
The Institute of Education (IOE) welcomes the Education and Skills Select Committee report on citizenship education published today (Thursday 8 March). The report's recommendations endorse the work on citizenship education undertaken at the IOE.
09 March 2007 - Schools working together improve exam results and widen inclusion
When schools work together, GCSE results improve, particularly those of socially disadvantaged students.
27 February 2007 - Whatever happened to the Dearing report?
Professor Sir David Watson will examine the legacy of the Dearing report on higher education in a lecture at the Institute of Education tonight. Called "Whatever happened to the Dearing Report?" it will look at what has been taken up and what hasn't; what has worked and what has not.
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