2009
- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - '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 - 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 - 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 - 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