The notion of the civic university has evolved significantly in recent years in the UK, with growing recognition of universities as key drivers of regional transformation. At the heart of ...

The new Labour government has made a commitment to support the early years sector, as well as launching a curriculum review. This presents us with an opportunity to revisit Labour’s ...

The Curriculum Journal (CJ), published by the British Educational Research Association (BERA), specialises in publishing original contributions to the study of curriculum theory ...

In today’s rapidly evolving world, the need for a more inclusive and equitable curriculum is more urgent than ever. Our current system – dominated by a rigid focus on academic assessments ...

Over the past 25 years, there have been successive policy changes to funding, categorisation and implementation of special educational needs (SEN) provision in England. Yet there is ...

Incoming policy In response to growing pressure on the early education and care system, the new Labour government is forging ahead with plans to create thousands of nursery places inside ...

Ruth Gilbert is a clinical epidemiologist trained in paediatrics. Much of her research uses de-identified, administrative data to address clinical and policy questions related to the health ...

Claudine Bowyer-Crane is Professor of Education in the School of Education at the University of Sheffield. She has a PhD in Psychology from the University of York. Claudine’s research ...

Kate Lewis is a Research Fellow at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, where her research leverages linked administrative education and health data to study the ...

Rob Newton is Associate Strategic Director at Huntington Research School in York. He is an experienced primary school senior leader and local authority officer, and in local government leads ...

In recent years, stories of schools providing for children’s basic needs have become common. We hear that nearly one-in-five teachers has personally washed a school uniform; one-in-four has provided ...