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Professor Claudine Bower-Crane shares insights into the effect that lockdowns had on children during the Covid pandemic

In an episode of More or Less on BBC Radio 4, Claudine and other researchers discussed the effects of the lockdowns on children and young people, as homelife was transformed and schools and Universities pivoted online.
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Celebrating Neurodiversity Week with a spotlight on research into ADHD in Women

Lauren Powell and MSc students, Sarah Bradley, Izabela Parzych and Jessica Platts, identify key findings from their research which focuses on understanding and harnessing differences in women with ADHD.
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‘Britain’s kids have got talent’: new report calls for schools to boost opportunities for children in the north to get creative

The talents of millions of children are being wasted according to a new report which is urging creativity to be embedded into an inclusive school curriculum.
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How video games can support children’s wellbeing

Dr Fiona Scott discusses the positive impact that playing video games can have on children for The Conversation.

Published in The Conversation
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Fiona Scott appointed as official adviser for edtech

Dr Fiona Scott has been appointed as an official adviser for the Department for Education’s edtech evidence board project. The team of 17 advisers will look at how to build evidence around artificial intelligence tools in schools.
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Museum display celebrates mature learners returning to education

Personal stories from people making their way back into education are celebrated in a new display at Weston Park Museum.
Sabine Little at the front of the classroom with primary aged school children

Celebrating World Book day with Rivers of Reading

World Book Day have teamed up with Dr Sabine Little to bring her “Rivers of (Multilingual) Reading” research to a wider audience, by making it part of the World Book Day core activity packs for all schools in the country.
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School Meals project selected as finalist in Children's Food Awards

Congratulations to Heather Ellis and the School Meals project on their shortlisting for the Children's Food Awards 2025.
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Dr Louise Kay wins British Educational Research Journal Editors’ Choice Award 2024

Her paper was judged as theoretically and methodologically strong and interesting. Editors said 'it has a good potential to have an impact on policy/practice in early childhood education'.