Over the past decade, English (as a curriculum subject) has been stripped of its soul and creativity. What was once a subject that celebrated imagination and voice has been reduced to a ...

Second career academics, or ‘pracademics’ are ‘former or current practitioners who are now university academics’ (Dickinson et al., 2020, p. 290). They come from a wide variety ...

Gen Z, those born between 1997 and 2012, are often criticised for a perceived lack of professionalism and an inability to adapt to the demands of traditional workplaces (Knight, 2024).

James Wright is associate professor and professional lead for Secondary Teacher Education at Kingston University London, where he leads the Secondary PGCE with Qualified Teacher Status. His ...

Matteo Sciberras is a senior lecturer in Education at Kingston University, working across the Primary PGCE and BA (Hons) Primary Education routes leading to Qualified Teacher Status.

Around a quarter of new teachers in England leave the profession within three years, and a third do so within five years (DfE, 2025). My longitudinal PhD research with nine early career ...

Inside the Manosphere aims to understand the extreme, misogynist fringes of the manosphere – an umbrella term for online masculinist subcultures – and ...

Cognition and learning outcomes are known to be affected by childhood adversity (Lund et al., 2020) with trauma from sexual abuse categorised at the highest threat level and therefore linked ...

Sheona Goodyear is a University of Birmingham, College of Social Sciences funded PhD student. Her research aims to support staff in primary school contexts to provide evidence-based responses ...