IoE Doctorate in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology

Could more systemic work from EPs reduce headteachers’ stress?

Wanted: a highly qualified leader willing to work long hours under stress in an organisation that is severely underfunded and constantly judged, for an unsympathetic employer.

‘I sold my house, came out as gay and stood as a Green councillor’: life after headteaching Three heads forced to quit by stress and bureaucracy reveal how they recovered in new roles

Children with special educational needs are not a separate category. They aren’t a problem.

Dear Damian Hinds, you didn’t need a ‘fresh look’ at special needs funding. You knew about the crisis | Michael Rosen Parents, teachers, carers and children have been telling you for years that there’s a crisis

“Government now needs to listen, and to accept the need to change a culture in which too many classrooms are dominated by teaching to the test, at the expense of the learning and wellbeing of our children.”

Primary school teachers want to see Sats scrapped A resounding 97% would like a ‘sensible alternative’ to the high-stakes attainment tests

What are some of the books you read in preparation for starting the course? Why not Blue Sky July by Nia Wyn, following the story of a mother whose child suffered a devastating brain injury. A great insight into the many ways EPs can help.

Everybody working with children should watch The Hunt @ Almeida Theatre https://almeida.co.uk/whats-on/the-hunt/17-jun-2019-3-aug-2019. The importance of children's voice and the right way to elicit them.

The Hunt Almeida Artistic Director Rupert Goold directs The Hunt by David Farr (The Night Manager, Spooks), based on the critically acclaimed Danish film thriller Jagten, by Thomas Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm.

Fantastic day learning about research at IoE DEdPsy with topics ranging from girls in PRUs, Black Supplementary Schools, ELSA, transgender students and much much more.

June 2019 IoE summer research day