School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences

Events Items - Education, Communication and Language Sciences - Newcastle University The concept of teacher agency has emerged in recent literature as an alternative means of understanding how teachers might enact practice and engage with policy (e.g. Lasky, 2005; Leander & Osbourne, 2008; Ketelaar et al., 2012; Priestley, Biesta & Robinson, 2015). But what is agency? Agency remains...

Blog by Dr Laura Mazzoli Smith, Research Excellence Academy Fellow in the Research Centre for Learning and Teaching.

Discourses of Ability We Live By In some of my work I’ve argued that unless we engage more with progressive conceptualisations of academic ability overall, the concept will, by default, continue to be overly-determined by a narrowly-conceived measure of particular cognitive skills (

Blog from former MEd in Practitioner Enquiry student, Anne Clough.

The Politics of the Canon: An exploration of the factors influencing teachers’ text choices for the new GCSE specification in English Literature The Politics of the Canon: An exploration of the factors influencing teachers’ text choices for the new GCSE specification in English Literature

BBC Radio 4 - Professor Sugata Mitra Professor Sugata Mitra takes part in this debate about whether digital technology is making children's lives richer. (Professor Mitra introduced from 19:09)

Translanguaging Pedagogy: writing across languages ROMtels, an Erasmus+ funded project, has produced a series of guidance books for teachers and teacher educators, which includes guidance on promoting a translanguaging pedagogy.

Something for our first years!

First Year Fest Are you a first year studying at Newcastle University? This exclusive day taking place in the Careers Service for first year students is packed with information, guidance and activities to take part in. We want to help you as much as possible..

"This is one of my favourite pictures I've taken whilst starting my course. Seeing Newcastle at night is really special " Jo, MSc Language Pathology.

If you have a picture of the city or campus you'd like to share, tag it with or send it to [email protected].

TED Talks: What's In A Name? A feature on TED Prize highlights Professor Sugata Mitra’s project, which won the $1 million prize.

Entrepreneurial Competences for School Leadership Teams Sue Robson, Rene Koglbauer, Ulrike Thomas and Anna Reid from CfLAT and North Leadership Centre, Newcastle University, led an Erasmus+ project ‘Entrepreneurial Competences for School Leadership Teams’ (2014-2016). The project aimed to identify successful entrepreneurial competences from the business…

Newcastle University ranked top 10 in the UK for student experience Newcastle University is ranked in the top 10 for student experience in the UK for the third year in a row, according to latest survey results.

Congratulations to Dr Carol Moxam on being shortlisted!!!

TEAs Shortlist 2017 Revealed! The Teaching Excellence Awards (TEAs) recognise the outstanding practice of staff at Newcastle University. The awards are driven by students who submit nominations, take part in shortlisting and support the delivery of the ceremony.