Daisy and Dylan walk to school carrying smart school bags. Threads are attached to Daisy’s bag – which is bulging at the seams – threatening to trip and slow her pace. Less visible ...

For students who are the first in their family to attend university, the transition involves navigating uncharted territory. Students often transform university spaces, initially impersonal ...

This blog post was inspired by the BERA Brian Simon Research Project that undertook historical educational research and explored the impact of higher education (HE) on ...

This special issue shares findings from research supported by a historical educational research to explore the impact of higher education (HE) on first-in-family students, some of ...

In postconflict societies, education is often seen as a cornerstone of peacebuilding. Governments, international agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) embrace its potential to ...

Being the first person in the family to attend university (undergraduate degree at Marjon, master’s at Aberystwyth), ...

Babs Horton is a graduate of Plymouth Marjon University and the first in her family to attend university. Her debut novel, A Jarful of Angels (Simon & Schuster), won the Pendleton May First ...

This month sees two events with significance for climate change and sustainability education. The first is COP30, the annual meeting of world leaders (whose countries signed the original ...

Katherine Collier is a PhD student in the School of Education at Durham University. Her current research explores the literacy development of children, with a focus on its association with a ...

Hongyi Zhao is a postgraduate researcher at the School of Education, University of Leeds. He was the leader of the second-day registration team, and was on the hospitality team ...

This blog post reports on current and ongoing research into the identity of classroom music teachers and, in particular, whether the teachers think of themselves more as musicians who ...

Kristof De Witte is a full professor in Education Economics and Political Economy at the Faculty of Economics and Business at KU Leuven, Belgium, and he holds the chair in ‘Effectiveness ...