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New Year, New Career Goals: Explore a PGCE in secondary education
9 January 2025
The start of a brand-new year is a good time to reassess your career goals and think about exploring new aspirations.
- New Year, New Career Goals: Explore a PGCE in secondary education 9 January 2025 The start of a brand-new year is a good time to reassess your career goals and think about exploring new aspirations.
- New Year Honours for pioneering directors of Poetry by Heart 31 December 2024 The Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Education was awarded to Dr Julie Blake (PGCE tutor 2013-2014), and Dr Tim Shortis (Research Fellow ESRC TLP Interactive Education 2001-2003).
- School of Education Lecturer Receives SES Debut Book Award 2024 12 December 2024 Dr Jessie Abrahams released her new book in March this year, inspired by her own experiences of class inequality while studying at university.
- Education PhD Student Granted Faculty of Social Sciences and Law Doctoral Award 2024 5 December 2024 School of Education alumna Dr. Siân Ephgrave was granted the prestigious award for her doctoral thesis exploring the wellbeing of secondary school English teachers through poetry.
- Spreading hoppiness: new University of Bristol research improves wellbeing of care home residents living with dementia 18 November 2024 The beer study, funded by the Brigstow Institute and co-ran by Alive Activities, aimed to ‘empower and stimulate’ elderly residents who have progressive illnesses.
- Dr Lorna Smith discusses reform of English GCSEs at English Association (EA) Summit 24 October 2024 Over 100 English teachers, subject leads, academics, policy makers, members of national organisations and exam boards met to discuss the reform of the English GCSEs – currently deemed not fit for purpose.
- School of Education academics support teacher-led action research within Bristol-based schools. 21 October 2024 With support from the School of Education, teachers across Bristol recently presented their findings from projects that sought to develop their classroom practice.
- Head of School Professor William Browne joins Department for Education's new Scientific Advisory Council 17 October 2024 Professor William Browne joins new team of experts to provide the latest scientific advice across a range of specialisms to support the Department for Education's work.
- New report urges Government to tackle crisis in preschool provision amid warnings that hundreds of thousands of children are not ‘school ready’ 4 October 2024 A new report published today (Friday October 4th) by Child of the North and Anne Longfield’s Centre for Young Lives think tank, makes a series of proposals to tackle the high number of children starting school not ‘school ready’, and the crisis in early years and childcare provision - particularly in disadvantaged areas.
- PGCE students take climate awareness beyond the classroom 1 October 2024 Students at the School of Education are urging others to play their part in the climate transition after undergoing invaluable Climate Fresk training.