Recent events and updates on the impact of School of Education research.

Impact News

Half of children can pretend from the age of one, new research reveals 15 August 2024 A first-of-its-kind study has revealed how children begin to understand pretence between birth and the age of three.
Five Bristol academics awarded funding to work with Catapult Centres via Researcher in Residence scheme 31 May 2023 Five Bristol academics have recently won funding from the national Research in Residence (RiR) funding competition which funds academics to work on an innovation project in partnership with the Catapult Network. Six of the 42 applications in the last RiR funding call were from staff at Bristol. Of these, five have been awarded funding, each with a project budget of circa £50,000. The University’s high success rate has been partly attributed to Bristol’s strong innovation ecosystem.
University of Bristol academics earn coveted British Academy Fellowship grants to further their research 3 May 2023 Three University of Bristol academics have been selected to receive prestigious Mid-Career Fellowships from the British Academy to fund research relating to social sciences, humanities and the arts.
Reimagining the Diary: Reflective practice as a positive tool for educator wellbeing 15 March 2023 'Reimagining the Diary: Reflective practice as a positive tool for educator wellbeing' is the new book by Dr Lucy Kelly, School of Education, and was born from her research project on teacher and student wellbeing. The book is a research-informed guide to a structured, multimodal, playful, and creative approach to reflective practice through diary-keeping. This process of reflective practice identifies small changes that can be adopted to address wellbeing needs and rebalance work and life. A useful and increasingly necessary tool in the current educator wellbeing crisis.
British Academy awards over £1.5 million for new Global Convening Programmes to support international collaborative research 7 February 2023 British Academy awards over £1.5 million for new Global Convening Programmes to support international collaborative research
Nearly four million Euros awarded to Bristol academics from ERC for ground-breaking research 31 January 2023 Two University of Bristol academics have been awarded prestigious ERC Consolidator Grants totalling almost two million Euros each.
Professor Richard Watermeyer leads on the publication of a research evaluation of the Francis Crick Institute’s ‘Education Outreach Programme’ (EOP) 5 December 2022 The Francis Crick Institute is taking the first steps towards better inclusion and diversity in science, starting with children at school. In a commissioned evaluation of the first five years of The Crick’s Education Outreach Programme (EOP), independent researchers have found that it is already having a positive impact on pupils’ aspirations, confidence and attainment as science learners, particularly for girls.
BBC documentary highlights new initiative to increase diversity of school curriculum 20 October 2022 A new BBC documentary has shone the light on an important educational project which aims to tackle the lack of representation in the school curriculum.
Discover how research is helping to support autistic students at university 29 September 2022 The transition to university can be a difficult time for autistic students. At the University of Bristol, we’re invested in collaborative research, to learn and better understand the challenges that students face so that we can continue to improve help and support. A new interactive infographic on autism research explains how understanding the issues experienced by autistic students is shaping our research.
AdvanceHE report on study into leadership for global higher education led by Professor Richard Watermeyer 21 September 2022 Advance HE publish report on study led by Professor of Education Richard Watermeyer
Connecting Through Culture As We Age 2 September 2022 University of Bristol Social Behavioural Design Research Project led by School of Education's Prof Helen Manchester has been featured in case study video created to raise the profile of the fantastic work emerging from the Healthy Ageing Challenge. The project puts older people, especially those who are disabled, socio economically and racially minoritised at the heart of the research to co design new products, services and experiences.
The School of Education’s research is world-leading: REF 2021 results 25 May 2022 The University of Bristol’s School of Education has been ranked 8th for research quality and 8th for research power in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF).
COVID, Schooling and Mental Health 17 May 2022 The extraordinary responses to the outbreak of COVID19 profoundly affected great swathes of society. From the colossal burdens put onto the healthcare system, the damage done to the economy and to the everyday lives of everyone in the country, the impact to every stratum and community has been unprecedented.
University of Bristol ranked fifth for research in the UK 12 May 2022 The University of Bristol has been ranked 5th for research in the UK, with a remarkable 94% of its research assessed as world-leading or internationally excellent.
UNESCO’s Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) launches new report: “Reimagining Education” 22 March 2022 Today sees the launch of UNESCO’s Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) new report “Reimagining Education”, which was generated by its International Science and Evidence Based Education Assessment (ISEE).
Dr Zibah Nwako and Dr Afua Twum-Danso Imoh author collaborative article for The Conversation celebrating International Women's Day 8 March 2022 Colleagues collaboratively author 'Four Black women who have advanced human rights' for The Conversation, on International Women's Day 2022
Oral language support is key for covid recovery 2 February 2022 School of Education Senior Lecturer in Education Dr Ioanna Bakopoulou and colleague Dr Yvonne Wren from the Bristol Dental School collaborative research - Covid-19 school closures are threatening children’s oral language skills: but whole school universal language interventions could help.
School of Education Climate Justice Challenge 14 January 2022 Are you worried about climate change and climate justice but felt it wasn't possible for one person to do anything about it? Have you wanted to work out how your daily lives, studies, or work in the School of Education could help create a more sustainable and fairer world?
Arc of History seminar series announced 6 January 2022 A Seminar Series with Professor Tariq Modood (University of Bristol), Professor Kehinde Andrews (Birmingham City University), Professor Paul Warmington (Nottingham Trent University) and Dr Magda Matache (Harvard University) announced for January-April 2022.