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21 décembre 2017

How to spot fake news – an expert’s guide for young people

The ConversationOver the past six months, I’ve been part of a team of researchers and producers from the University of Salford and CBBC Newsround working to understand the impact of fake news on young people living in the UK. More...
21 décembre 2017

Maths challenge: England has one of the biggest gaps between high and low performing pupils in the developed world

The ConversationThe recent report from the Education Policy Institute and UCL’s Institute of Education shows that England has one of the biggest gaps between high and low performing students in the developed world. Only New Zealand and Turkey have a bigger disparity. More...
21 décembre 2017

By casting teachers as informants, British counter-extremism policy is promoting violence

The ConversationThe Muslim children in my classroom withdrew from political debate when the Prevent counter-terrorism strategy cast me as an informant.
Prevent infers a duty on all teachers and doctors in England, Scotland and Wales to report signs of so-called “extremism” and “radicalisation” in their pupils and patients. Applying this duty is particularly difficult as “extremism” has not been legally defined by the Home Office. More...
21 décembre 2017

You’re not going to get accepted into a top university on merit alone

The ConversationAfter weeks of negotiation, Harvard University recently agreed to provide the Department of Justice access to its admissions files. The department is reopening a complaint by 63 Asian-American groups that Harvard discriminates against Asian-American applicants. More...
21 décembre 2017

How to encourage young people to make a habit of helping others

The ConversationThe idea of helping others, also known as social action, service or volunteering, is often held up as a virtue of national importance to British identity. It is at the heart of treasured programmes such as the Scouts, the Guides, or the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, as well as new bodies such as the National Citizen Service (NCS) and the #iwill campaign. More...
21 décembre 2017

Black students on going to Oxbridge: ‘it’s not even asked or pushed for, it’s just assumed no one is applying’

The ConversationThis has sparked extensive debate about the accessibility of elite higher education institutions for the socioeconomically disadvantaged and black, Asian and minority ethnic students. It has also led to calls for elite institutions to do more to improve their widening participation schemes and offer more places to students from different backgrounds. More...
21 décembre 2017

Campus culture wars: Why universities must ditch the dogma

The ConversationA teaching assistant in a communications program was reprimanded for showing video clips of a debate on the use of gender-neutral language, a scolding that seems almost incomprehensible in a university setting. More...
21 décembre 2017

How boys and girls are taught different things about violence

The ConversationMen and women can often disagree about what is considered violent behaviour and what is considered normal human interaction. And in this way, it sometimes tends to be the case that women who speak out about abuse are accused of exaggerating or seeking attention. More...
21 décembre 2017

Universities are failing their students through poor feedback practices

The ConversationEducators and students often struggle to learn from each other through the use of feedback. Our research into feedback practices has found that students and staff find feedback practices largely unsustainable, de-motivating and without opportunity for improvement. More...
21 décembre 2017

Starting next year, universities have to prove their research has real-world impact

The ConversationStarting in 2018, Australian universities will be required to prove their research provides concrete benefits for taxpayers and the government, who fund it. More...
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