Afternoon breaks are being cut in UK schools but simply making this time more meaningful could have better benefits for children.
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When it comes to inclusive education, England has gone backwards, with more and more students placed in segregated provision or excluded from educational opportunities.
Taking everyday lessons outside can improve well-being and engagement, yet it is not as used as often as it could be.
School’s out – but are the holidays equally enjoyable for all young people, or a time when inequality is magnified?
It’s taken more than 30 years for Welsh education to be overhauled – but will these changes benefit pupils?
Parents of autistic children in Wales face a choice between English-medium specialist education or Welsh-medium mainstream education.
A new study reports that school-based physical activity interventions are ineffective in improving young people’s activity levels. But we just need to think outside the box if we want them to work.
Teachers’ understanding of dyslexia is mostly limited to behaviour, new survey finds.
Is it really the best use of time for children, teachers and parents?
Physical education is for every body - as long as it’s male.
Students need to be taught about colonialism’s dark past.
There is a stigma attached to free school meals that causes parents to abstain from claiming them
Focusing on two determinants of mental health can help pupils prevent issues arising.
Children in care simply aren’t getting the support they want when it comes to their education
Why new style GCSEs are past their sell by date even before they’ve got going.
From September 2020, all schools will have to provide education on healthy relationships. Why this matters.
It’s time to normalise it.
With obesity affecting so many students, it’s better to give them cheap, appealing food and drink choices at school.
We should be more concerned about how school children are doing fundraising work.
Schools minister Nick Gibb seems to think young people should face more frequent testing, to prepare for GCSEs. His comments fly in the face of 20 years’ research.
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Associate Professor at the Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer in Education, Swansea University
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Director, Nottingham Institute of Education, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Education and Public Policy, Durham University
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Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Student Inclusion and Professor of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of East Anglia
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Assistant Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Professor in Public Health Data Science, Swansea University
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Professor of Inclusive Education, PVC Dean Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
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Research Officer at Medical School, Swansea University
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Professor of Digital Policy, Swansea University
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Research Fellow in the Department of Social Work and Social Care, University of Birmingham
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PhD Candidate in the School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer in Physical Education & Sport / Course Leader MA in Physical Education and School Sport, University of Central Lancashire
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Professor of Sport and Physical Education, University of Central Lancashire
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Professor of Education Innovation, De Montfort University
