• Why Media Literacy Should Not Stop at Age 11 – A Response to the November 2025 Curriculum Reform

    As a Computing and Media educator who first encountered the questions surrounding a national media literacy curriculum while planning Cambridge Nationals’ Creative iMedia lessons, I welcome any recognition of media literacy in schools. The November 2025 Curriculum and Assessment Review marked a significant moment for education policy in England, as it formally recognises the importance…

  • Black Male Student Voices and Literature: Stories That Refuse Silence

    At the 2025 Improving Life Chances and Making Hope Possible Through Education conference, hosted by Edge Hill University’s Faculty of Education, I presented findings from my research on Black Caribbean male students’ experiences with the GCSE literature curriculum. My conference presentation, Beyond the Page: Literature as a Catalyst for Identity and Resistance, introduces the methodological…

  • Reflections from the Front: Rethinking how we support SEND learners from day one

    Author: Carrie-Anne Sturt, PhD Researcher, Edge Hill University Current teacher training practices in the UK are inconsistent in adequately preparing educators for inclusive teaching, particularly for students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) (Carol et al, 2019). The Carter Review of 2014 (Carter, 2015), found a significant variability between teacher education courses and a…

  • Click, Connect, Collect: Video Interviews- A Future for Qualitative Data Collection

    Author: Delta Wright, PhD Researcher, Edge Hill University The COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to a halt and many qualitative researchers asked themselves: how can we continue data collection without meeting participants face-to-face? For education researchers especially, traditional face-to-face methods were no longer viable. The solution was a pivot to video interviews using tools like…