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The Barbie movie and toxic masculinity in secondary schools
Last summer the Barbie movie took the world by storm. It broke Box Office records while also raising important points…
Last summer the Barbie movie took the world by storm. It broke Box Office records while also raising important points…
News: Local Government Ombudsman warns about national shortage of educational psychologists
The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has issued a warning highlighting that a shortage of educational psychologists is having a significant…
The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has issued a warning highlighting that a shortage of educational psychologists is having a significant…
Paul Dix: Circles not red lines
School behaviour policies tend to run in straight lines. Part of our special series to support Refugee Education UK –…
School behaviour policies tend to run in straight lines. Part of our special series to support Refugee Education UK –…
News: Northern Ireland report highlights the costs of cuts to children and young people
The authors of the report paint a devastating picture of how the cuts will disproportionately impact the most disadvantaged children…
The authors of the report paint a devastating picture of how the cuts will disproportionately impact the most disadvantaged children…
Belonging in a special school: EPs promoting belonging at multiple levels
When a pupil starts at a special school they and their family have often experienced challenges in the previous school…
When a pupil starts at a special school they and their family have often experienced challenges in the previous school…
Promoting positive mental health in a secondary school
I’ve always been interested in applying Psychology at strategic levels within school systems, and have been working closely with the…
I’ve always been interested in applying Psychology at strategic levels within school systems, and have been working closely with the…
‘Happier during lockdown’: positive experiences of COVID-19 lockdowns and how we can create positive change
When the pandemic first hit, I, like most mental health researchers, was extremely concerned about how it could impact the…
When the pandemic first hit, I, like most mental health researchers, was extremely concerned about how it could impact the…
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Monsters of meritocracy and beasts of bias: why social class matters in education, and how #MakeIt10 can help
If you work hard enough, you can achieve anything. This is the foundation of the concept of meritocracy, the belief…
If you work hard enough, you can achieve anything. This is the foundation of the concept of meritocracy, the belief…
“Ok – so what opportunities do we need?” Why collaborative reviews of the impact of EP involvement are vital
Within educational psychology (EP), so much is spoken about commencing case work – establishing rapport, contracting, information gathering. But how…
Within educational psychology (EP), so much is spoken about commencing case work – establishing rapport, contracting, information gathering. But how…
Talking to children and young people about war in Ukraine
‘Children are both our reason to eliminate the worst aspects of armed conflict and our best hope of succeeding in…
‘Children are both our reason to eliminate the worst aspects of armed conflict and our best hope of succeeding in…
