Children and Young People’s Wellbeing @ Exeter

Psychological therapies for children who speak English as an additional language can become “lost in translation”, study warns

Current school-based mental health support for children from multilingual backgrounds can be “lost in translation” because it is reliant on...

Digital technology can play a key role in helping children learn about the importance of the ocean, study shows

Digital technology such as Extended Reality help to make the mysteries and importance of the ocean more accessible to children,...

Expert to examine if young people are more anxious about the climate emergency

Major new research will examine whether younger people are more anxious about the climate emergency than older generations. The study...

Increasing pressures for conformity de-skilling and demotivating teachers, study warns

The increasing pressure for teachers to obey school curriculum policies is “profoundly demotivating” and is leading directly to people leaving...

Parents and young people needed to take part in new research into neurodivergence self-diagnosis

Parents and carers and young people are needed to take part in a new study to understand why some children...

Heavy and painful periods linked to lower GCSE grades and attendance, new study finds

As over 5 million students await their GCSE results, researchers have conducted the most robust research to date on how...

Growing influence of neuroscience training risks leaving the teaching profession devalued, study warns

The growing trend of encouraging educators to learn about how children’s brains work can offer reassurance, but it risks teachers’...

Tackling social exclusion among young people requires a greater focus on group dynamics in schools, study shows

Efforts to reduce social exclusion in schools, such as being left out of a peer group or an activity, need...