Family & Education

Major new study will explore educational experiences of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children

A major new study will give the first detailed picture of the educational aspirations, barriers and opportunities facing unaccompanied asylum-seeking...

University of Exeter expert shares work to protect academic freedom and safety with Secretary of State for Education

Secretary of State for Education Bridget Phillipson has heard from a University of Exeter expert leading work to protect academic...

Limited jobs block social mobility opportunities for young people in coastal and rural areas, study shows

Social mobility opportunities for young people in coastal and rural areas are constrained by the lack of jobs available, a...

UK-EU couples face restrictive and complex family visa rules, expense and separation since Brexit, report warns

The application of the UK’s family migration rules to UK-EU couples after Brexit is causing family separation and trauma, a...

National pilot demonstrates the transformative power of teaching for creativity in the classroom

A three-year national pilot has shown that embedding teaching for creativity in classrooms can transform teaching practice, improve student engagement,...

Devon social mobility expert to lead landmark national educational project

A leading University of Exeter researcher has been selected for a prestigious national fellowship to ensure that the "architecture" of...

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...

Family courts are failing to recognise intimate image abuse as coercive control, research finds

The family justice system is systematically misrecognising intimate image abuse within coercively controlling relationships, new research warns. Research by Dr...

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,...