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Student Testimonial - Lilly Dunwell - BA Primary Education

I am thrilled that I chose to study at Durham university as the community here is brilliant…
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Student Testimonial - Alfie Callaway - BA Primary Education

I am delighted with my decision to attend Durham University to study Primary Education. In only one year, my confidence and communication skills have skyrocketed beyond what I thought I would be capable of at this stage of my education training.
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Student Testimonial - Maisie Nicholls - BA Primary Education

On the open day, I fell in love with the city, and I was impressed by the facilities. So, I applied...
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Students with special educational needs are years behind their peers – they need specialist teachers in mainstream classrooms

Pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are continuing to fall behind their peers with the gap widening despite the introduction of SEND legislation. Dr Johny Daniel from our School of Education outlines what changes are needed.
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How teaching shortages could be tackled

A worldwide comparison of 18 countries suggests that teaching needs to be made more attractive to a wider pool of graduates to tackle shortages in the profession.
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We have a new Director for MA Intercultural Communication and Education

We’re delighted to welcome Dr Will Lo as the new Director for our Intercultural Communication and Education (ICE) programme who also serves as the Deputy Director of Research in the School.
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Pupils with SEND continue to fall behind their peers

Pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are continuing to fall behind their peers with the gap widening despite the introduction of SEND legislation.
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We have a new Director for MA Education

We’re delighted to announce Dr Louise Gascoine as the new Director for our MA Education programme. Louise will convene an undergraduate module that focuses on mental health and wellbeing in education, in addition to supervising doctoral theses.
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International Literacy Day: How picture books can open up discussion about social media with children

Should we ban young children from social media? Do children know the pitfalls of TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat? To coincide with the celebration of International Literacy Day, we talked to Dr Cristina Costa, from our School of Education, who has been working on a digital literacy project with children at a County Durham primary school. She explains how her project co-producing picture books about social media topics with children can help to better understand how young people view social media.
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Misconceptions about dyslexia among professionals risk children being misdiagnosed

Our education experts have found that misconceptions about dyslexia are held by professionals who assess children for the learning difficulty.
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After teachers in England receive pay award – here’s what else needs to be done to keep them in schools

After the UK's Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson accepted recommendations to give teachers in England a 5.5% pay rise, Professor Stephen Gorard from our School of Education and Beng Huat See from the University of Birmingham explore what else can be done to keep teachers in the profession.
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Addressing geographic inequalities in UK education

We're part of a new £1.4million project investigating geographic education inequalities across the UK.
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