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Volcanic eruptions and the global subsea telecommunications network (2025)
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Clare, M. A., Yeo, I. A., Nash, J., Hunt, J. E., Panuve, S., Wilkie, A., Williams, R., Dowey, N., Rowley, P., Barclay, J., Phillips, J., Scarlett, J., Engwell, S., Henstock, T. J., Seabrook, S., Watson, S., Wysoczanski, R., Ribo, M., Cronin, S., Talling, P. J., …Robertson, R. (2025). Volcanic eruptions and the global subsea telecommunications network. Bulletin of volcanology, 87(6), Article 51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-025-01832-1

When the first transoceanic telegraph cables were laid in the mid-1800s, rapid communication between continents became possible. The advent of fibre-optic submarine cables in the 1990s catalyzed a global digital revolution. Today, a network of > 1.7... Read More about Volcanic eruptions and the global subsea telecommunications network.

Understanding Biesta's three purposes of education: A framework proposal (2025)
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Coelho, D. P., Ham, M., & Jones, S. L. (2025). Understanding Biesta's three purposes of education: A framework proposal. British Educational Research Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.4155

The purpose of ‘doing’ education is often unconsidered or assumed in educational thinking and practice, despite the diversity of understandings. Gert Biesta's perspective that education has a threefold purpose of qualification, socialisation and subj... Read More about Understanding Biesta's three purposes of education: A framework proposal.

Towards an ecological systems approach to doctoral student resilience: qualitative evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic (2025)
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Celbis, O., van de Laar, M., Windsor, W. L., Papatsiba, V., Ofosu-Ampong, K., Kurawa, G., Sadat Bole, A., Ani-Amponsah, M., & Xu, L. (online). Towards an ecological systems approach to doctoral student resilience: qualitative evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, https://doi.org/10.1108/SGPE-06-2024-0065

Purpose
This study aims to contribute to the growing body of literature documenting responses to short- and long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on doctoral students. This study examines support practices at different levels of the education s... Read More about Towards an ecological systems approach to doctoral student resilience: qualitative evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Book Review: Promoting inclusive systems for migrants in education edited by Paul Downes, Jim Anderson, Alireza Behtoui and Lore Van Praag, London, Routledge, 2024, 224 pp., £133.24 (hard cover), ISBN: 978-1-032-19304-5 (2025)
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Kurawa, G. (online). Book Review: Promoting inclusive systems for migrants in education edited by Paul Downes, Jim Anderson, Alireza Behtoui and Lore Van Praag, London, Routledge, 2024, 224 pp., £133.24 (hard cover), ISBN: 978-1-032-19304-5. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2025.2489860

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Promoting Inclusive Systems for Migrants in Education, edited by Paul Downes, Jim Anderson, Alireza Behtoui and Lore Van Praag, is an essential and timely addition to the current debate surrounding migrants in education. This edit... Read More about Book Review: Promoting inclusive systems for migrants in education edited by Paul Downes, Jim Anderson, Alireza Behtoui and Lore Van Praag, London, Routledge, 2024, 224 pp., £133.24 (hard cover), ISBN: 978-1-032-19304-5.

The Transformative Potential Of Design Thinking In Learning Development (2025)
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Fallin, L., & Turton, C. (2025). The Transformative Potential Of Design Thinking In Learning Development. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 34, https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi34.1314

This opinion piece argues that Design Thinking (DT) can facilitate a more empathetic and student-centred approach to service development and problem-solving in Learning Development (LD). While DT is already established within higher education, we arg... Read More about The Transformative Potential Of Design Thinking In Learning Development.

Opinion: Prison Categorisation Policy in the United Kingdom (2025)
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Thomas, S., & Glazzard, J. (in press). Opinion: Prison Categorisation Policy in the United Kingdom. Frontiers in Sociology, 10, Article 1465599. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1465599

This opinion piece, drawing on the lived experiences of a life sentenced prisoner (first author), serves to highlight our concerns related to the HM Prison & Probation Service Security Categorization Policy Framework (HMPPS, 2024) in the United Kingd... Read More about Opinion: Prison Categorisation Policy in the United Kingdom.

Automated identification of hedgerows and hedgerow gaps using deep learning Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation (2025)
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Wolstenholme, J. M., Cooper, F., Thomas, R. E., Ahmed, J., Parsons, K. J., Parsons, K. J., & Parsons, D. R. (online). Automated identification of hedgerows and hedgerow gaps using deep learning Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.432

Hedgerows are a key component of the UK landscape that form boundaries, borders and limits of land whilst providing vital landscape-scale ecological connectivity for a range of organisms. They are diverse habitats in the agricultural landscape provid... Read More about Automated identification of hedgerows and hedgerow gaps using deep learning Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation.

Parents’ wellbeing: perceptions of happiness and challenges in parenthood in Latin America (2025)
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Urbina-Garcia, A. (2025). Parents’ wellbeing: perceptions of happiness and challenges in parenthood in Latin America. International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being, 20(1), Article 2454518. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2025.2454518

Traditional research on parenthood and wellbeing often employs a positivist perspective and focuses on non-LA samples -limiting our knowledge and understanding of the influence that strong components of the LA culture such as Machismo and Marianismo,... Read More about Parents’ wellbeing: perceptions of happiness and challenges in parenthood in Latin America.

Fixed ‘Formative-Specific' Assessment Rubrics and ‘Formal’ Formative Assessment: Evolving formative assessment processes for a large-scale international student-taught master’s Education module (2025)
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Minott, M., Holmes, A., & Hopkins, P. (2025). Fixed ‘Formative-Specific' Assessment Rubrics and ‘Formal’ Formative Assessment: Evolving formative assessment processes for a large-scale international student-taught master’s Education module. Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2, 95-130. https://doi.org/10.62512/etlhe.21

Assessment rubrics are a central component of developing students’ assessment literacy. They are usually used both for the summative assessment of learning, and, formatively, to develop students’ understanding of the standard of work required to be s... Read More about Fixed ‘Formative-Specific' Assessment Rubrics and ‘Formal’ Formative Assessment: Evolving formative assessment processes for a large-scale international student-taught master’s Education module.

Mediating learning with mobile devices through pedagogical innovation: Teachers' perceptions of K-12 students’ learning experiences (2024)
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Burke, P. F., Schuck, S., Burden, K., & Kearney, M. (2025). Mediating learning with mobile devices through pedagogical innovation: Teachers' perceptions of K-12 students’ learning experiences. Computers & education, 227, Article 105226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2024.105226

This article presents a quantitative study demonstrating that digital pedagogy using mobile devices (e.g., laptops, mobile phones, tablets) impacts teachers' perceptions of pedagogical innovation. We further find that innovative mobile pedagogy adopt... Read More about Mediating learning with mobile devices through pedagogical innovation: Teachers' perceptions of K-12 students’ learning experiences.

LGBTQ+ Lives in Prisons: Addressing the Policy-Practice Gap (2024)
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Thomas, S., & Glazzard, J. (online). LGBTQ+ Lives in Prisons: Addressing the Policy-Practice Gap. International Journal of Prison Health, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPH-06-2024-0033

The purpose of this policy brief is to use lived experience and research to bridge the gap between LGBTQ+ policy and practice in prisons. We hope that this policy brief will ignite debate and lead to the development of policy, training and awareness... Read More about LGBTQ+ Lives in Prisons: Addressing the Policy-Practice Gap.

The transport and vertical distribution of microplastics in the Mekong River, SE Asia (2024)
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Mendrik, F., Hackney, C. R., Cumming, V. M., Waller, C., Hak, D., Dorrell, R., Hung, N. N., & Parsons, D. R. (2025). The transport and vertical distribution of microplastics in the Mekong River, SE Asia. Journal of hazardous materials, 484, Article 136762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136762

Rivers are primary vectors of plastic debris to oceans, but sources, transport mechanisms, and fate of fluvial microplastics (<5 mm) remain poorly understood, impeding accurate predictions of microplastic flux, ecological risk and socio-economic impa...

Compassionate pedagogy in higher education: A scoping review (2024)
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Killingback, C., Tomlinson, A., & Stern, J. (in press). Compassionate pedagogy in higher education: A scoping review. Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, https://doi.org/10.53761/7yvrw787

Compassion was a theme of the COVID-19 pandemic era scholarship. The traumatic nature of the pandemic experience for many led to a greater humanising discourse around education, alongside the need to be embracing pedagogies of compassion. This scopin... Read More about Compassionate pedagogy in higher education: A scoping review.

The ethics of using AI in K-12 education: a systematic literature review (2024)
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Gouseti, A., James, F., Fallin, L., & Burden, K. (in press). The ethics of using AI in K-12 education: a systematic literature review. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939X.2024.2428601

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are becoming integrated into the domains of teaching, learning, assessment and administration of educational institutions. While these advances are seen to provide opportunities, new concerns have arisen about the e... Read More about The ethics of using AI in K-12 education: a systematic literature review.

Young people's right to flourish: A 21st century social justice issue for youth and community work (2024)
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Christtmass, R., Hughes, G., Marley, J., Mckinney, S., Spencer, Z., & Smith, C. (2024). Young people's right to flourish: A 21st century social justice issue for youth and community work. Support for Learning, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9604.12499

This article argues for youth and community work (YCW) to be recognised for its critical role in working alongside young people to enhance their well-being. We supply amalgamated vignettes as evidence from student's placement practice and explore the... Read More about Young people's right to flourish: A 21st century social justice issue for youth and community work.

Ways forward: More inclusive teacher education in England (2024)
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Glazzard, J., & Thomas, S. (in press). Ways forward: More inclusive teacher education in England. Support for Learning, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9604.12498

This paper underscores the need to address matters of inclusion and social justice within the teacher education curriculum in England. Current curricula for teacher education emphasises subject and pedagogical knowledge for teaching including support... Read More about Ways forward: More inclusive teacher education in England.

Personal reflection: Working in a social, emotional and mental health school in England (2024)
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Kurawa, G. (2024). Personal reflection: Working in a social, emotional and mental health school in England. Support for Learning, 39(4), 208-212. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9604.12495

This paper draws on my experience working as a special needs support staff member in a special school in the UK for young people with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) issues. The purpose of this paper is to share my understanding of practic... Read More about Personal reflection: Working in a social, emotional and mental health school in England.