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English as an additional language in schools: What are the Labour government’s priorities?
In this blog post I would like to raise a number of questions for the new government about English as an additional language in schools: What should the new Labour government do to ...
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Challenges of systematic review researchers from developing countries
Systematic reviews are essential for evidence-informed decision-making processes in health and education (Langer & Stewart, 2014). A systematic review is a rigorous and methodical synthesis ...
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Social media: Distraction or traction in higher education
Social media is an important part of young people’s lives in our connected society; however, its use in higher education is currently sporadic, localised, and not aligned with the large ...
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Reflections from teaching primary science in the Northern Irish sySTEM
Teaching primary science in Northern Ireland is a journey filled with both challenges and exciting opportunities. Revised in 2007, the Northern Ireland Curriculum for Primary was designed ...
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Brokering experimental knowledge for educational policy and practice
In recent years, governments have moved social policy towards being ‘evidence-based’. To give just two examples, in the US the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) restricts funding ...
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Reimagining a system for education in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland education has just had an Independent Review . It remarked that: ‘Northern Ireland could significantly benefit if unnecessary fragmentation or duplication, where they ...
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Adrian Simpson
Adrian Simpson is the principal of St Mary’s College and Professor of Mathematics Education at Durham University. His research focuses on the school–university transition in ...
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Assessment at 11? Questioning the impact of academic selection in Northern Ireland
Imagine undergoing a high stakes education assessment at the age of 11, and that result dictating many of the options available to you for the rest of your life. The detrimental impact of ...
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Citizenship education in Northern Ireland: an opportunity for transformation squandered?
The Independent Review of Education in Northern Ireland asserts that ‘education is the greatest investment any society makes in its own future’, bringing ‘societal benefits’ ...
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Beverley McCormick, Mrs
Beverley McCormick is a Lecturer of Education and the Course Director of the PGCE Primary at Ulster University. She is an active STEM ambassador having received recognition as Outstanding ...
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Religion and education in Northern Ireland
Denominational Christianity is woven into the fabric of education in Northern Ireland (NI). Catholic, Presbyterian, Anglican and Methodist Churches, all Christian, are embedded in the ...