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English Language Teaching Centre launches in Indonesia
Posted on Monday 1 August 2022
In partnership with colleagues from Universitas Negeri Surabaya's (UNESA) Department of English, Dr Andrzej Cirocki (UoY, Department of Education) has established the National Centre for English Language Teaching Materials Development (NCELTMAD) in Indonesia.
BERA Doctoral Fellowship success
Posted on Wednesday 6 July 2022
Congratulations to Sarah Clayton who has been awarded the BERA doctoral fellowship.
Research reveals complexity of loneliness during lockdown
Posted on Friday 1 July 2022
A study exploring loneliness and solitude during lockdown highlights how different people experienced social restrictions as either “hell or bliss”.
Final chapter in journal editor role
Posted on Friday 1 July 2022
Thursday 30th June 2022 marked the last day of Professor Emma Marsden’s three-year term as Journal Editor of Language Learning, a scientific journal dedicated to the understanding of language learning, following her term as Associate Editor between 1 January 2015 and 30 June 2019.
Inaugural lecture: Professor Jan Hardman
Posted on Wednesday 29 June 2022
We celebrated Jan Hardman's professorship at her inaugural lecture, which took place on 16 June in the Church Lane Building.
Boosting language learning: Tes interview with Professor Marsden
Posted on Wednesday 18 May 2022
Professor Emma Marsden explains how teachers can improve their delivery of MFL lessons and therefore boost uptake
Department ranked 5th in the UK in REF 2021
Posted on Thursday 12 May 2022
York’s Department of Education is the 5th strongest education department in the UK for research according to the Times Higher Education’s ranking of the latest REF results (2021).
The view from schools on UK climate change policy
Posted on Tuesday 10 May 2022
New research into the attitudes of pupils and teachers towards the UK government's new sustainability and climate change strategy published.
Impact of family background on children’s education unchanged in a century, research reveals
Posted on Wednesday 20 April 2022
The family background of UK children still influences their educational achievements at primary school as much as it did nearly one hundred years ago, a major new study has revealed.
Gaming Grammar proves popular with language pupils
Posted on Friday 25 March 2022
Use of a code-cracking online game designed to help pupils learn modern foreign language grammar has more than quadrupled in the last 12 months.