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Education to offer an ESRC PhD studentship

Posted on Thursday 19 December 2013

We are offering an ESRC-sponsored PhD studentship for an October 2014 start.

Department of Education co-hosts first UK workshop by leading child behaviour expert

Posted on Monday 16 December 2013

Expert on working with children with behavioural challenges Ross Greene presented his first UK workshop at Derwent College.

Project set to remove barriers to postgraduate study

Posted on Tuesday 10 December 2013

Dr Paul Wakeling, CRESJ member has secured funding to work on a project to support postgraduate students.

Dr Kathryn Asbury on Radio Four

Posted on Monday 9 December 2013

Dr Kathryn Asbury was a guest on BBC Radio Four’s Start the Week.

Psychology in Education students take a tour of our new PERC lab

Posted on Monday 2 December 2013

The tour took place on 28 November by our first cohort of students.

Appointment to the Salters' Chair in Science Education

Posted on Monday 18 November 2013

The University is delighted to announce that Professor Judith Bennett, current Head of Department of Education and leading academic in science education, has been appointed to the Salters' Chair in Science Education.

PERC staff present at the British Psychological Society Psychology of Education Section Annual Conference 2013

Posted on Friday 15 November 2013

All five members of the Department's Psychology in Education Research Centre presented papers at the conference.

Book launch for G is for Genes

Posted on Wednesday 6 November 2013

Kathryn Asbury and Robert Plomin's book about genetics and education is published this month and will be launched in The Treehouse at 5pm on Thursday 14 November.

Kathryn Asbury discusses links between genetics and education in the Spectator

Posted on Wednesday 23 October 2013

Dr Kathryn Asbury wrote about the implications of genetic influence on children's achievement and wellbeing for the Spectator's 'Coffee House'

PhD success for Yudan He

Posted on Monday 21 October 2013

Congratulations to Yudan He who has successfully defended her PhD thesis

Dr Sarah Olive presents at BERA conference

Posted on Friday 6 September 2013

Dr Sarah Olive presented research on 'Shakespeare under the Coalition' at the British Educational Research Association (BERA) conference in Brighton held 3-5 September 2013.

Dr Elizabeth Swinbank presents at International Conference in Prague

Posted on Tuesday 13 August 2013

Dr Elizabeth Swinbank, of the Centre for Innovation and Research in Science Education (CIRSE), presented two sessions at the International Conference on Physics Education and European Physics Education Conference (ICPE-EPEC) which took place in Prague 5 to 9 August 2013.

Professor Ian Davies gains award

Posted on Monday 12 August 2013

Professor Ian Davies has been awarded the CiCeA Outstanding Achievement Award for 2013.

Leverhulme funding awarded to Benedetta Bassetti

Posted on Thursday 18 July 2013

Dr Benedetta Bassetti has been awarded a Leverhulme grant to study second language pronunciation of English.

Congratulations to Kath Armstrong and Benedetta Bassetti

Posted on Monday 1 July 2013

Recognition for the Department of Education's excellence

Education students get on their bikes in search of Tour de France inspiration

Posted on Sunday 16 June 2013

Our first year students to contribute creative ideas for art and floral displays to line the Tour de France route through Yorkshire next year

Department of Education in top ten in UK

Posted on Wednesday 5 June 2013

The Department of Education is in the top 10 in the Guardian's 2014 University Guide

Celebrating 50 Years of Education at York

Posted on Friday 10 May 2013

Current and former staff and students gathered to celebrate the Department of Education’s 50th Birthday at a party on 2 May

New research shows inequalities in progression to postgraduate study in the UK

Posted on Monday 29 April 2013

In a study commissioned by the Higher Education Academy (HEA), researchers from the University of York have highlighted potentially worrying inequalities in transition to postgraduate degrees.

IRIS featured on ESRC's Impact and Findings case studies webpage.

Posted on Monday 29 April 2013

Major new resource for second language research: An international project, led by York, has established a large, searchable repository of materials used to collect data for research into how second languages are learned and taught.

Departmental PhD Studentship Award for October 2013 entry

Posted on Wednesday 17 April 2013

Our studentship award is open to new home/EU PhD students and comprises of £13,500 per year, payable for three years, subject to good academic progress, together with a waiver of the tuition fees.

York student receives an award from the National Research Council of Thailand.

Posted on Wednesday 10 April 2013

Danijela Trenkic is also honoured for her dissertation support.

BSc Psychology in Education gains BPS accreditation

Posted on Wednesday 13 February 2013

Our new programme gains accreditation from the British Psychological Society

CELT win English-Speaking Union (ESU) President's Award

Posted on Tuesday 12 February 2013

Congratulations to Chris Copland and Huw Llewelyn-Jones on their English-Speaking Union (ESU) President's Award