2013 News
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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