Bevois Town School – Forest School Tour Hannah Boussot, teacher and sustainability lead at Bevois Town Primary School Hannah enjoyed showing SEEN members around the school grounds and talking them through the changes to our outdoor spaces over the last 3 years. Hannah was keen to stress the importance of involving the children in the…
The reflections of Dr Wonyong Park and Dr Nigel Fancourt from the parliamentary event in March at the House of Commons has been published in BERA Blog. Read the blog ‘From loss to learning: What national tragedies ask of the curriculum’ here: https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/from-loss-to-learning-what-national-tragedies-ask-of-the-curriculum Highlighting: ‘Curriculum inclusion [of Holocaust education] is necessary but not sufficient; without…
Andri’s publication drawing on their WildCitizens programme is included in the recently published Palgrave Handbook of Climate Change Research in Transdisciplinary Education, edited by Asli Sezen-Barrie and Sara Tolbert. This publication brings together scholars from different areas of science and environmental education discussing how to approach climate change education as a multidisciplinary topic to promote…
Dr Charis Voutsina’s blog on the ‘Numbers in Everyday Life’ programme is live! Published by the Early Childhood Mathematics Group (https://earlymaths.org/), it highlights their work supporting families to explore written numerals with young children in everyday routines, and to connect these everyday number experiences with children’s learning about numerals in preschool or school. The ‘Numbers…
Urban Wild Event 2026 & Southampton National Park City Campaign Ruth Magennis, Southampton National Park City Co-ordinator Ruth gave an overview of the National Park City Campaign, why it’s important now and for future generations, the progress that has been made and how young people can get involved. View the slides. Blackbird Environmental Fund Rick…
Ros recently attended the Association of Teacher Educators in Europe’s winter conference on science and mathematics education in the digital era. The conference was held at the University of Minho in Braga, Portugal. She presented a paper, co-written with Yin Wang, and titled “The use and impact of digital technologies by teachers of mathematics and…
How do science centres, festivals and museums capture the real impact of what they do? Informal learning is rich, social and often transformative — but its impact can be difficult to evidence. Capturing Impact in Informal Learning Institutions: A Practical Evaluation Guide is a newly published toolkit designed to help organisations evaluate and articulate their…
Knightwood Primary School – Wilder School Tour Tara Kennard, Primary Year 3 class teacher and outdoor learning leader Tara is an award winning Wilder School Leader at Knightwood Primary School. Tara took the group on a tour of the school grounds and explained the enhancements that have been made to give wildlife a home and encourage…
In early November, Dr Rosalyn Hyde, had opportunities to share two recently completed project reports. The first event on 5th November was the launch of the report ‘Teaching Maths with Confidence: Insights for Change, a policy document’ at the annual FutureEd25 ‘The Wellbeing Challenge’ conference in London. The event was organised by Learning Skills Research…
We are delighted to announce that the Journal of Science Communication (JCOM) has published our Editorial for the special issue on emotions in science communication. You can read the editorial and explore the entire issue here: https://jcom.sissa.it/article/pubid/JCOM_2406_2025_E/ This special issue, guest edited by Dr Neta Shaby, together with the editorial team, brings together a diverse collection of articles examining the…