by Dr Darren Moore, University of Exeter and Prof Neil Humphrey, University of Manchester Research on ‘summer learning loss’ shows a marked reduction in attainment following sustained periods of absence.1 During lockdown, schools worked quickly to make learning available remotely for the majority of pupils, but access has proven to be challenging and engagement is […]
By Prof Cathy Creswell, University of Oxford Prof Eamon McCrory, University College London Prof Essi Viding, University College London Prof Ian Goodyer, University of Cambridge. 8 July 2020 Between 50% and 75% of all mental health problems seen over the life-course have their origins in the first two decades of life. Prior to the […]
Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge Most children and young people have missed at least 10 weeks of face-to-face schooling, and many students (especially teenagers) are still unable to return to their classrooms. This has created vast inequalities in education, with a large number of […]
Professor Uta Frith DBE FRS FBA FmedSci Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Development, University College London As this has never happened before we have to draw on evidence from a time when school education was not compulsory. The simple facts are that free universal education provided such obvious benefits, for health, for social equality and […]
Professor Helen Dodd Professor in Child Psychology, University of Reading Schools do so much more than deliver formal education. At school children learn to interact, negotiate, play and socialise with a broad range of children.1 From greeting each other as they arrive at school in the morning, to sitting down to eat lunch together, […]