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‘40 per cent of children are at risk of developing literacy problems because...
Dr Shirley Pressler, a Chartered Psychologist specialising in educational aspects of children’s development and knowledge, on the assertion that children are at risk of developing literary problems...
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Special needs changes being made ‘too fast’
Dr Shirley Pressler, a Chartered Psychologist specialising in educational aspects of children’s development and knowledge, on the concerns by charities that changes to special needs education in...
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Children ‘being failed in early years’
Dr Abigail Locke, a Reader in Applied Social Psychology, on Sir Michael Marmot’s comment that the future prospects of children in England are being hampered because society fails them in the early...
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School sport: Link made between fitness and showering
Kiara Lewis is Head of Division of Health and Wellbeing, here she comments on a research study, in the European Journal of Sports Sciences which concludes pupils who do not shower after taking part in...
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Too many young people ‘off the radar’
Professor Robin Simmons, a leading expert on the experiences of young people categorised as NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training), explains why young people are effectively ‘falling off the...
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Teenage drop-outs failed by poor careers advice
Professor Robin Simmons, a leading expert on the experiences of young people categorised as NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training), gives us his view on why teenagers are failing to complete...
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Developing world-beating maths teachers ‘to take a decade’
Kate Aspin, who is the University’s PGCE Primary course Mathematics Tutor and has previously taught in Primary Education, comments on the fact that it will take a decade to bring maths teaching in...
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The threat of terrorism amongst young people and how to prevent it
Professor of Youth and Policy Paul Thomas has published two books on the topic of Youth, Multiculturalism and Community Cohesion. Here, in an article originally published on People’s Daily, he talks...
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What do we have to do to change our attitude about our children?
Professor Sir Al Aynsley Green Kt, the Children’s Commissioner for England, writes a blog for the University of Huddersfield on two reports out this week which demonstrate our country’s dismal...
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Small village schools are at risk of closure because of unfunded costs
Dr Kay Smith is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at the University of Huddersfield. Here, in an article first published on The Conversation, she talks about how small village schools, could soon face...
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