In 1981, Barbara Mandrell had a No. 1 hit with “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool.” If we replace “country” with “online,” it could be sung today by professor Sam Gosling, […]
Is Online Education Necessarily Second-Best?
Why nursery schools are a secret weapon in the fight against inequality
State-funded nursery schools occupy a unique position in education. Serving children from two to four years old, they are disproportionately located in areas of deprivation – in 2015, 64% were in the […]
Coronavirus: three ways the crisis may permanently change our lives
The realisation that life is going to change for a good while is starting to take hold. To flatten the curve of the COVID-19 outbreak, radical measures of social distancing are currently being rolled […]
Is learning from your mistakes a myth?
New research from Chicago Booth finds that failure can undermine learning. Failure may not be the great teacher that conventional wisdom says it is. Contrary to common belief, new research from the […]
Skipping breakfast linked to lower test scores
Researchers from the University of Leeds have for the first time demonstrated a link between eating breakfast and GCSE performance for secondary school students in the UK. Adding together all of a […]
Darwin’s Drink: Join the celebration on February 12
The Future Leadership Institute celebrates the birthday of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin: 12 February 1809 – 12 February 2020 Venue: The Zoological Institute at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Address: Charles Deberiotstraat […]
November 27, 2019: FLI seminar: The Presence of China in Africa
Organising committee: The Future Leadership Institute Antwerp The Future Leadership Institute Antwerp will be organizing its first session on the 27th of November 2019 at the prestigious Paleis op de Meir, Antwerp, […]
How our brains remember things depends upon how we learn them
Oxford University researchers have discovered that learnt knowledge is stored in different brain circuits depending on how we acquire it. The researchers from the Department of Experimental Psychology, the Wellcome Centre for […]
Joining The Club: How Do You Get To Be A Great Power And Join The Elite Global Clubs?
Why is status central to understand how international clubs like the G20 and G7 work? Dr Tristen Naylor, a Fellow in the Department of International Relations, explains ‘international social closure’ theory from […]
Time Parents Spend With Children Key To Academic Success
The time parents spend with their children has a powerful effect on their educational achievement, according to a large study with a novel approach. Researchers analyzed data on children in Israel who […]
Stanford Education Study Provides New Evidence Of “Big-Fish-Little-Pond” Effect On Students Globally
New research finds direct link between high-achieving schools and students’ self-doubt. “Big-fish-little-pond” is a concept well known among education professionals: As the theory goes, students in higher-achieving schools will compare themselves with […]
Poor Grades Tied To Class Times That Don’t Match Our Biological Clocks
It may be time to tailor students’ class schedules to their natural biological rhythms, according to a new study from UC Berkeley and Northeastern Illinois University. Researchers tracked the personal daily online […]
Web-based Teaching Can Improve Science Understanding For Struggling Pupils
Web-based learning tools can help deepen science knowledge among all middle school students, and ease the science literacy gap for underachieving students, according to a three-year study published today in the International Journal […]
New Toolkit To Help Parents And Teachers Talk To Children About Online Safety Launched
A new toolkit of resources to tackle the key issues relating to children’s internet use is being launched today (26 January 2018) by Global Kids online. The kit, which comprises illustrative examples and practical […]
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