IOE Insights

We know that it’s important to learn about the Holocaust, but why?

Dr Humera Iqbal is joined by the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education’s Dr Alice Pettigrew, who has led research into national studies examining students’ knowledge and understanding of this complex historical event. Students and teachers are enthusiastic about engaging with the topic, however, many significant gaps, inaccuracies and misconceptions abound. And with the rise of populism and accounts of racism and antisemitism, the imperative to learn from the past has never been more urgent.

Full show notes and links: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2020/aug/research-informed-practice-history-and-holocaust-education-rftrw-s04e02

The ongoing global debate over student loans and the cost of higher education has taken on new meaning of late. What effect will COVID-19 have on fairness and finances?

Professor Lorraine Dearden takes Dr Rob Webster on a world tour focusing on the two main approaches to student loans - mortgage-style “time-based repayment loans” and “income-contingent loans”, based on future income. Why does one country choose one approach and another opts for something different?

With the coronavirus pandemic bringing uncertainty across the board, what might be in store for the multitude of new graduates looking to enter the workforce during this time? Which country’s students are likely to face greater anxieties and difficulties to repay or risk default?

And of course, Rob and Lorraine also address the elephant in the room - free education.

Full show notes and links: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2020/aug/how-should-students-pay-their-university-degrees-rftrw-s04e01

Lili Golmohammadi speaks to Tim Neumann, of the UCL Knowledge Lab about his experiences of auditory-tactile synaesthesia. The podcast was recorded (pre-social distancing) in one of the IOE music rooms so that Tim could talk us through the range of tactile effects produced for him by certain piano notes.

Full show notes and links: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2020/aug/what-its-feel-sounds-we-hear

More podcasts from the IN-TOUCH project: https://in-touch-digital.com/category/in-touch-podcast

As the coronavirus pandemic in the UK approaches its sixth month, we’re taking a look at the long-term impact of lockdown and subsequent school closures on our nation’s children and young people.

For this episode, host Vivienne Parry is joined by the IOE's Dr Amelia Roberts, GOSH UCL Institute of Child Health's Dr Lee Hudson, and IOE alumna, psychology teacher and PhD student Shafina Vohra to discuss the effects of COVID-19 on young people, explore why and how children are not all impacted equally, and learn more about how they’re coping.

This podcast is part of the 'Coronavirus: The Whole Story' series from UCL Minds. More episodes here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-minds/podcasts/coronavirus-whole-story

Access the transcript for this episode: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-minds/podcasts/coronavirus/transcript-episode-13

Hello, hello! Dr Humera Iqbal and Dr Rob Webster are back in the IOE Podcast (virtual) studio to catch up on each other's plans for the summer as well as share a couple of notable moments from the series so far.

They also talk about the upcoming season which will cover off topics such as inclusive education, knowledge exchange, higher education funding and finance, and the way children play.

Find out more about the Research for the Real World podcast and catch up on previous episodes: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/about-ioe/ioe-life/digital-and-social-media/podcasts/research-real-world

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Our last episode of the series examines how BCS70 and our study members have been faring during the pandemic and looks to the future of longitudinal research.

We find out more about the COVID-19 survey, sent to over 50,000 participants in five of Britain’s cohort studies, including BCS70, and we speak to study participants about their experiences of lockdown. We also find out more about the benefits of launching a new cohort study in the coming years.

Guests include:

Full show notes: https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/bcs7050stories/podcast-series-50-years-of-life-in-britain/

A journey that begins in Nepal and takes us through some of the world’s most vulnerable areas affected not only by war, conflict and displacement, but also the coronavirus.

“...when you come back home to your family, it is very difficult to be absolutely silent and not to share those stories…” 

Dr Humera Iqbal talks to Dr Tejendra Pherali about his work, which focuses on the role of education in conflict and peacebuilding in emergencies and fragile environments. We hear about his wide-ranging and demanding work that has taken him back home to his native Nepal, and the likes of Afghanistan, Somalia and Colombia.

Tejendra talks about out how those in developing areas have been disproportionally affected by COVID-19 - how are students and educators being supported by policymakers, NGOs and governments? Many countries are providing distance education through digital and broadcasting platforms however, there is uncertainty over levels of access and outcomes.

And what implications will the pandemic have on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal 4 - ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong opportunities for all?

Full show notes and links: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2020/jul/whats-going-happen-education-conflict-zones-after-pandemic-rftrw-s03e04

In this episode, we move into the 2010s to find out how our study members were faring in their forties. We learn how BCS70 cast light on increasing rates of mental ill-health among men, and find out more about the most recent biomedical survey where participants were given a health MOT. We also chat to one of our in-house study detectives about the role they play tracing long lost study participants.

Guests include:

· Professor George Ploubidis, Research Director and Chief Statistician at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, discussing his work looking at the rising levels of depression among Generation X in middle age.

· Professor Mark Hamer, Professor of Sport and Exercise Medicine at UCL, provides insights on the Age 46 Biomedical Sweep – including why study participants were asked to stand on one leg.

· Mary Ukah, BCS70 Cohort Maintenance Officer, on how she manages to trace study members we have lost touch with.

· Study members, who share their memories of life in the 2010s, and taking part in the study.

Full show notes: https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/bcs7050stories/podcast-series-50-years-of-life-in-britain/

With widespread school closures taking place, COVID-19 has meant a lot of households taking on teaching responsibilities. Professor Dominic Wyse explores how it’s all going.

We find out how the work of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (HHCP), which aims to enable children to realise their full potential through optimal teaching and learning, has responded to the pandemic, particularly with looking at ways to help parents building upon their role as educators.

Listen out for HHCP’s research and theory-informed principles that many might find useful, and how we might be able to use philosophy to help get children thinking.

Full show notes: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2020/jul/parents-playing-teachers-during-pandemic-rftrw-s03e03

In this fourth episode, we move into the new millennium, when the study enjoyed a golden decade. With BCS70 greatly valued by scientists and policymakers, the study was funded to meet participants on three occasions and was regularly cited by New Labour in government policy.

With this new-found recognition, researchers across the globe started using BCS70 in conjunction with other birth cohort studies to see how members of Generation X were faring compared to other generations. We also speak to study participants about their careers and lives in their thirties.

We explore the 2000s with:

Full show notes: https://cls.ucl.ac.uk/bcs7050stories/podcast-series-50-years-of-life-in-britain/