@drzacharywalker.bsky.social
Professor and Head of UCL IOE Psychology and Human Development. Advance HE Principal Fellow. Professional Coach, Keynote Speaker, and Training Facilitator.
An illustration of some of the key themes emerging from LICIE 2025.
What an inspiring 3 days at #LICIE2025 discussing #InclusiveEducation with colleagues from around the world, brilliantly captured by live illustrator Georgia Cowley.
Save the date and join us #LICIE2026, happening on July 27, 28, 29 2026 at @ioe.bsky.social @ucl-ioe-cie.bsky.social!
Prof Jo Van Herwegen presenting
Insightful keynote from Prof Jo Van Herwegen on day 3 of #LICIE2025, exploring how research can inform practice for students with #SEND and the potential of tailored strategies to enhance learning.
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Final touches before the big day!
Preparation for #LICIE2025 has been full of energy with LICIE core team and all the wonderful volunteers (including the youngest ones!). We're ready to welcome over 300 participants from around the world and kick off a powerful celebration of inclusion on Monday!
Special Issue edited by Andy Tolmie, Cristina Rodríguez, Roberto Ferreira @ me! Cultural & contextual variations in translation of research into teaching practice. We encourage contributions from low income countries (APC arrangements/adjustments possible).
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Two weeks left to apply to our GDip in Habilitation and Disabilities of Sight!
Gain training to learn how to support, plan, carry out and evaluate the habilitation skills of children and young people with vision impairment(s) in home, public and educational settings.
Stephen Colbert is a profoundly good and deeply talented man with a great staff and an excellent show. They all deserve better.
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‘The key change has been the way that developmental work has embraced complexity’
Professor Andrew Tolmie is retiring from University College London in September…
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In June @scastrokemp.bsky.social spoke to the House of Commons on strengthening SEND provision in England.
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She highlighted the need for:
• a needs-based approach
• early childhood intervention
• sustained professional development for schools
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"We need awareness in the workplace so that support and reasonable adjustments can be made for dyslexic adults. In line with this, we need to remove any stigma there might be about disclosing a dyslexia diagnosis. We know that dyslexia is not related to intelligence yet, for some, this myth persists."
How can we better support individuals living with #dyslexia?
We spoke to @drrebeccagordon.bsky.social (@ioe.bsky.social) to find out.
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🎧 UK parents & preschool teachers!
Join our interactive workshop on young children’s media use.
🎓 Learn what research says
🗣 Share your experience
🛠 Co-create guidance for others
🎁 £10 voucher for your time!
🔗 www.bit.ly/00mediaworkshop
#parenting #earlyyears #digitalmedia #edtech #preschool
Great work @geowalshe.bsky.social !
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Congratulations to @vassilisside.bsky.social on winning @ucl.ac.uk's Research Technical Professional of the Year Award at the Technical Showcase at UCL East! 🥳
Read an interview with Vassilis on UCL's Spotlight On series here:
Dr Gisele Dias, Dr Zoë Gallant and Dr Mário Bevilaqua have launched the Voices in Education podcast!
In the first episode, Gisele and Zoë recount their visit to @columbiauniversity.bsky.social and interview Professor Felicia Moore Mensah on race and education.
Listen here!
Prof Zachary Walker and Dr Roisin Perry opening the conference
Dr Gisele Dias presenting at the conference
Some of the cakes entered as part of the conference bake-off
This week, we held our yearly #PsychedinEd conference!
It was wonderful to have colleagues, students and collaborators join us for a celebration of the impactful work happening in our department to address key challenges in education and society - and our yearly #PsychedinEd bake off!🙌
#WeAreIOE
We are looking forward to having you!
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⏰ Final call: You have until 30th June to register for the London International Conference on Inclusive Education!
🗣️Join us for a discussion on cutting-edge and diverse practices in inclusive education that have the potential to reshape classrooms.
Registration: www.licie.co.uk
#SEND #inclusion
How can policy support autistic people’s access to employment?
Hear from Prof @annaremington.bsky.social, Director of @craeioe.bsky.social.
Dr Susana Castro-Kemp, Director of
@ucl-ioe-cie.bsky.social, gave oral evidence to The House of Common Education Select Committee on ScopeSEND, an international analysis of #SEND policy and practice funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org.
Watch the full session here:
There have been 8,315 men selected into the NBA in 78 years.
None of them took as unlikely of a path as what Cedric Coward has walked.
Big feature on an incredible guy who went from zero-star prospect, a terrible D-III team to first-round lock. It is a story without parallel in basketball history.
Join us at the London International Conference on Inclusive Education on July 28-30, 2025!
Explore topics like:
🔸 Supporting complex needs
🔸 #Technology and #AI in #inclusive classrooms
🔸 #Multilingualism and #inclusion
🔸 Differentiated instruction
Registration closes June 30th: www.licie.co.uk
Jamie Oliver's compelling new documentary urges the government to better equip teachers to support dyslexic pupils, highlighting research from @ucl.ac.uk and @ucl-ioe-phd.bsky.social.
Find out more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
#DyslexiaSupport #EducationReform
🚀 There’s still time to register for the London International Conference on Inclusive Education!
💡 The programme offers varied topics, such as:
🔸 Supporting complex needs
🔸 #Technology and #AI in #inclusive classrooms
🔸 #Multilingualism and #inclusion
🔸 Differentiated instruction
www.licie.co.uk
NEW BLOG.
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How does working memory develop and what does this mean for the classroom?
@drrebeccagordon.bsky.social shares her expertise in this webinar hosted by Learnus!
Qiuyu Du, Andy Tolmie and I have a new paper out:
The Role of Mind Wandering During Incubation in Divergent and Convergent Creative Thinking
www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/15...
Don’t miss this!
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🚀 There’s still time to register for the London International Conference on Inclusive Education!
💡 The programme offers varied topics, such as:
🔸 Supporting complex needs
🔸 #Technology and #AI in #inclusive classrooms
🔸 #Multilingualism and #inclusion
🔸 Differentiated instruction
www.licie.co.uk
Join us on June 10th for @ucl-ioe-cie.bsky.social's next research talk, where our very own @drzacharywalker.bsky.social and Dr Daisy Loyd will be presenting their research on 'Global practices in inclusive education'.
Book your free spot now!
The biggest endorsement I can make for Bluesky is that replacing Twitter with this app on my phone probably improved my general mood when I’m on my phone by 20-25%. I know there are better reasons but it is what it is!
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