Emily Ellington

UAE schools issue 12 strict rules for students and parents as new academic year begins The rules aim to strengthen discipline, ease congestion during drop-off and pick-up

As the expatriate population continues to grow rapidly, the UAE doubles down on maintaining high behaviour standards. Bravo. 👏🏼 👇🏼

"UAE schools issue 12 strict rules for students and parents as new academic year begins"

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Oh what a shame! Really glad you got to meet Sally, though, and have a quick insight into RB. Would be a pleasure to jump online and give you a fuller demo one day.

Research Box has arrived at @wholeeducation.bsky.social's Annual Conference!

Whether you’re curious about action research, looking for fresh approaches to school improvement, or just want to say hello... we’d love to connect.

📍 See you there!

www.myresearchbox.com

🧠⭐️ A fantastic day at Neuroscience for Education's Annual Conference. ⭐️🧠

A brilliant opportunity to hear from expert speakers and to connect with those keen to use action research to embed evidence-informed approaches and drive teacher-led inquiry.

www.myresearchbox.com

Why is NVivo always soooooo glitchhyyyyy. 🤯

The whole software is giving 90s vibes, but I can't find an adequate replacement.

Any suggestions?!

I would have the same criticism of any overselling - and also made the point that this is becoming increasingly common. I referenced this article, specifically, as it was something I had just read and illustrated the issue I was highlighting.

Private educational psychologist assessments refunded by council Families went private due to a lack of qualified professionals at Surrey County Council.

It is utterly absurd that the system has deteriorated to the point where, instead of fulfilling their statutory duty to secure their own EP assessments, a local authority has had to reimburse parents nearly £26,475 for arranging these assessments themselves...

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I completely agree that the focus is excellent, and findings are insightful and certainly align with wider research, but that isn't actually what the abstract says.

I'm not sure what you mean? I meant that the abstract claims that *the study findings* suggest autistic students (generally) experience those difficulties in m/s schools (generally) is an overreach from a small study in 1 school...

The authors touch on sample size, and generally relate interpretations to the study participants within their conclusion, but I just don't think the abstract framing (and claims) reflect this.

I'm not sure why this wasn't challenged by review/editors as appropriately summarising the (insightful & valuable) results to "findings suggest the students in this study were..." and/or "findings align with previous research which has suggested"... would ensure credible framing.

This kind of misleading and unfounded headline generalisation is creeping into more and more small scale qual work, and it really undermines its value...

‘It just feels unnatural being here’: Autistic secondary school students’ experiences of sensory sensitivities in the school environment - Jennifer Price, Anna Mel Romualdez, 2025 Autistic young people often struggle to cope with the daily demands of school and are likelier to experience poorer wellbeing and educational outcomes than thei...

I think the huge overreach in this abstract is a big issue.

One cannot claim, after interviewing 6 students in 1 school, that "findings suggest autistic students are routinely overstimulated...& lack adequate support to overcome sensory barriers in m/s settings"
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Young people’s attitudes towards online self-help single-session interventions: findings from a co-produced qualitative study - BMC Psychology Background Many young people experience at least subthreshold depression symptoms which impact their functioning. Yet, access to evidence-based help is limited, with barriers such as service threshold...

Very pleased to see this paper published open access in BMC Psychology today, where we interviewed 24 young people to discover their thoughts towards online single-session interventions. It is the FIRST qualitative paper to focus on SSIs in UK-based young people 🤯

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<em>British Educational Research Journal</em> | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library There have been debates about the quality and usefulness of education research for a long time, with opinion often dividing along methodological lines. Those on different sides of an apparent methodo...

Thoroughly enjoyed this paper from Smith et al (2025) which makes an excellent contribution to the debate around the current state of educational research.

It's critical we find ways to support methodological plurality so we can ask broad and varied qs.

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*Highlights the *perceived* impact...

While I'm not questioning the teachers' experience, professional perception is not the best proxy for what's *actually* influencing student behaviour.

Lots of claims that Andrew Tate (et al) are driving an increase in misogyny but we lack any solid inquiry.

Another great day data collecting today.

I will never stop being grateful to all the young people who are willing to share their views within research.

As the F1 season has excitingly restarted full of energy, I'm reminded again of what a complete CHAMPION Sir Lewis Hamilton is.

Rarely do you get a sportsman so talented, so determined, so ELITE but also so full of class, respect, and humility.

A true king - SIR Lewis. 👑

Effective guides to self-help for mental health?

It is beyond sickening to discover that someone who paraded so publicly, so virtuously, has now been convicted for child rxpe of a 12 year old.

This is where a beyond challenge or question culture gets us. 👇🏼

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I absolutely hate that the term "my truth" is still being used in place of "my perspective/view/experience".

Happy International Women's Day. 🤍

This thread speaks to my thoughts entirely. 👇🏼

Action research can be a powerful tool for self-directed professional development and school improvement.

It's why a colleague and I founded Research Box - to make this manageable for schools and teachers.

Check it out here. 🔗

www.myresearchbox.com

We are on exactly the same page - action research is a powerful tool for self-directed professional development and school improvement. It's why a colleague & I have founded Research Box to make this manageable for schools and teachers.

www.myresearchbox.com

Would love to chat on this one day?

This also reflects my concerns about blanket approaches to language and terminology in any direction.

If anything, we know individual preferences can differ hugely, and language choices are highly contextual - so a "we never" or "we always" approach doesn't ever seem the best way.

This certainly does not reflect linguistics-based research on mental health/illness. This campaign seems to conflate the verbs ‘have’ and ‘be’, whereas ‘having’ a mental illness is usually reported as preferable to ‘being’ a mental illness

Applied Principles for Inclusive Practice in Neurodevelopmental Research: A Selection and Report of Illustrative Case Studies - Current Developmental Disorders Reports Purpose of Review Inclusive research practices are important for neurodevelopmental studies, facilitating the involvement of community members throughout the research process. Highlighting this value,...

Really pleased to have been part of the team who authored this new article: 'Applied Principles for Inclusive Practice in Neurodevelopmental Research: A Selection and Report of Illustrative Case Studies'. Huge thanks to @cjcrompton.bsky.social & @suereviews.bsky.social for bringing us all together!

There are so many fascinating psychological theories, concepts and phenomena to explore. I find it incredibly difficult not to fall down rabbit holes of entirely new reading.

Another fantastic day data collecting in a wonderful school.

I'm always so grateful to be able to conduct research in schools, especially when it involves working with students whose voices are often excluded from educational research.

Education for wellbeing programme findings Findings from evaluation of mental health interventions in schools.

⚠️ Some universal mental health interventions in schools are having an ADVERSE effect on well-being outcomes. ⚠️

This evaluation report makes the work being done by people like @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social all the more important.

We must proceed with caution.

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It's Saturday night, and I'm sitting on the sofa contemplating the order in which to tackle:

- amendments to a paper for submission
- starting analysis on a new data set
- reworking a previous chapter
- drafting a new chapter

Gosh, I'm a real loser these days. 😂