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We're excited to share the first publication from our Department's Picture This project📑
The research explores how visual literacy is understood and taught in schools across different countries, and why it matters in today’s image-rich world.
➡️ More here: shorturl.at/brrce
Thank you to John McKendrick (photo centre), Scotland's Commissioner for Fair Access, for delivering a thought-provoking public seminar on fair access to HE in Scotland, and considerations for the rest of the UK 💡
🎥 If you missed the seminar, the recording is available here: bit.ly/4ehB6Hj
The Department celebrated success at the Vice-Chancellor Awards last week, with one award winner and two highly commended entries recognised for their outstanding contributions 🌟
Read more ➡️ bit.ly/43hUmiW
Pictured: Dr Danica Sims (right) with Vice-Chancellor Professor Irene Tracey (left)
🌍 Today's World Environment Day and we’re celebrating it all month by highlighting the work we do.
Here's a blog from our researcher Dr Isobel Talks, as she reflects on what schools in the UK and Australia can learn from each other on the path to net zero.
Read blog: shorturl.at/N8JQn
🚶A new walking tour at the The British Academy Ideas Festival will transform central London into a living archive of anti-apartheid activism, drawing directly on Dr Natasha Robinson’s Anti-Apartheid London Digital Map project.
➡️ Find out more: shorturl.at/i3JfO
Join educators, researchers, technologists, and policymakers in Oxford for the AIEOU Summer School: Bringing the Standards to Life
Explore how DfE GenAI Safety Standards can apply in schools through workshops, product scenarios and design activities
📅 27–31 July 2026
🔗 Apply now: bit.ly/3Qee6kv
Oxford-Cambridge Exchange 2026: Building connections across educational research 📚
Students came together to share ideas, explore research across a range of educational topics, and strengthen connections between the two institutions.
Read blog by MSc student Farzana Chowdhury ➡️ bit.ly/4uKmWFQ
🎧 In episode six of our podcast, Education Explored, we speak with Dr Carol Brown about the intersections of psychology, teaching and research.
Listen now ➡️ podcasts.ox.ac.uk/episode-6-dr...
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Join John McKendrick on 8 June for a public seminar on fair access to higher education in Scotland and considerations for the rest of the UK 💡
Register to join in-person: forms.office.com/e/rUgrpd1gMH
Or join online instead: bit.ly/3Rvz7HN
#Edusky @cghe.bsky.social
Happy International Museum Day 🏛️
This blog highlights how children engage with museums in active and creative ways, showing the important role museums play in education and public learning.
➡️ Read blog: shorturl.at/b7VG5
