The School in the Cloud documentary follows Newcastle University educationalist Professor Sugata Mitra on his quest to turn education on its head.

published on: 9 October 2018

published on: 8 October 2018

Newly Qualified Teachers find out more about campaigning Union

published on: 26 July 2018

Judges select mental health campaign the winner of NEU Ideas competition

published on: 26 July 2018

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This year’s European Day of Languages Competition for schools and colleges was organised by Network for Languages and Association for Languages North East

published on: 22 November 2017

Rachel Lofthouse was recently invited to write a blog for European School Gateway on Improving Mentoring Practices through Collaborative Conversations

published on: 4 May 2017

Sue Robson, Rene Koglbauer, Ulrike Thomas and Anna Reid from CfLAT and North Leadership Centre, Newcastle University, led an Erasmus+ project ‘Entrepreneurial Competences for School Leadership Teams’ (2014-2016).

published on: 18 April 2017

A task that is routinely used by different clinicians (speech & language therapists, psychologists, neurologists) to evaluate the ability of adults with aphasia (the language deficit often associated with stroke) to remember spoken information for a brief period of time is the so-called word-span task.

published on: 6 April 2017

Congratulations to Dr Carol Moxam on being nominated for Outstanding Contribution to Pastoral Support

published on: 31 March 2017

Dr. Rod Berger, Contributor at the Huffington Post sat down with Dr Sugata Mitra

published on: 28 March 2017

Become part of our Biggest Ever Big Question on Martin Luther King Day 2017 (16th January 2017)

published on: 5 January 2017

Professor Mitra recently opened the ninth Self Organized Learning Environment (SOLE) research lab (a tiny 15-feet cube of a room) in West Bengal.

published on: 29 November 2016

During November 2016 a fifth cohort of academic colleagues from universities across Kazakhstan took part in the Learning and Teaching in Higher Education programme at Newcastle University.

published on: 21 November 2016

Professor Sugata Mitra from Newcastle University officially opens the new Accelerated Learning Centre at Kenton School.

published on: 16 November 2016

A different type of ‘safe space’; creating collaborative learning experiences for PGCE students. Over the last few months there has been considerable debate regarding the establishment of ‘safe-space’ on university campuses around the world, with the anxiety expressed that they act to shut down free speech.

published on: 14 November 2016

This study was inspired as a response to an Erasmus Mobility Grant to the Netherlands. Anecdotal conversations with colleagues there led to a discussion about the different approaches being taken in conducting pedagogical research in the UK and the Netherlands

published on: 11 November 2016

Learning from the past to understand the significance of opportunities for collaborative teacher learning in ITE. This blog post is drawn from part of a key note that I gave at the UCET (University Council for the Education of Teachers) Annual Conference in November 2016.

published on: 8 November 2016

This was organised by Percy Hedley, Epinay, Sunningdale and The Dales - the four special needs Teaching Schools in the North East.

published on: 7 November 2016

Prof Sugata Mitra is opening the smallest School in the Cloud research lab in India this week. Prof Sugata Mitra’s latest SOLE research lab is a discreet affair, tucked away in the corner of a school playground in West Bengal.

published on: 27 September 2016

Just over a year before Priti Patel took up the post as Secretary of State for International Development, the Coalition Government brought into law the International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act 2015. 

published on: 22 September 2016

Network for Languages North East and the North Leadership Centre have partnered once again with the Association for Language Learning and Routes into Languages North East to run the European Day of Languages competition for schools and further education colleges.

published on: 21 September 2016

On 14 July 2016, the Prime Minister Theresa May announced her new Cabinet, following a significant reshuffle and re-structure of Government. In this context, researchers from all over Newcastle University express their thoughts on the challenges..

published on: 20 September 2016

and how the SOLE method fits into that (in Spanish). He's just been in Spain to help bring SOLE into schools in Madrid.

published on: 19 September 2016

Themes of: Social justice; Innovative research methodologies; Professional development, leadership & learning; Innovative pedagogy and curriculum; Learning spaces; Teaching and learning in HE.

published on: 15 September 2016

The One Show revisits 'Granny Cloud' volunteer Jackie Barrow four years on from her trip to Pune, India.

published on: 11 September 2016

EXCITING NEWS: The Speech Therapy Society has won an RCSLT Giving Voice Award for our efforts in the last academic year! 

published on: 9 September 2016

Picture the scene; it was a sunny August Friday afternoon on the last day of a four day European conference in Dublin. We found our session venue and we organised ourselves and our resources for our workshop.

published on: 31 August 2016

Talented children from poor families with illiterate parents are often overlooked in developing countries, as no-one believes they can be gifted – wasting a potentially enormous contribution to economic growth and development.

published on: 25 August 2016

In 2012 CfBT Education Trust (now Education Development Trust) launched the Tim Morris Award in order to provide a one-off grant of £2,000 to a PhD/MPhil student in the field of education in a developing context.

published on: 22 August 2016

This event discusses how researchers can influence policy by considering life chances across the lifecourse.

published on: 18 August 2016

Alina Schartner has been awarded the highly prestigious James J. Bradac Prize, which is awarded biannually by the International Association of Language & Social Psychology, and recognises early career excellence in the field of language and social psychology by a scholar.

published on: 9 August 2016

ESRC Impact IAA project, SOLE and Self Advocacy for Communities of Adults with Diverse Needs has been nominated for a 2016 Festival of Learning Award.

published on: 1 August 2016

The Applied Linguistics & Communication section are delighted to announce the appointment of three new members of staff, set to join us some time in the autumn.

published on: 30 July 2016

I was given the excellent opportunity to present a poster at the 23rd Annual Meeting of Society for Scientific Studies of Reading (SSSR)

published on: 29 July 2016

Alina Schartner has been awarded the highly prestigious James J. Bradac Prize, which is awarded biannually by the International Association of Language & Social Psychology.

published on: 27 July 2016

This blog post follows up my initial thoughts concerning opportunities for change in August 2015. At that time, the opportunities in question related to the forthcoming review of National Professional Qualification programmes for Middle Leadership (NPQML), Senior Leadership (NPQSL) and Headship (NPQH) in England.  

published on: 25 July 2016

Perhaps it’s the onset of summer weather, or the fact that the school term feels different after the exams and tests are over, but whatever the reason there has been a renewed interest in learning outdoors recently, as illustrated by a recent Guardian feature. 

published on: 22 July 2016

On 16 July 2016 I attended the annual InForm conference, which took place at Durham University. InForm is a publication edited by staff from the University of Reading that provides a research forum for HE professionals working on international foundation programmes.

published on: 20 July 2016

In response to your article 'Sugata Mitra - the professor with his head in the cloud'Guardian (7th June 2016)

published on: 18 July 2016

I did present at LILA '16 / 3rd International Linguistics and Language Studies Conference which was held at Istanbul, Turkey on JUNE 24-25, 2016.

published on: 15 July 2016

A scheme to help disadvantaged pupils has been shown to increase attendance and attainment in schools.

published on: 14 July 2016

Last June, I visited University of Murcia in Murcia, Spain to present my analysis in the conference, “Sociolinguistics Symposium 21”.

published on: 13 July 2016

EUROSOLE offers a targeted response to the strategic objectives of national education systems in the UK and European level cooperation in the area of reducing and tacking early school leaving. 

published on: 11 July 2016

Applied Linguistics and Communication @ Newcastle was represented by two staff members and two PhD students at the 15th International Conference on Language and Social Psychology (ICLASP) which was held from 22-25 June at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce in Bangkok, Thailand.

published on: 5 July 2016

A huge congratulation to Applied Linguistics and Communication PhD student Kazuki Hata, who has had a paper published in the internationally-renowned Journal of Pragmatics!

published on: 30 June 2016

On Monday 27th June 2016 Newcastle University welcomed a number of successful graduates from the National Professional Qualifications. Newcastle University is one of the partners in the North East Teaching Schools Partnership (NETSP).

published on: 29 June 2016

Sociolinguistics Summer School 7 (SSS7) at Universite Lumiere Lyon 2 in France that I attended in June 2016, turned out to be a very welcoming place for postgraduate students to showcase and share their research. 

published on: 29 June 2016

Alea iacta est, the die is cast! With 5am last Friday morning it was obvious that a majority (51.9%) of the UK electorate had voted for BREXIT. 

published on: 28 June 2016

Dr Rachel Lofthouse has collated her recent blog posts on professional development and leadership through teacher coaching into a new CfLaT think-pieces publication.

published on: 27 June 2016

From 24 June to 25 June 2016, I attended an annual conference held by Institute of Education, UCL, called CERA-UK Conference 2016, and presented the draft findings of my doctoral research in Session D – Higher Educational issues. 

published on: 25 June 2016

Dr Adam Brandt, Degree Programme Director for our MA degrees in Cross Cultural Communication, will answer your questions about studying Cross Cultural Communication at Newcastle University.

published on: 24 June 2016

Professor Sugata Mitra’s speech (2.3 million views) is featured among the TED talks that had the greatest impact on education

published on: 23 June 2016

Dr Hanneke Jones, Degree Programme Director for our MA in Education: International Perspectives, will answer your questions about studying the degree at Newcastle University.

published on: 21 June 2016

Professor Pauline Dixon, Degree Programme Director for our MA in International Development and Education, will answer your questions about studying International Development at Newcastle University.

published on: 20 June 2016

Not only did we celebrate their achievements on Friday, but we said goodbye this year's Secondary PGCE students. We would like to wish them all the best for the future

published on: 20 June 2016

ALC staff members Adam Brandt and Chris Leyland are organising an international symposium to take place here at Newcastle University in early September!

published on: 18 June 2016