The DfE announces funding to train hundreds more educational psychologists amid fears that schools are facing a shortage of support
16.02.2026 18:05
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The DfE announces funding to train hundreds more educational psychologists amid fears that schools are facing a shortage of support
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Mother.Dad @OmnibusTheatre www.omnibus-clapham.org/chronic-insa... is about love, parenthood and class. Brilliant performances by Toyin Ayedun-Alase and Andy Sellers @chronicinsanity.bsky.social
Young actors using Shakespeare to show how the current education system demoralises teachers and can fail vulnerable young people made us more determined than ever to bring about change
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#psychologymatters
Intermission Youth Theatre
‘Structural inequalities and oppressive assumptions within the education system harm human dignity’
‘Seeing oneself reflected and represented in the values and aspirations of the school system is indispensable for the development and preservation of self-esteem and dignity’.
‘The culture of competition-a form of symbolic violence-is creating a sense of failure, shame & being unvalued’
‘Even happiness is reduced to a skill that children can achieve through hard work’
‘Children are under pressure to perform emotionally as well as academically’
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BPS statement on the budget
'We are full because there are fewer opportunities elsewhere'
Leaders of Intermission Youth Theatre, Theatre Peckham and Southwark Playhouse tell The Stage about the different approaches they take to providing community-focused theatremaking opportunities for young people 👇
#DECP2026 is honoured to be joined by Youth Intermission Theatre performing Excluded
⭐️Youth Intermission Theatre supports young people in the youth justice system through creative performance,rehabilitation,collaboration&positive personal development
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FEATURE: Intermission Youth Theatre Reimagines Shakespeare Through the Lens of Immigration in Comedy of Errors Remixed @CourtyardHoxton
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#feature #London #Shakespeare
🚨We’re thrilled to introduce our keynote sessions for #DECP2026:Applying Psychology to Challenge Inequity
🌍✨Get ready for groundbreaking insights, bold conversations& transformative ideas to promote equity in our education system
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Rachel Reeves holding a red budget box outside 11 Downing Street
"The removal of the two-child benefit cap is long overdue."
Our President, Dr Roman Raczka, responds to today's #Budget2025:
“This will go a long way to helping hundreds of thousands of families to get the support they so desperately need." A thread 🧵1/3
📣Calling all TEPs and NQEPs!
🌟The DECP TEP online conference is a brilliant opportunity to share your research, from projects to your doctoral thesis and everything in between.
📆You have till 28th Nov to get your submissions in.
www.bps.org.uk/event/decp-t...
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Listen to Mark Rylance talking about Excluded
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a useful @theguardian.com graphic
Intermission Youth Theatre @InterTheatre will be performing ‘Excluded’ at the DECP conference in January
Everything you need to know about Intermission Youth Theatre
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DECP CONFERENCE KEY NOTE SPEAKER
Professor Diane Reay, Emeritus Professor at Cambridge, will discuss
‘An emotional landscape of dissatisfaction, fear and anxiety: the impact of growing class inequalities on the English educational system’
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DECP Conference key note speaker
s.a.c.gorard@durham.ac.uk
Problems of unequal opportunity, treatment and outcomes exist in the English school system.
Professor Gorard uses research evidence to consider how the system can be improved
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📆You’ve got till 10th November to get your submissions in - there’s still time!
www.bps.org.uk/event/divisi...
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www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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🥁 Registration for the 2025 TEP conference is now OPEN!
🌟The event is a great opportunity to meet fellow TEPs, learn about the latest developments in educational psychology & hear inspiring talks
📆 Submit for a presentation by 28.11.25
www.bps.org.uk/event/decp-t...
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@bpsofficial.bsky.social #decp2026 #blueskyeps
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Are you a TEP or a Newly Qualified EP who would like to present at the DECP conference on 8th & 9th January 2026?
💫 We have FOUR bursary places available if you are presenting.
📆 Apply by 30.10.25 by selecting the bursary application option when submitting your abstract.
Professional Renewal, Inspiring Hope
💫A fantastic & inspiring DECP conference!
🤲EPs new to the profession and those who’ve been around longer, in private & LA practice,united in one share aim: to apply psychology at all levels of the education system to support the best possible outcomes for CYP.
Great news! Submissions & Registrations for the DECP Annual Conference 2026
are officially open.
The conference theme is 'Applying Psychology to Challenge Inequity.' Share your work & be part of the conversation! Deadline to submit is November 3, 2025. #DECP2026 #Psychology
@vivianedpsy.bsky.social and Gavin Morgan introducing the JPLG conference on the bright future for the EP profession #DECP #ioe #edpsy
@vivianedpsy.bsky.social drawing conclusions from the research she conducted with George #ioe #edpsy
