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Professor Rebecca Eynon elected to prestigious Academy of Social Sciences Fellowship
Her research examines the injustices that can arise from the use of technologies in learning and education.
Professor Eynon, who holds a joint academic post at the Oxford Internet Institute and the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, said: ‘I am delighted and honoured to be elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and join such an esteemed community. I am indebted to my academic colleagues, students, and collaborators from policy and practice who made this recognition possible.’
The Academy’s Fellowship comprises around 1,700 leading social scientists, elected for excellence in their fields and substantial contributions to social science for public benefit through independent peer review.
Rebecca Eynon is a Sociologist of Education whose work sits at the intersection of education, technology and society. In response to the uncritical hype that surrounds digital technologies and AI, her empirical research highlights people’s experiences of using technologies for learning across the life course and examines how and why injustices can arise from their design and use.
At the Department of Education, she convenes the Critical Digital Education Research Group, fostering sociological scholarship on the role of technology in learning and education nationally and internationally. She sits on the editorial board of the British Journal of Sociology of Education, Information and Learning Sciences, and Learning, Media and Technology, and was co- editor of Learning, Media and Technology from 2011-2021.
She is a steering board member for the Swiss National Science Foundation Digital Transformation Programme, which investigates and presents policy options for digital and social change, and an international investigator for the Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, which is dedicated to creating research informed positive digital experiences for children.
Professor Eynon currently leads the Towards Equity Focused Approaches to EdTech Project, a three-year study funded by the ESRC Education Programme. Through ethnographic research in schools, the project examines how EdTech is used in practice to explore how technology can address – or inadvertently reinforce – inequities in education. The team also works with academics, EdTech companies, policymakers, teachers, students and other members of the education community to inform more socially just and equitable design and implementation of technology in school settings.
Professor Eynon is widely published and has engaged with a variety of public, private and third sector organisations concerned with issues of inequity and technology. Her work has been cited by policy actors such as the Sutton Trust, the British Academy, the Royal Society, UNESCO, the OECD, the European Union, the United Nations, the World Bank, and varied national and regional governments. In the UK, where most of her research is located, she has given evidence to the Education Select Committee and provided expert input intoresearch by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology and the Government’s Open Innovation Team.
Professor Eynon teaches on the MSc in Education (Digital and Social Change) at the Department of Education and the MSc in Social Science of the Internet at the Oxford Internet Institute. Across both departments, she supervises DPhil students whose research focuses on digital education, technology and social justice.
UNESCO first adopted March 21 as World Poetry Day during its 30th General Conference in Paris, with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard.
The heritage organisation said: “World Poetry Day is the occasion to honour poets, revive oral traditions of poetry recitals, promote the reading, writing and teaching of poetry, foster the convergence between poetry and other arts such as theatre, dance, music and painting, and raise the visibility of poetry in the media.”
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This time on Looking Back, we’ve found a selection of fantastic poetry celebrations in Oxfordshire from the year 2014, now 12 years ago.
Language lovers converged for the day of celebration on bookshops, schools, at recitals and conferences.
Take a look back through this Oxford Mail archive gallery to find pictures from a decade ago of World Poetry Day celebrations in Oxfordshire.
We’ve made a gallery of pictures showing all the Oxfordshire spots which have been used for TV and film sets over the years.
Some of the biggest productions filmed here in Oxfordshire include Spectre in the James Bond franchise, which transformed Blenheim Palace in Woodstock into the Palazzo Cardenza in Rome.
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Many period dramas were also created in the county, like the BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall, which was partly filmed at Chastleton House in the Cotswolds.
Cotswolds villages have been repeatedly transformed and used as filming locations for their historical appeal, like the villages of Brill, Broadwell and Castle Combe.
Find all the pictures in this archive gallery of historic Oxfordshire filming locations here.
Three Year 10 pupils from Aureus School in Didcot travelled to London for the Royal Navy International Women’s Day event, held on HMS President during Careers Week and designed to showcase opportunities within the Royal Navy and beyond.
Students Antonia Pop, Ellie Swan and Tilly Mulvey are all taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme.
Ellie Swan said: “It was fantastic to see the possible career paths within the Navy.”
Rob Hayden, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award manager at Aureus School, accompanied the students to the event.
He said: “During the day, students had talks from individuals within the Navy and from guest speakers, including Hannah Botterman, who last year won both the Rugby World Cup and the Six Nations with England.”
He said: “Students also had the chance to network with the speakers and other attendees.
“The event showed the students a wide range of inspirational females within the Navy and other careers.”
Aureus School, part of the GLF Schools multi-academy trust, says its vision is focused on ‘cultivating ambition’ and ‘high standards for all’.
Headteacher Kirsty Rogers says the Didcot-based co-educational comprehensive has undergone a ‘transformative journey’, creating a community where students feel a strong sense of belonging. She emphasises inclusivity, high expectations, and a broad curriculum that encourages ambition, resilience and respect, supported by dedicated staff and diverse extra-curricular opportunities.
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