Pupils from Southampton secondary schools will be able to discover how their diets and lifestyles lay the foundations for a healthier life … thanks to a grant awarded to Dr Kath Woods-Townsend and the LifeLab team from the University of Southampton’s Student Centeredness Fund. The award of £30,000 over three years will enable all Year 9 students (13-14 […]

Dr. Jenny Byrne was recently interviewed by BBC Radio Solent about the importance of training teachers in  health education so that they gain confidence and competence to  effectively promote pupil health and well-being in schools. More information in the press release. You can listen to the item below.

Together with Dr. Caro from Oxford University M@SE member Christian Bokhove will be presenting a day long course at AERA 2014. Analyzing International Large-Scale Assessment Data with R The course will train participants how to analyze data from international assessments (PISA, TIMSS, and PIRLS) using R. Lectures will briefly introduce R and explain the challenges […]

This week, I visited Bexhill VIth Form College for the second of four facilitated action research sessions. The Head of Department, Clare Holmes, had heard about our previous action research sessions with Bicester Community College at our Active Approaches in post-16 conference in March 2013. Clare successfully applied for National Scholarship funding to fund a […]