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Professor Mary L Shannon, Himan Heidari and Dr Ben Marsh
Professor Shannon is Associate Professor and Disabilities Co-ordinator in the School of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences at the University of Roehampton, London, Himan Heidari is an AHRC-funded PhD student in English Literature at the University of Roehampton, London and Dr Ben Marsh is an Honorary Reader in History at the University of Kent
Professor Mary Shannon researches and writes about Regency and Victorian popular culture, fiction, plays, images and the press. She is fascinated by the cultural world of nineteenth-century London and its teeming history. Himan Heidari is an AHRC-funded PhD student in English Literature at the University of Roehampton, London and is a Research Assistant on the Billy Waters project. Dr Ben Marsh is a historian specialising in the history of the Atlantic World, early America and the Age of Revolutions. In recent years, he has produced pioneering creative and educational resources for schools including graphic novels and games.
Professor Mary L Shannon, Himan Heidari and Dr Ben Marsh
Professor Shannon is Associate Professor and Disabilities Co-ordinator in the School of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences at the University of Roehampton, London, Himan Heidari is an AHRC-funded PhD student in English Literature at the University of Roehampton, London and Dr Ben Marsh is an Honorary Reader in History at the University of Kent
Whose Stories Make History? Teaching Black British History Through Billy Waters
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Professor Tanya Horeck
Professor of Film and Feminist Media Studies and Research Lead/Director for the Cambridge School of Creative Industries at Anglia Ruskin University
August 2026
Deepfakes and Damage: Helping Schools Respond to AI-Generated Image Abuse
Professor Harry Sumnall
Professor in Substance Use in the School of Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University
July 2026
What Does Effective Drugs Education Look Like? Lessons from The Illicit Project UK
Professor Nils Jostmann
Assistant Professor of Social Psychology, University of Amsterdam
June 2026
Making Feedback More Motivating: Lessons from New Research
Dr Sophie King-Hill
Associate Professor in the School of Social Policy and Society, University of Birmingham
May 2026
Reframing Masculinity: Tips for Parents and Teachers Supporting Boys
Professor Maria Loades
Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Bath
April 2026
Empowering young people to overcome low mood and boost wellbeing
Professor Joel Talcott
Professor of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Aston University
March 2026
The Universal Classroom: A New Free Screening Tool for Year 1 Teachers
Daphne Ling
PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia
February 2026
Children's Experiences of ADHD
Dr Maria Korochkina
Vice-Chancellor’s Research Prize Fellow (tenure-track) in the Institute of Health and Neurodevelopment, Aston University
January 2026
The power of reading: books, vocabulary and learning
Professor Julia Davidson OBE and Dr Ruby Farr
Professor Davidson is Professor of Criminal Justice and Cybercrime and Dr Farr is a Research Fellow, both at the University of East London
December 2025
Crossing the line into cybercrime