Amie Liebowitz
Series Producer, Research for the Real World / Academia et al.
Appears in 129 Episodes
The history of free school meals: how its past dishes out lessons for future servings | Research for the Real World
This podcast hears about the impact of the UK's School Meals Service on schools and their communities since its inception in 1906, and how it can adapt to the challeng...
What impact do food banks in schools have on children’s learning? | Research for the Real World
In the context of a cost-of-living crisis and increased child poverty, this podcast hears about the growing use of food banks, how they operate and the impact this has...
Poverty’s impact on mental health, food insecurity and academic performance | Research for the Real World
This podcast hears how mental health and life chances of young people and their parents are being dramatically affected by post-pandemic cost of living pressures. Not...
Preview: Cost of living crisis and food insecurity - impact on children and schools | Research for the Real World
In January 2023, the Food Foundation estimated that 24% of UK households with children were living in food insecurity. This staggering figure brings to light issues af...
How to find a maths learning app you can count on for your kids | Research for the Real World
This podcast hears about research evidence focused on the role of apps in early education. A key part of Dr Laura Outhwaite’s work includes examining claims of many p...
The evolution of Artificial Intelligence | Research for the Real World
This podcast explores how artificial intelligence (AI) has grown over time and whether it can be used as a tool to support education, rather than as a replacement for ...
How do we make EdTech work for everyone? | Research for the Real World
Professor Alison Clark-Wilson has a wealth of experience breaking down barriers between research communities and industry through her work with educational technology ...
PREVIEW: All things AI, apps and EdTech | Research for the Real World
In this season of Research for the Real World, we're highlighting IOE research that provides insights on finding ways for technology to play a meaningful role within e...
Academia after all | Academia et al.
In this episode, we talk about what it's like to return for a career in academia, the fluidity of career trajectories, and the importance of supporting neurodiversity ...
Careers in civil service | Academia et al
In this episode, we talk about what it's like to work for the Office for National Statistics and the differences between life in academia and life outside of it. Dr A...
Is the grass greener on the other side of academia? | Academia et al.
In this episode, we talk about pursuing a career outside of academia and discuss the many transferable skills we have as researchers that can be applied to other conte...
Why do people aspire to become teachers? | Research for the Real World
In this podcast we hear about whether or not young people who aspire to teach actually become teachers. Most research into teacher recruitment surveys existing teache...
What’s going to help recruit and retain teachers? | Research for the Real World
In this podcast we hear about whether more pay and fewer working hours should be prioritised to address teacher shortages, and what can be done to support the retentio...
Why is there a worldwide shortage of teachers? | Research for the Real World
We know that teacher shortages are an issue in most developed countries. How has the pandemic and pay played a role, and what can be done to address this? Research fo...
PREVIEW: How addressing teacher recruitment and retention issues can help improve education | Research for the Real World
It’s widely reported that there are ongoing and severe teacher shortages around the world. But what do we mean by teacher shortages? In terms of causes, teacher short...
A "pedagogy of hope"? | Research for the Real World
Our guest Professor Douglas Bourn is aware that “hope” can often be considered an idealistic and utopian term, but if it is grounded in real-life issues and challenges...
What kind of climate change education do we actually need? | Research for the Real World
It’s widely acknowledged that more climate change or sustainability education is needed. What’s probably missing is the kind of learning, aims and agendas required to ...
Placing intergenerational learning at the heart of climate change education | Research for the Real World
This podcast features work that helps highlight the role of children and the duty of adults in raising awareness of this crisis and caring for the environment, so that...
Reimagining education for climate justice and sustainable development | Research for the Real World
[PREVIEW] With students and young people increasingly aware of the impact of climate change and wanting to do something about it, in this season of Research for the Re...
Who cares for you? Child migrants within the immigration and welfare nexus | Research for the Real World
For separated child migrants - or unaccompanied minors in legal terms - ‘care’ is ambiguous: they may receive care because of their ‘child’ status or be excluded from ...
