Latest from our lab, asking what lifestyle factors are associated with good navigation skills?

DS Research Forum. Jo Van Herwegen DSE International There are only 6 published studies of educational interventions with a focus on DS (4 on reading, 2 on maths)!

❓Are you a parent/carer of a chilld with a genetic syndrome 5 years or below? Would you like to be involved in our research?

🙋Take part in our focus group!

📩For more information please email Rachel Martlew at [email protected].

Just one more day until #UndiagnosedChildrensDay when Genetic Alliance UK spread the word about what it is like to live with an undiagnosed genetic condition. We want to make sure families who need support can find our support network SWAN UK (syndromes without a name) and member Unique faster 🧬 🦢

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DSE International

DS Research Forum. Amazing initiative from DS Education International. Frank Buckley talking about new 'See and Learn progress tracker' - parent report tool for early speech and language, which will provide personalised advice to parents of pre-schoolers with DS.

What a varied week! Interviewing (new grant), presenting to Open Research WG, trip to parliament (current grant), Unesco meeting, University REF meeting, steering group meeting (current grant), writing exam Qs, student supervision, finished tomorrow by chairing at a conference.

⏰️⏰️⏰️ 5 days left to apply‼️ one postdoc and one RA position available Essex Babylab to work with Maria Laura Filippetti Carina de Klerk Eszter Somogyi and myself on an #ESRC funded project on the development of #bodyrepresentations . vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrecru…

10 opportunities available for short lab visits within Europe to help develop new tools to measure early life environments! - part of COST ENVIRO-DEV. Most need some coding experience - but not all. More details here: forms.gle/GBxW3iCWGgrCXD…

The Observatory for Mathematical Education website is live, and you can sign up to stay informed: nottingham.ac.uk/education/obse… Geoff Wake 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺 Chris Brignell Tom Wicks Dr Katie Severn Andy Noyes Jenny Norris Louise Savage

Myself & Dr Rebecca Gordon 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 are representing
Centre for Educational Neuroscience, University of Surrey & IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society on UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 working group for Foundational Learning. We will synthesise evidence to inform UNESCO priority areas on development of literacy, numeracy & social-emotional skills. #SDG4
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Are any of my friends and colleagues going to the The Conversation drinks on 9th May?