University of Edinburgh

Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh

Moray House School of Education and Sport (MHSES) has made a major contribution and impact to the field of education both in Scotland and worldwide for almost 200 years. MHSES conducts research across all aspects of education and learning – from pre-school to higher education and lifelong learning. MHSES is ranked 3rd in the UK in the 2021 REF in terms of breadth and quality of research in Education. Childhood and Youth Studies at MHSES aims to make a transformative contribution to realising children and young people’s human rights by undertaking and promoting interdisciplinary research, teaching, policy and practice and working in collaboration.

The research group and colleagues working with children and young people across the University of Edinburgh have extensive experience in ethical research with children and young people, arts-based methods, participatory methods, co-production, and global research.