The power of reading for children’s outcomes: What every parent needs to know. Invited webinar for Tooled Up Education, 5 November 2025. [slides]
The words children and young people encounter when they read for pleasure, and what it means for learning. Talk given at the Working Together: Research and Practice meeting 2025, The South East Research Network for Schools,
Egham, UK, 27 June 2025. [slides]
Words in books: A challenge, a blessing, or both?Invited talk (with Kathy Rastle) given at the ResearchED National Conference, London, UK, 7 September 2024. [slides]
Tooled Up Education - The Power of Reading Books, Vocabulary, and Learning: I was recognised as Researcher of the Month by Tooled Up Education — an organisation dedicated to providing evidence-based resources for parents and educators — and my work was profiled in a feature article, January 2026
New paper by The Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP), highlighting research I contributed to and calling for low- and middle-income countries to adopt reading instruction informed by the science of reading, 2025