Connecting Education, Inquiry and Practice across Nottingham and the East Midlands
The Community of Education, Inquiry and Practice (CEIP) is a collaborative network hosted by the School of Education at the University of Nottingham and led by colleagues from local colleges, educational organisations, and the University. The community meets at least three times each year and provides a space for meaningful engagement across educational settings. Through these events and ongoing networking between members, CEIP seeks to identify common interests, create new opportunities for collaboration, and explore ideas that can ultimately benefit children, young people, educators and communities across Nottinghamshire and the wider East Midlands.
Our aspiration is to foster partnerships that lead to:
- Better shared understanding of important educational issues
- Inquiry-informed improvement of practice
- Innovation within and across educational settings
- Collaborative research and development
- Stronger connections between educational practitioners and researchers
- New opportunities for professional learning and knowledge exchange
The direction and activities of CEIP emerge through discussions with members, contributions to CEIP Online, community events, and collaborations initiated by participants themselves.
CEIP Online
CEIP Online is the digital home of the Community of Education, Inquiry and Practice. It showcases accessible, practice-focused and research-informed contributions that help bridge university research, professional inquiry and educational practice. We aim to create a space where ideas can be shared, tested, challenged and developed across educational communities.
CEIP Online publications may explore:
- Educational innovation
- Practical challenges and opportunities
- Lessons learned from projects and initiatives
- Reflections on educational practice
- Emerging ideas and work in progress
- Evidence-informed practice
- Professional inquiry
- Research findings
- Calls to action and recommendations for educators, leaders and policymakers
Each publication includes a CEIP Local Connections section, highlighting how the ideas, findings or experiences discussed may be relevant to CEIP members and education professionals across Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and the wider East Midlands.
CEIP Online content
CEIP Online welcomes a range of contribution formats, including:
- Working Papers / Work in Progress Emerging findings, developing ideas and projects seeking feedback.
- Research Reports Accessible summaries of research projects, studies and evaluations.
- Reflective Pieces and Blogs Reflections on professional practice, leadership, teaching, learning and educational development.
- Interviews Conversations with educators, researchers, leaders and other experts.
- Spoken Word and Podcast-Style Pieces Written or multimedia contributions designed around dialogue and discussion.
- Video Reports Short video-based presentations sharing projects, insights and innovations.
- Conceptual and Theoretical Think Pieces Discussions that explore ideas, frameworks and emerging educational questions.
- Commissioned and Expert Commentary Invited contributions responding to contemporary educational issues.
Who Can Publish via CEIP?
Contributions are welcomed from practitioners affiliated with CEIP, CEIP members, staff and students associated with the School of Education, University of Nottingham, and scholars collaborating with CEIP or the School of Education.
If you are interested in sharing your work, please contact us by completing this brief form to discuss potential opportunities for contribution.
Editorial Process
CEIP publications are not peer reviewed.
The purpose of CEIP Online is to provide a timely and accessible platform for sharing ideas, practice, evidence and professional learning across the educational community. All submissions undergo a light-touch editorial process conducted by the CEIP team. This process seeks to ensure that contributions are clear and accessible, relevant to CEIP members and educational practitioners and scholars, and appropriate for publication on the CEIP platform.
The editorial team may work with authors to address issues relating to:
- Clarity and readability
- Ethical considerations
- Anonymity and confidentiality
- Use of artificial intelligence (AI)
- Permissions for images, figures and media
- Copyright attribution and acknowledgement
Authors retain full responsibility for the content they submit, including any ethical, legal and copyright obligations associated with publication.
Get Involved
Get involved! CEIP thrives through the ideas, experiences and expertise of its members.
Whether you are:
- Reflecting on lessons learned from practice
- Developing an inquiry project
- Experimenting with new classroom approaches
- Evaluating an innovation
- Leading change within an educational setting
- Conducting research
- Exploring a new educational concept
- Interviewing a colleague or expert
We encourage you to share your work with the CEIP community.
Together, we can strengthen connections between educational research, inquiry and practice, and support educational improvement across Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and the wider East Midlands.
Interested in contributing?
Contact us at [CEIP email address] or speak to a member of the CEIP team at one of our community events.