Moray House School of Education and Sport

Our institutes

Our institutes each combine teaching, research and consultancy work and house our key national and international research centres, groups and networks.

Institute for Education, Community and Society (IECS)

The Institute for Education, Community and Society has a strong international reputation in the sociology of education, digital education, education and international development, and children and young people's learning and development.

Institute for Education, Teaching and Leadership (IETL)

The Institute addresses all levels of education, and all forms of teaching, research, knowledge exchange and professional learning to inform and enhance teacher education, educational policy and educational leadership mentoring and management.

Institute for Language Education (ILE)

Established in 2020, the Institute for Language Education (ILE) challenges ways of thinking about languages, literacies and interculturality by interpreting language education as critical transformative praxis that enables educators to bring about social change to educational institutions across the world.

Institute for Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences (ISPEHS)

This Institute is the UK's largest provider of initial teacher education in physical education and plays a key role in developing the physical education school curriculum within Scotland.

Research centres, groups and networks