Dr Charles Hulme and Dr Maggie Snowling Awarded Leverhulme Prize 2024

The prestigious Leverhulme Medal and Prize, awarded by the British Academy in collaboration with the Leverhulme Trust, honors ‘significant contribution to knowledge and understanding’ in the social sciences and the humanities every three years. This year, they jointly recognized the research of OxEd founders Dr Charles Hulme and Dr Maggie Snowling, for their commitment to understanding children’s learning difficulties, particularly dyslexia and developmental language disorder.

“Our Prizes and Medals are central to our efforts to recognize excellence in our disciplines – excellence that often transcends academia,” said British Academy President Julia Black. Charles and Maggie aim to turn their research into practice by making positive impacts on the education of thousands of children with language delays.

“We are proud to receive the Leverhulme Medal and Prize from the British Academy in recognition of our work exploring the nature and causes of, and treatments for, children’s language and reading difficulties,” Charles and Maggie wrote in a joint statement. “The research leading to this award has involved many large-scale longitudinal studies and randomized trials, and we thank our many talented and enthusiastic collaborators who have made this work possible. Research has been, and continues to be, a great source of pleasure to us. We hope we have contributed in some modest ways to improving children’s educational outcomes and wellbeing. We are very grateful to our peers in the British Academy for recognizing our contribution.“ 

Visit the British Academy website for more information about the 2024 prizes and Charles and Maggie’s work.