PEDAL is a new research centre within the PELS Research Group in the Faculty of Education, established as of mid-October 2015, and funded by the LEGO Foundation. The guiding focus of the centre's work is to develop world class research concerned with the role of play and playfulness in young children's learning and development.

The Rudd Centre is a research-intensive initiative that engages state-of-the-art scientific and practice-based advances to influence children’s development, mental health and life chances.

The Faculty of Education Research Groups undertake world class research for education. They produce rigorous, original and significant contributions to knowledge and support informed development of public policy and professional practice.