Evidence for Education Policy and Practice

A research group of the School of Education.

The work of this cluster involves generating, assessing, synthesising, criticising, and promoting robust evidence to help inform education policy and practice. We take a lifelong and society-wide view of education, with a particular interest in inequalities and educational justice. We also view education in the round, taking the wider outcomes of education seriously, looking beyond attainment and cognitive development to issues such as mental health, well-being, attitudes and aspirations, trust and civic participation. We promote, evaluate and monitor the impact of high quality education research, and help build research capacity. Strands of work include but are not limited to:

Education policy analysis

• International and comparative analysis
• Promoting the wider outcomes of education
• Robust evaluations of educational interventions
• Widening participation to post-compulsory and higher education
• Teacher supply, retention and progression
• Evidence syntheses via secondary data analysis and systematic reviews
• Research capacity-building
• Improving the communication and uptake of evidence in education policy and practice

The stands of work involve a wide range of staff including all EEF relevant staff especially teams led by Steve Higgins, Carole Torgerson and Stephen Gorard. Cluster also has strong links to other departments, especially Sociology, and to a wide range of user groups.

Staff

Academic Staff

• Prof Chris Brown
• Dr Christina Chinas
• Dr Cristina Costa
• Dr Helen Cramman
• Dr Louise Gascoine
• Prof Stephen Gorard
• Dr Helen Gray
• Prof Steve Higgins
• Karen Jones
• Dr Dimitra Kokotsaki
• Victoria Menzies
• Dr Sarah Metcalfe
• Dr Beng Huat See
• Dr Nadia Siddiqui
• Prof Richard Smith
• Prof Carole Torgerson
• Dr Ourania Maria Ventista

Research Students

• Mrs Haifaa Alabbad
• Miss Sophie Anderson
• Mr Ismail Aslantas
• Miss Phanatdao Chantarasiri
• Mr Glenn Doublesin
• Mr Caner Erkan
• Mr Andrew Fowler
• Miss Xianan Hu
• Ms Sian Lawrence
• Mr Mark Ledger
• Mr Honghuan Li
• Miss Binwei Lu
• Mr. David Prendergast
• Miss Xin Shao
• Mrs Shahinaz Shetta
• Miss Pian Shi
• Ms. Yiyi Tan
• Lindsey Wardle
• Mr Meechai Wongdaeng
• Miss Caiwei Wu

From other departments

• Mr. José Luis (Pep) Mateos-González (in the Department of Sociology)