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Richard Watkins

@drrwatkins.bsky.social
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Interested in helping schools make use of evidence & research with Wrexham University

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Wrexham Uni Research / Prif Wrecsam Ymchwil @wrexhamuniresearch.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Big well done to Dr Richard Watkins and Prof. Carl Hughes for their new chapter in the Handbook of Mixed Methods Research in Education 🖋️ “How to prepare well for external science examinations: a sequential mixed methods study” www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han...
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Handbook of Mixed Methods Research in Education
‘This masterfully crafted handbook represents a seminal contribution to mixed methods research in education—bridging paradigmatic boundaries, advancing meta-inferences, and modeling methodological…
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Wrexham Uni Research / Prif Wrecsam Ymchwil @wrexhamuniresearch.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
📢 BIG News for Wrexham University Education Team… Wrexham University has been awarded funding by the Welsh Government to lead the National Approach to Enquiry in Schools (NAtES) Pilot Project 😲 Read more: wrexham.ac.uk/research/our...
a collage of the education staff
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Richard Watkins @drrwatkins.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Our chapter published this week describes the approaches we used to identify a promising intervention within a ‘journey to evidence’ framework. www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han...
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Handbook of Mixed Methods Research in Education
‘This masterfully crafted handbook represents a seminal contribution to mixed methods research in education—bridging paradigmatic boundaries, advancing meta-inferences, and modeling methodological int...
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Richard Watkins @drrwatkins.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
@manchester.ac.uk Well done Bethan - we are so proud of your achievement.🍾🥂🇪🇸 And, following on from your grandma at the same university 72 years later!
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Dr Duncan Gillard @duncanjee.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
So proud of, and excited about, this! Connect PSHE is changing children’s lives for the better!
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Richard Watkins @drrwatkins.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Great study by @AtiyyaNisar with schools in North Wales👍: ‘Adding implementation support to a universal Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based school well-being intervention: A cluster-randomised controlled trial’ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Adding implementation support to a universal Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based school well-being intervention: A cluster-randomised controlled trial
Implementation support is a key factor in the success of school-based well-being programmes. To assess the impact on children's well-being of providin…
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Richard Watkins @drrwatkins.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Steaua v Dinamo, the ‘eternal derby’ ⚽️ 🥶 (Never been so cold in my life before😳)
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Richard Watkins @drrwatkins.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Bucuresti - Brasov through the southern Carpathians🥶🏔️ 🇷🇴
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Richard Watkins @drrwatkins.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Anybody fancy a drink outside in -12C tonight? No, nor did we🫣🥶 #Bucuresti
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Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 09/02/2025
Well this is depressing. New study shows that many learning strategies used by students are not effective and what's worse is that in some cases, they are being recommended by their teachers. Important work by @drrwatkins.bsky.social and colleagues ⬇️ mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...
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Mike Hobbiss @mikehobbiss.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
We may feel like we’ve done ‘effective revision strategies’ to death… but the kids still aren’t doing them folks www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...
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An Evaluation of Secondary School Students’ Use and Understanding of Learning Strategies to Study and Revise for Science Examinations
There is currently no population-based data evaluating secondary school-aged students’ use, or understanding of, learning strategies to study/revise independently for science. There is also no researc...
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Holly Korbey @hollykorbey.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Really interesting! "Our findings also suggest many students do not have a complete understanding of the strategies that are known to have higher utility (i.e., retrieval and spaced practice)."
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Richard Watkins @drrwatkins.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Do secondary students know which are the most effective learning strategies to help them study/revise? Great study by Dr Fatema Sultana using a probability sampling method with schools in North Wales www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...
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An Evaluation of Secondary School Students’ Use and Understanding of Learning Strategies to Study and Revise for Science Examinations
There is currently no population-based data evaluating secondary school-aged students’ use, or understanding of, learning strategies to study/revise independently for science. There is also no researc...
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Richard Watkins @drrwatkins.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Great to see the positive impact of our NIHR funded KiVa anti bullying trial in schools in North Wales. www.itv.com/watch/news/r...
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Richard Watkins @drrwatkins.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
👇How we used cost-consequence analysis in schools in north Wales to identify a low cost, promising professional learning programme (and how it can improve the quality of other programme evaluations) www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14...
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Where Are the Costs? Using an Economic Analysis of Educational Interventions Approach to Improve the Evaluation of a Regional School Improvement Programme
Education systems are moving to a more evidence-informed paradigm to improve outcomes for learners. To help this journey to evidence, robust qualitative and quantitative research can help decisionmake...
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Richard Watkins @drrwatkins.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
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The effects and costs of an anti-bullying programme (KiVa) in UK primary schools: a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
The effects and costs of an anti-bullying programme (KiVa) in UK primary schools: a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial
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Richard Watkins @drrwatkins.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Great to see schools in north Wales contributing to this important new research. theconversation.com/making-bully...
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Making bullying everyone’s concern reduces rates in English and Welsh primary schools – new research
The programme aims to change bystander behaviour, making onlookers more likely to help victims.
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Richard Watkins @drrwatkins.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Diolch BERA for judging our work the winner of the Educational Research and Educational Policy-Making SIG award www.bera.ac.uk/bera-annual-...
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