This paper presents a case study of how an undetected wording change in the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) may have led to erroneous conclusions. We focus on a survey que...

By Robbie Maris, Jake Anders, Tammy Campbell and Gill Wyness; Abstract: It is a widely recognised problem that vocational education and training (VET) is stigmatised around the world. This

By Robbie Maris, Jake Anders and Gill Wyness; Abstract: A strong post-16 education system needs credible pathways for young people with different interests, strengths and

Over the last twenty years, education researchers have increasingly conducted randomized experiments. Such experiments are usually designed in the hope of supporting comparisons of cost effectivene...

Over the last twenty years, education researchers have increasingly conducted randomized experiments. Such experiments are usually designed in the hope of supporting comparisons of cost effectivene...

Everyone knows RCTs are the gold standard of evidence...right?

The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has a long-established tradition of sociological research, and we wish to recruit a sociologist with excellent

A contract worth almost £3 million has been awarded by the Department for Education (DfE) to UCL Consultants Ltd, to establish a research centre for education economics.

In educational settings, AI can be used as a learning aid, but can also be used to avoid schoolwork, thereby passing classes while learning little. Many existing studies on the impact of AI on educati...

Today the UK Statistics Authority has announced the resignation of Sir Ian Diamond as the UK’s National Statistician. Since joining the organisation more than five and a half years ago, Sir Ian has l...

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Research on maths teaching in English secondary schools upends decades of debate over mixed-ability education

Data from the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) Age 23 Sweep are now available to download from the UK Data Service.

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Modern Britain needs young people with degrees – here’s how to make sure they still have somewhere to study them

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The UK Data Service provides access to a wide range of economic, social, and population data for research, teaching, and learning.

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

The British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 mont...

Abstract. While the association between apprenticeship dropout and negative labour market consequences is well documented, the causal link and social strat

The relationship between improving teaching through professional development (PD) and promoting educational equality remains under-researched. This study addresses this gap using a cross-national and ...