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Stephen Gorard

@sgorard.bsky.social
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I want to make education research better, to improve educational decision-making. Director of Evidence Centre for Education: www.dur.ac.uk/research/institutes-a…

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Stephen Gorard @sgorard.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
And what a waste of public money on initiatives by BA, Nuffield, ESRC and others to extend and improve research methods skills. Then and now: Twenty years of education research methods use in the United Kingdom - Smith - British Educational Research Journal - Wiley Online Library
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Fabian Education Policy Group @edufabians.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Really looking forward to hearing from the excellent Stephen Gorard at our FEPG meeting at 7.00pm. Zoom link sent already. If you are not a member please see the flyer for details on how to attend. @brianhudson.bsky.social @ukpolicywatch.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @sgorard.bsky.social
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bps-decp.bsky.social @bps-decp.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
#DECP2026 Keynote Prof Stephen Gorard on making the the school system fairer by exploring: ⚖️ factors which impact attainment and exclusion including socio-economic segregation 🔍what drives these inequalities and actions could reduce them #blueskyeps @bpsofficial.bsky.social @sgorard.bsky.social
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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 04/03/2026
The UK Government unveiled its education reforms last week but what do education experts make of them? Professor Stephen Gorard and colleagues share their thoughts. www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur... @sgorard.bsky.social | @durhameducation.bsky.social
School pupils in a classroom with a teacher.
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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 01/04/2026
From pioneering methods now used worldwide to helping schools apply research to boost learning for disadvantaged pupils, find out how Professor @sgorard.bsky.social's evidence-based approach is reshaping education outcomes - bit.ly/4by26AO @durhameducation.bsky.social #DUinspire #DUspotlighton
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Erin Early @erinearly.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Interesting session this morning at #BERA2025 with @sgorard.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social discussing the impact of household income vs free school meal eligibility on academic outcomes in England using the Parent Pupil Matching Dataset.
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Educational Review @edreview.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
📗 Check out this #BookReview by Xiaomeng Tian of "An international approach to developing early career researchers: a pipeline to robust education research" eds. Stephen Gorard (@sgorard.bsky.social) & Nadia Siddiqui 👇 doi.org/10.1080/0013...
Book cover of "An International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers: A Pipeline to Robust Education Research"
Edited By Stephen Gorard & Nadia Siddiqui
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Stephen Gorard @sgorard.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
New free open access paper. How the range of education research expertise has narrowed over 20 years in UK. So-called mixed methods appears to be dying. Most people only know how to do so-called qualitative work. What a shame.
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Stephen Gorard @sgorard.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
And what a waste of public money on initiatives by BA, Nuffield, ESRC and others to extend and improve research methods skills. Then and now: Twenty years of education research methods use in the United Kingdom - Smith - British Educational Research Journal - Wiley Online Library
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Stephen Gorard @sgorard.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
New open access paper in BERJ. What governments could do to improve school enrolment in India and Pakistan. doi.org/10.1002/berj...
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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Interesting article on recent research on school exclusions using data from the Department for Education. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Ethnicity not key factor in England school exclusions, study finds
Exclusive: Researchers say poverty and special educational needs are main reason – but equality campaigners urge caution
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Stephen Gorard @sgorard.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Open access paper. Are ethnic minority students treated differently by teachers of the same ethnicity in England? @nadiasiddiqui22.bsky.social doi.org/10.71002/res...
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Journal | STSL
STSL Press is an international platform for researchers, scientists, engineers, managers, doctors, and professors involved in all streams of research with the purpose of publishing high-quality resear...
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Stephen Gorard @sgorard.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Open access paper. Patterns of school suspensions/exclusions by ethnicity in England. @nadiasiddiqui22.bsky.social t.co/AuMni3Gku
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Stephen Gorard @sgorard.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
New open access paper. What helps to attract ethnic minority teachers in England? We asked 4,000 serving teachers about moving jobs and leaving the profession. @nadiasiddiqui22.bsky.social www.stslpress.org/static/uploa...
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TruthPhoenix @truthphoenix.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Is There One Rule for Our Universe? with Jonathan Gorard youtu.be/MU35Iu2--iI
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Is There One Rule for Our Universe? with Jonathan Gorard
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Dr Becky Wood @thewoodbug.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The journal article is here. Gorard a reliable person when it comes to interpreting DfE data. www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...
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Do School Exclusions and Attainment Outcomes Disproportionately Impact Minority Ethnic Pupils? Analysis of Pupil Characteristics, Segregation, and Outcomes in England
Large-scale administrative datasets show disproportionate figures for attainment outcomes and school exclusions for pupils in some ethnic groups in England. This surface gap in attainment and school e...
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Durham Research Online @drodurham.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Do School Exclusions And Attainment Outcomes Disproportionately Impact Minority Ethnic Pupils? Analysis Of Pupil Characteristics, Segregation, And Outcomes In England by School of Education authors N. Siddiqui, S. Gorard, B.H. See (U. of Birmingham) & Y. Gao: doi.org/10.3390/educsci15010006
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Do School Exclusions and Attainment Outcomes Disproportionately Impact Minority Ethnic Pupils? Analysis of Pupil Characteristics, Segregation, and Outcomes in England
Large-scale administrative datasets show disproportionate figures for attainment outcomes and school exclusions for pupils in some ethnic groups in England. This surface gap in attainment and school e...
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Rebecca Tickell @rebeccatickell.bsky.social · 14/08/2024
Judging the relative trustworthiness of research results: How to do it and why it matters (Gorard, 2024) #eduresearch bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Review of Education | BERA Educational Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
This paper describes, and lays out an argument for, the use of a procedure to help groups of reviewers to judge the quality of prior research reports. It argues why such a procedure is needed, and ho....
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Stephen Gorard @sgorard.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Open access paper. Are ethnic minority students treated differently by teachers of the same ethnicity in England? @nadiasiddiqui22.bsky.social doi.org/10.71002/res...
doi.org
Journal | STSL
STSL Press is an international platform for researchers, scientists, engineers, managers, doctors, and professors involved in all streams of research with the purpose of publishing high-quality resear...
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Stephen Gorard @sgorard.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Open access paper. Patterns of school suspensions/exclusions by ethnicity in England. @nadiasiddiqui22.bsky.social t.co/AuMni3Gku
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Stephen Gorard @sgorard.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
New open access paper. What helps to attract ethnic minority teachers in England? We asked 4,000 serving teachers about moving jobs and leaving the profession. @nadiasiddiqui22.bsky.social www.stslpress.org/static/uploa...
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Stephen Gorard @sgorard.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Just arrived on Bluesky, trying it out. Looking for who to follow, and for followers. Want to move away from what Twitter is now.
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