Early Childhood study in Punjab, Pakistan and Gujarat, India has come to an end. The project has successfully completed and published a final report in which a foreword is contributed by Ziauddin Yousafzai (Malala's father and author of Let her Fly)

DECE successfully launched 23 research posters presenting original and innovative research done by the DECE affiliates.

Please register to attend this event on 28th November, Marriott Hotel, Durham.  There will then be brief presentations of the new key findings and implications from our British Academy study of early child education in India and Pakistan (grant code ECE190026), and from our evaluation of the impact of Pupil Premium funding in England (arising from ESRC grant number ES/N012046/).

This week sees the publication of the EEF’s FLASH Marking evaluation. Lead Evaluators, Rebecca Morris and Stephen Gorard, and FLASH Marking developers, Sarah Cunliffe and Leon Walker, summarise the findings from the report.

Beng Huat See presented a Keynote at the Luxembourg Education Research Association on Tackling Educational Inequalities in Luxembourg and Beyond on 11th November.

Chris Brown and Rille Raaper were invited to participate in the CHER 2020 roundtable discussion ‘Reflections on the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Teaching and Learning’ on 13th November 2020.

At 5:30pm on November 23rd, Feyisa Demie will be presenting a free webinar with The Chartered College of Teaching investigating the impact of Covid-19 and school closures on EAL learners.

Stephen Gorard and Beng Huat See outline shortcomings in Prime Minister's conference announcement regarding cash incentives for STEM teachers

This week sees the publication of the EEF’s FLASH Marking evaluation. Lead Evaluators, Rebecca Morris and Stephen Gorard, co-investigators, Beng Huat See and Nadia Siddiqui and FLASH Marking developers, Sarah Cunliffe and Leon Walker, summarise the findings from the report.

The pandemic has heightened concerns about teachers’ mental wellbeing. Research suggests that there is a strong correlation between teacher wellbeing and teacher attrition. Even before the pandemic, one is six teachers reported feeling stressed.