New paper just published open access in Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

When technical standards fail. Questionnaire wording and the comparability of PISA truancy data - Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability

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...

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Following announcement of plans to expand technical education from age 14, our new briefing note by @robbiemaris.bsky.social @jakeanders.uk & @gillwyness.bsky.social asks: What would it take to achieve parity of esteem between academic and vocational education? econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:ucl:ce...

Huge thanks to all of you who attended our CEPEO annual lecture last week, delivered by Prof Brian A. Jacob. Just days after England's schools officially became "mobile free by default", there was no better time to hear some of the evidence on the effects of phone bans in schools in the US.

New article: Experimental education research: rethinking why, how, and when to use random assignment Out today (even though it’s Saturday): doi.org/10.1080/1380... With @drsamsims.bsky.social @mjinglis.bsky.social @benweidmann.bsky.social @benstyles.bsky.social & Hugues Lortie-Forgues

Experimental education research: rethinking why, how, and when to use random assignment

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...

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📵 England’s school phone ban is now law. So, what actually happens when schools ban phones? CEPEO’s 5th Annual Lecture with Pr Brian Jacob next week cannot be more timely! 📅 Thursday 9 July 2026, 18:00 📍 Central Hall Westminster 👉 Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-annu...

CEPEO Annual Lecture 2026

Join us for the Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities' 5th Annual Lecture, delivered by Professor Brian A. Jacob

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How would minimum entry grades affect opportunities in higher education? This is not a new idea… @gillwyness.bsky.social and Claire Crawford wrote for Economics Observatory about this when it was first mooted in 2022: www.economicsobservatory.com/how-would-mi...

How would minimum entry grades affect opportunities in higher education? - Economics Observatory

The UK government is consulting on the introduction of minimum eligibility requirements for access to student loans. If such a reform is introduced, it is likely to prevent many who miss getting the r...

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How might the UK government's new social media ban impact child development? Our briefing note highlights how excessive screen time (including YouTube use) among early years kids has risks for development of key cognitive skills. econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:ucl:ce...

🚨🚨 4 weeks to go until the 2026 CEPEO #annyleccy! 🚨🚨 Prof. Jacob is going to tell us what happened when schools banned phones in the US -- just as a widespread ban (probably) comes into force in the UK. Sign up at the link below!

UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities@cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Do school phone bans actually work? Join us for CEPEO's 5th Annual Lecture with Prof Brian A. Jacob (Michigan / NBER) presenting new US evidence. 🗓 Thurs 9 July 2026, 18:00 📍 Central Hall Westminster Secure your spot today 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-annu...

There's still time to sign up for @laouthwaite.bsky.social's seminar this afternoon!

UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities@cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This time next week! Don't miss @laouthwaite.bsky.social presenting her new work on identifying additional needs.

📢Dates for your diary! 🕕ILR coming to ECHILD! 11-12, 9 Jun online: tinyurl.com/mwcdu8zm 🕕@laouthwaite.bsky.social seminar on identifying SEND, 3-4, 11 Jun hybrid: tinyurl.com/5yhctwwx 🕕CEPEO #annyleccy on effects of phone bans in schools, 6pm, 9 Jul in person Westminster: tinyurl.com/ypsycptc

This time next week! Don't miss @laouthwaite.bsky.social presenting her new work on identifying additional needs.

UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities@cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Save the date! CEPEO's very own @laouthwaite.bsky.social will be sharing her research on use of the EYFS to identify additional educational needs. 📅11 June 🕒 3pm Join us in person (Room 915, 20 Bedford Way, WC1H 0AP) or use the link below to register for the webinar: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

TALK! TODAY! @dominicpkelly.bsky.social will be presenting his work on the latest wave of the Millennium Cohort Study when the cohort members are in young adulthood. The talk is part of the IOE’s Early Career Network Seminar series. Everyone is welcome- it’s at 1pm, in room 790 at the IOE!

Our @laouthwaite.bsky.social and Claire Crawford have written a report for the Social Mobility Commission, and its out now: they find parents’ education level and activities done at home are strongest predictors of children’s life outcomes socialmobility.independent-commission.uk/parents-apti...

We are excited to announce the next ECHILD Seminar Series to take place online on 9th June 2026, 11:00 to 12:00. Title: What can we learn from the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) within ECHILD? Featuring @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social experts Register: www.ticketsource.com/ucl-institut... Or scan:

Our @dominicpkelly.bsky.social will be presenting his work on “Understanding Late Adolescence and Young Adulthood with the Millennium Cohort Study” tomorrow His talk will feature initial findings from the latest wave of the MCS when the participants were age 23. 1pm @ioe.bsky.social room 790

🎓📊 New update to the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset! Iteration 2.1 extends labour market data to 2023–24 and introduces derived variables for free school meals & special educational needs. Learn more from our ADR-UK blog by Claire Crawford: www.adruk.org/news-publica...

New derived variables available as part of Longitudinal Education Outcomes - Iteration 2.1

This blog by Professor Claire Crawford outlines recent updates to the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset, including the introduction of new derive...

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Following on for our exciting announcement of the new DfE-funded Economics of Education Research Centre, we are delighted to be advertising several new roles in the CEPEO team 🎉

A new Economics of Education Research Centre (EERC) — run by CEPEO, @cep-lse.bsky.social and @theifs.bsky.social — has been awarded a ~£3m DfE contract to build the evidence base on economic and social returns to education and skills, from early years to post-16. www.ucl.ac.uk/consultants/...

UCL-led consortium wins bid to launch new education economics centre

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.

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Save the date! CEPEO's very own @laouthwaite.bsky.social will be sharing her research on use of the EYFS to identify additional educational needs. 📅11 June 🕒 3pm Join us in person (Room 915, 20 Bedford Way, WC1H 0AP) or use the link below to register for the webinar: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Just 5 days to go to apply for our new pre-doc and post-doc positions... Don't let time run out... ⌛ Links to further details below ⬇️

UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities@cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢WE'RE HIRING! 1 pre-doc and 1 post-doc position, both until 31 March 2028 initially. We're a super friendly multi-disciplinary team, though these positions have a strong economics focus. Closing date 20th May. Please share widely! Pre-doc: tinyurl.com/3t75je4a Post-doc: tinyurl.com/ycyrzaxp

England's guidance that “All schools should be mobile phone-free environments by default" becomes statutory on 29th June. Join us just 10 days later for our Annual Lecture from Prof Brian A. Jacob who will share evidence on the effects of phone bans in the US 📵

UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities@cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Do school phone bans actually work? Join us for CEPEO's 5th Annual Lecture with Prof Brian A. Jacob (Michigan / NBER) presenting new US evidence. 🗓 Thurs 9 July 2026, 18:00 📍 Central Hall Westminster Secure your spot today 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-annu...

Iteration 2.1 of the LEO dataset (which brings together education and employment/earnings data in England) is now available and earnings and benefits data are now available up until 2023/24 (up to age 37 for the oldest cohort). Find out more and get access details here: www.gov.uk/government/p...

We're hiring! Come and work for us as Centre Manager... You'll lead the management of CEPEO with respect to personnel and financial functions. We're looking for experience in a complex administrative role and managing large financial budgets. Find out more and apply: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

CEPEO researcher Clare Routledge has written in Schools Week on new research digging into why so many people train to be teachers but do not go on to teach schoolsweek.co.uk/fixing-the-t...

Fixing the teacher pipeline means looking at the joints

Our research found leaks at different stages of the pipeline appear to need different fixes

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📢WE'RE HIRING! 1 pre-doc and 1 post-doc position, both until 31 March 2028 initially. We're a super friendly multi-disciplinary team, though these positions have a strong economics focus. Closing date 20th May. Please share widely! Pre-doc: tinyurl.com/3t75je4a Post-doc: tinyurl.com/ycyrzaxp

UCL – University College London

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).

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Nice to see this work by Claire Crawford and @clscohorts.bsky.social researchers Alina Pelikh and Sam Parsons being covered by @moneybox.bsky.social and other BBC programmes over the weekend. You can listen back here from around 15 minutes: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Money Box - NS&I Delays and Youth Unemployment - BBC Sounds

Bereaved listeners face serious delays in accessing money from NS&I.

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UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies@clscohorts.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Being out of work and education in early adulthood has a 'scarring effect' into midlife, according to a new report by @ucl.ac.uk @ioe.bsky.social researchers, Alina Pelikh, Sam Parsons, and Claire Crawford. Read more on the CLS website - bit.ly/4eNFHCS

🔁 Reposting as a reminder. Don’t miss our upcoming seminar today!

UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities@cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢 Upcoming seminar (UCL CEPEO Spring Series 2026) Revisiting the 'Dominance Approach': An appropriate measure of social origin for those born in Great Britain during the 1950s–1980s? 🎤 Dr Michael Vallely (University of Strathclyde) 📅 30 April 2026 ⏰ 3pm (UK) 🔗 Join us: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📢 Upcoming seminar (UCL CEPEO Spring Series 2026) Revisiting the 'Dominance Approach': An appropriate measure of social origin for those born in Great Britain during the 1950s–1980s? 🎤 Dr Michael Vallely (University of Strathclyde) 📅 30 April 2026 ⏰ 3pm (UK) 🔗 Join us: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: CEPEO Seminar Series. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: CEPEO Seminar Series. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

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📢 Upcoming seminar (UCL CEPEO Spring Series 2026) Revisiting the 'Dominance Approach': An appropriate measure of social origin for those born in Great Britain during the 1950s–1980s? 🎤 Dr Michael Vallely (University of Strathclyde) 📅 30 April 2026 ⏰ 3pm (UK) 🔗 Join us: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: CEPEO Seminar Series. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: CEPEO Seminar Series. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

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New data alert! 🚨 Our #LEARNineq team at UCL CEPEO is diving into the latest wave of the Millennium Cohort Study. Tracking UK people born in 2000, it looks at changes in education, work, health & families to help tackle educational inequality. Learn more: cls.ucl.ac.uk/millennium-c...

Millennium Cohort Study Age 23 data now available | CLS

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

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