This week CTTR researchers published a new article in the British Educational Research Journal 🎓 They find that offsite PPA may function as a strong indicator of leaders' professional trust in teachers. ➡️ bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

❄️Our winter seminar series kicks off next week, with the excellent @hettieburn.bsky.social ❄️ She will be talking about her work on play based learning in early childhood 3pm on Thursday 22nd January sign up below: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #winterofnewcontent

📢 We’re hiring at CeMPA @ISERessex! Join our cutting-edge research team to work on dynamic microsimulation (SimPaths) & tackle key policy issues: inequality, ageing, health & more. Apply now:

Loved working in the intersection of heath and edu policy for this one. In recent years many LAs have restricted the opening of new fast food outlets near schools. However more evidence is needed to inform these policies and (🤞) to defend them in the courts. So we're working on that evidence!

NIHR ARC East of England@arceastofengland.bsky.social · last yr.

🍟 How do takeaways near schools and homes impact childhood obesity? Our latest blog explores how local food environments shape children’s health and why addressing them is crucial to preventing future health conditions. Read more here➡️ arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/news-blogs/b...

It’s great to now have this evidence. It also shows why ministerial/HMT demands for more evidence before approving spending can be misguided. As @instituteforgovernment.org.uk previously argued it takes at least 5yrs to gather evidence for big preventive programmes. Ministers need to show leadership

The Institute for Fiscal Studies@theifs.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: Sure Start generated widespread, long-lasting benefits for children in education, health, absences, and SEND. Every £1 of up-front spending on Sure Start could generate around £2 in total benefits over the long run. THREAD on our new ‪@nuffieldfoundation.org‬-funded report: [1/11]

I'm back! Helping to deliver policy training here definitely my favourite side hustle

There are some real positive signs in the latest ITT recruitment data of improvement vs last year, especially in secondary. I will hold off updating the forecast until tomorrow, when targets are published. But it's interesting to see where the growth is and isn't coming from...🧵

My new report with @smfthinktank.bsky.social shows that 1 in 6 ‘apprentices’ are now university graduates, while the number of entry-level apprenticeships (aimed at school and college leavers) has collapsed from 260,650 in 2017 to 70,840 in 2024. Find out more here: bit.ly/3DXrd2S

A level of uncertainty: How to resolve the debate over the future of Level 7 apprenticeships - Social Market Foundation.

former government adviser Tom Richmond's analysis challenges the view of high-level apprenticeships are beneficial for social mobility

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Fascinating paper by Claudia Goldin on drivers of low fertility in advanced economies. Countries where economic progress outstrips social progress (in particular, gender equality in household division of labour) see the most rapid falls in fertility.. www.nber.org/papers/w33311

Happy to have been invited to the University of Westminster today! Some strong challenges to the 2014 Wolf reforms posed by Pete Urwin: potentially negative employment effects for the ~10-15% lowest attaining

In 2020 and 2021, the Department for Education in England implemented widely controversial policies on student grading, and in-so-doing laid bare some of the deep tensions and inequalities in our existing system. This week I published a book chapter on it: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/education....

Educational Equity in a Global Context

How do we reconcile individual student needs with the demands of school, district, and national education programs? What are school-based professionals to do in…

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🚀🌤️ New paper with Angus Holford out in Journal of Health Economics! Switching to universal free school meals reduces obesity in kids in England. Larger effects for younger children, but benefits seem cumulative over time. Paper here 👇 tinyurl.com/yc7y2azm