March 2017 - July 2019
Project Library
How do we know if children’s social care services make a difference? Developing an outcomes framework
The study aims to develop an outcomes framework for children’s social care services (CSCS) based on the views of those who plan, deliver and use these services, as well as the existing evidence base.
Intelligent support to improve health care training in the developing world
March 2017 - February 2018
The main aim of this interdisciplinary project is to determine the feasibility for developing intelligent mobile training applications for health care practitioners in the developing world.
Raising Learning Outcomes in Education Systems in Developing Countries
January 2017 - March 2019
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Department for International Development (DfID) Raising Learning Outcomes in Educational Systems Research Programme (RLO) aims to increase understanding of the factors that enable or constrain learning outcomes in developing countries.
Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme (DfE)
January 2017 - November 2020
The Children’s Social Care Innovation Programme was launched by the UK government’s Department for Education (DfE) to test innovative ways of supporting vulnerable children and young people with investment of up to £200m.
Examination reform: The impact of linear and modular examinations at GCSE
January 2017 - April 2019
This project includes a broad research programme on the structural reforms of GCSE that will document their impacts so that policy makers can better understand the likely effects of future reform agendas in this area.
Exclusion of Looked After Children from English secondary schools
January 2017 - January 2019
This study is exploring reasons for fixed term exclusions, outcomes by the age of 16 and the perspectives of excluded looked after young people, their foster carers, social workers and designated teachers.
ISOTIS: Inclusive Education and Social Support to Tackle Inequalities in Society
January 2017 - December 2019
ISOTIS is a collaborative project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme, that includes 17 partners from 11 countries.
The unequal representation of ethnic minorities in Special Education in England: Extent, causes and consequences
January 2017 - December 2018
This project will determine whether pupils from some ethnic minorities are more likely to be identified with some types of special educational needs compared to White British pupils, and whether this can be explained by demographic variables such as poverty or educational achievement.
eCraft2Learn
January 2017 - December 2018
The eCraft2Learn project is researching, designing, piloting and validating an ecosystem based on digital fabrication and making technologies for creating computer-supported artefacts.
Outcomes of Open Adoption in Australia
October 2016 - October 2022
The project is a collaboration between the University of Oxford UK and Barnardos Australia.
Aga Khan University Language Policy Thinking Group
October 2016 - June 2017
Read the AKU Language Policy Thinking Group Literature Review.
Assessment and Psychometrics Research Fellowship
October 2016 - October 2020
Principal Investigator: Professor Jo-Anne Baird; Research Fellow: Dr Joshua McGrane; Collaborators: Dr Lena Gray (AQA), Dennis Opposs (Ofqual), Dr Tina Isaacs (UCL).