July 2023 - March 2024
Project Library
LangQuest-EY: A self-report educator questionnaire to assess confidence in language supporting practices in early years settings
Download the LangQuest-EY questionnaire for early years educators to report on their confidence in using language-supporting strategies.
UK secondary school students’ motivations for learning Chinese as a Foreign Language
June 2023 - July 2024
We explored students’ motivation for learning Chinese compared to European languages (French, German and Spanish) in five comprehensive secondary schools in the Oxford area.
Technological promises and policy visions: AI discourses in education policy documents
May 2023 - April 2025
This project examines how AI is framed in education policy documents, focusing on the narratives, assumptions, and interests shaping policy discourse.
Understanding and responding to the needs of kinship families from Black and Asian communities
April 2023 - October 2024
Working in partnership with Kinship and supported by the KPMG Foundation this study will focus on kinship carers from Black and Asian communities, using interviews and standardised measures to better understand their experiences and needs and provide recommendations for practice and policy.
TeacherCoach: AI solutions
January 2023 - December 2024
How can we harness AI chatbot capabilities to offer meaningful ‘just in time support’?
Online Professional Development for Delivering the Mathematical Reasoning Programme in Year 2
November 2022 - October 2023
This EEF-funded pilot evaluation aims to assess if the Online Teacher Training to implement the Mathematical Reasoning Programme is acceptable to teachers and effective in preparing them and their supporting TAs to deliver the programme.
Lit in Colour Pioneers Pilot: The effect of studying a text by an author of colour
2022 - 2024
This project researches the impact of studying a text by an author of colour, utilising access granted by the Edexcel Lit in Colour Pioneers Pilot.
Improving the oral language skills of children with English as an Additional Language through a drama-based intervention
September 2022 - September 2023
This multi-phase project aimed to develop and pilot a drama-based intervention for improving monolingual and bilingual children’s oral language skills in English.
Evaluation of the Pupil Premium Plus Post-16 Programme
September 2022 - March 2025
The Rees Centre is working in partnership with Cordis Bright on an evaluation for the Department for Education of its Pupil Premium Plus Post-16 programme.
Developing language-responsive mathematics classrooms
July 2022 - April 2025
Learning maths involves reasoning about abstract ideas, making connections between ideas and their representations, developing arguments and justifications, and solving a range of problems.
The Responsible Knowledge Exchange, Engagement and Impact (RKEEI) Framework
January 2022 - November 2023
The Responsible Knowledge Exchange, Engagement and Impact 2021-24 (RKEEI) project has brought together KEEI professionals and researchers in a series of workshops and interviews to conceptualise and support responsible knowledge exchange, engagement and impact practice and to co-create a resource and framework to support responsible KEEI practices.
International Mobility and World Development
January 2022 - May 2025
This research project examines the systemic impacts of international mobility, focusing on the movement of students, professionals, and youth.