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Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
  13. Ivanenko N. (2020). Texting slang as one of the most common groups of everyday youth Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 187, pp. 38-45
  14. Ivanenko N. (2019). Computer use in foreign language Intellectual and Emotional Components of Foreign Language Learning: Latest Trends and Challenges for Higher Education. Kyiv, pp. 152 – 158.
  15. Ivanenko N. (2019). Initial stages of elaborating a project in a foreign language classroom. Science and Society. Hamilton, Canada, pp. 13 – 20.
  16. Ivanenko N. (2019). Project-based learning as a way to incorporate effective foreign language teaching. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 177, pp. 207 – 211
  17. Ivanenko N. (2019). Youth vocabulary as a reflection of changes in modern society. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 175, pp. 34 – 39.
  18. Ivanenko N. (2018). Promoting citizenship education in the English language Proceedings of the IV International Conference. Kyiv, pp. 130 – 137
  19. Ivanenko N. (2018). Educating global citizens at a foreign language class. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, – pp. 494 – 500
  20. Ivanenko N. (2018). Formation of civic values through teaching a foreign language. Proceedings of the II International Conference “Foreign Language in Professional Training of Specialists: Problems and Strategies”. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 189-191
  21. Ivanenko N. (2017). Citizenship education in the English language classroom. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 154. – pp. 92 – 97
  22. Ivanenko N. (2017). Education for democratic citizenship: teaching virtues and values. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 152, pp. 110-113
  23. Ivanenko N. (2016). Citizenship education as a way to develop moral fluency to solve social and political challenges of the future. Scientific Journal of Ariel University. Israel: Ariel University.
  24. Ivanenko N. (2016). Functioning peculiarities of lexical units of the RESPECT concept in the English language. Proceedings of the International Conference “Linguistic and Linguacultural Aspects of Teaching Foreign Languages in Ukrainian Universities”. Dnipropetrovsk, pp. 87-94
  25. Ivanenko N. (2016). Semantic relationships of lexical units of the concept of love in the English language. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, pp. 221-226
  26. Ivanenko N. (2015). Citizenship education as the coordination and integration of educational establishment and community. Research Proceedings of the national University “Ostrog Academy”. Ostrog, pp. 136-142
  27. Ivanenko N. (2015). The value of citizenship education in practices of student governing body Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 136. pp. 438-442

Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 3: Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical performance. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 2: Pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. & Clinckemaillie, L. (2017). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 1: Teacher perspectives after one year. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2014). Developing grade descriptions for the new GCSEs: considerations and challenges. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=developing-grade-descriptions-new-gcses-considerations-and-challenges  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tremain, K. (2013). How policy formation and implementation interacts with risks to high stakes qualifications. Manchester: AQA Centre for Education Research and Practice. https://www.aqa.org.uk/about-us/our-research/research-library/paper?path=how-policy-formation-and-implementation-interacts-risks-high-stakes-qualifications

Selected Conferences

The assessment of behaviours in apprenticeship end point assessments. Tonin, D., Clarke, L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Dublin (2022).

The use of remote invigilation – awarding organisation views on its introduction and impact. Cadwallader, S. M & Tonin, D. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, online (2021).

Evaluating the impact of A level qualification reform on science practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Lisbon (2019).

Valid discrimination in the assessment of practical skills. Cadwallader, S. M. Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Prague (2017).

What is the meaning of a grade? Developing grade descriptors that are fit for purpose. Cadwallader, discussion group chaired at: Association for Educational Assessment (AEA Europe) conference, Tallinn (2014).

What should be keeping us up at night? Perspectives on the key threats to the general qualification system. Meadows, M.L. & Cadwallader, S.M. Cambridge Assessment Conference – Examining Risk, Cambridge (2012).

The Implicit Theories of Intelligence of Gifted and Talented Adolescents and how they Relate to Academic Goals and Achievement. Cadwallader, S. M. British Educational Research Association conference, Edinburgh (2008).

Zhengyuan is a highly motivated DPhil candidate in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, with a strong passion for research and a deep commitment to advancing the field of language and cognition. She is currently supported by Swire Scholarship.

After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, Zhengyuan pursued a MSc degree in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. During her studies, she developed a keen interest in adult second language learning and processing, which has since become the focus of her research.

As a DPhil candidate, Zhengyuan is currently working on their doctoral thesis, which explores the acquisition and processing of grammar and semantics in adult second language learning. Her research is focused on statistical learning approach, with the goal of uncovering new insights and contributing to the wider body of knowledge in their field.

Ernesto is interested in several aspects of language learning, cognition and education in different international settings, especially in the Global South. He is currently a Research Officer for TalkTogether, a UKRI GCRF-funded research project based at the Department of Education at the University of Oxford.

Ernesto holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics for his experimental and corpus-informed work on the interaction between children’s working memory and subject-verb agreement. He has been employed in different capacities as a researcher/teacher by the Open University (UK), University of Westminster and the University of Havana.

He has acted as a resource person on IDRC-funded large-scale projects led by PI Freda Wolfenden, working with education researchers, experts and stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean (Honduras, Jamaica, Argentina, Colombia), Africa (Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya) and Asia (India, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Pakistan, Vietnam).

Publications

Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto and Ibbotson, Paul (2023). Working memory training improves children’s syntactic ability but not vice versa: A randomized control trial. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 227, article no. 105593. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105593

Ibbotson, Paul and Roque-Gutierrez, Ernesto (2023). The Development of Working Memory: Sex Differences in Accuracy and Reaction Times. Journal of Cognition and Development (Early Access). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2023.2178437

Gimenez, Julio; Baldwin, Mark; Breen, Paul; Green, Julia; Roque Gutierrez, Ernesto; Paterson, Richard; Pearson, Jayne; Percy, Martin; Specht, Doug and Waddell, Guy (2020). Reproduced, reinterpreted, lost: Trajectories of scientific knowledge across contexts. Text & Talk, 40(3) pp. 293–324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/text-2020-2059

Prior to joining TalkTogether, Hannah worked at the intersection of education and international development. Her work focused on designing and evaluating interventions and programmes targeting children, teachers and parents in low- and middle-income countries.

Hannah is fluent in Kiswahili and is particularly interested in the influence of language, culture and environment on early childhood development, especially socio-emotional skills. Hannah gained an MSc in Education and Child Development from the University of Oxford, and a BA Hons in African Studies and Swahili from SOAS, University of London.

Sara’s research interests are situated where education, policy, assessment and technology meet. She is passionate about equitable access to quality education for all.

Before joining the Department of Education, Sara was studying for her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney where she was awarded the inaugural NESA scholarship from the Centre for Educational Measurement and Assessment (CEMA) and the University of Sydney Doctoral Travel Scholarship which enabled her to spend three terms as a Recognised Student in the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment (OUCEA). Her doctoral research focuses on national education policies and the international assessments used to measure their success.

Prior to her PhD studies, Sara gained a MEd (Leadership) from the University of New South Wales where she wrote her thesis on the future of schooling and emerging technologies. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Psychology from UNSW and a BEd in Primary Education from Edith Cowan University.

During her career, Sara has enjoyed many years as a classroom teacher, school leader, and lecturer in curriculum development. Most recently, she has specialised in assessment, working as a C-suite executive for a global EdTech company and on the OECD’s global PISA for Schools program.

Sara is a Research Officer with the Learning for Families through Technology (LiFT) project which is a collaboration between Ferrero international and three research groups in the Department of Education: Applied Linguistics, Learning and New Technologies, and Families, Effective Learning, and Literacy. The project aims to examine key questions about children’s learning with technology, with a focus on language and literacy skills. Sara’s contribution to the project is centred upon the development of digital book platforms including guidelines for the ethical and effective use of Generative AI in Education and literacy learning.

Sara is also a Department Associate with the Oxford University Centre for Educational Assessment.

Dr Nadiya Ivanenko is a Visiting Research Fellow in the field of civic education and citizenship linguistics. She is a member of the Applied Linguistics research group and Higher Education research group at the Department of Education, University of Oxford.

After receiving PhD in Comparative Linguistics from Kyiv National Linguistic University (2008) Nadiya worked as an Associate Professor of the Germanic Languages and Teaching Methodology Department, Faculty of Ukrainian Philology, Foreign Languages and Social Communications and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Central Ukrainian State University, Ukraine.

Nadiya was a Chevening scholar and Postgraduate researcher at the Department of Education, University of Oxford (2003-2004). She was a Co-chair of the joint UNESCO Chair/UNITWIN project ‘Education as a Humanitarian Response’ (2004-2012); a participant of BECA joint project ‘Education for Democracy’ between Montclair State University (USA) and Kirovohrad State Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Nadiya had internship for teachers of EFL in the Department of Educational and Cultural Programmes at Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, London, UK (2011). She was the Head of the British Council International Mobility Grant ‘Internalizing Higher Education in Ukraine’, which included 2 internships at the University of Durham, UK (2016). She participated in the internship “Retraining in the Field of Teaching Excellence”, Bayreuth University, Germany (Erasmus + Project (2021) and was a coordinator of the Erasmus+ Project: Innovative Approach to Promotion Teaching Excellence (2021-2022) at Central Ukrainian State University.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

  • Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2021). Pedagogy of Freedom in the Paradigmal Space of Modern Education and Upbringing.
  • Ivanenko, N., Liashuk, A. (2021). English Activity Book. Practical Course of English. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury.
  • Ivanenko N. (2008). The Concept of Good in English and Ukrainian Language Pictures of the World. Kirovohrad: KOD.
  • Ivanenko N. (2007). Written Practice and Conversation for 1 Year. Kropyvnytskyi.
  • Garkusha, L., Ivanenko, N. (2004). Critical thinking in life skills training. Kirovohrad.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Ivanenko N. (2019). Citizenship Education, Moral Fluency and Social and Political Future Challenges. In Polish-Jewish History, Culture, Values, and Education between Paradise and Inferno. Irvine, USA: Brown Walker Press (pp. 93-103)
  • Ivanenko N. (2014). Education Change, Transformation, Reforms – a Regional Overview. In N. Ivanenko (Edit.) Education in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 9-45)
  • Ivanenko N. (2013). Vulnerable Children in Ukraine and Educational Response. In M.  Matsumoto (Edit.) Education and Disadvantaged Children and Young People. London: Bloomsbury (pp. 95-132)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2023). A Pedagogy of freedom as a viable basis for implementing gender equality in Ukraine’s educational institutions. International Review of Education, 69(1-2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-023-09995-9
  2. Ivanenko N., Biletska O., Hurbanska S., Hurbanska, A., & Kochmar, D. (2023). English language morphological neologisms reflecting the war in Ukraine. World Journal of English Language, 13(5), pp. 432-438 DOI: doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/wjel.v13n5p432
  3. Ivanenko, N., Boiko, A., Fedorchuk, L., Panchenko, I., & Marieiev, D. (2023). Development of educational policy in Ukraine in the context of European integration and digital transformation. Revista Eduweb, 17(2), 296-305 DOI: https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2023.17.02.25
  4. Ivanenko, N.V., Gerasymenko,Yu. A., Kostenko, V.G. (2023). Innovative approaches to the modernization of philological education and science in Ukraine: a response to the challenges of wartime. Akademichni Vizii, (in Ukrainian). URL: https://academy-vision.org/index.php/av/article/view/281 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7795088
  5. Ivanenko N. (2022). Phraseological units of the conceptual field MARRIAGE in the English picture of the world. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 202 140-146
  6. Bilous, O., Mishchenko, A., Datska, T., Ivanenko, N., Kit, L., Piankovska, I., and Vereshchak, Y. (2021). Modern linguistic technologies: strategy of teaching translation studies. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 13(4), pp. 1-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/21659/rupkatha.v13n4.65
  7. Leleka, T., Ivanenko, N., Moskalenko O., Herasymenko, L., Shevchuk L., Pidlubna, O. (2021). Angloamerican loanwords use in the Ukrainian student slang.  Laplage em Revista, 7(Extra-D): University and science: possible dialogues. pp.163-174. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24115/S2446-622020217Extra-D1081p.163-174
  8. Ivanenko N. (2021). Figurative and valuable component of the MARRIAGE concept. Trends in Science and Practice of Today. Ankara, Turkey, pp. 356-361
  9. Ivanenko N. (2021). Inclusive learning environment for students’ achievements and foreign language development. Priorities in the Development of Science and Education. Budapest, Hungary, pp.74-80
  10. Ivanenko N. (2021). The nominative field of the MARRIAGE concept and the analysis of the synonymous series of its key unit. Research Bulletin. Philological Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi: KOD, 193, pp 218-224 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2522-4077-2021-1-193-218-224
  11. Ivanenko N. (2020). Language intervention stages in project-based learning. Modern Trends in Foreign Language Professional Training in a Multicultural Space. Kyiv, pp. 249 – 255
  12. Rastrygina, A., Ivanenko, N. (2020). Gender comfortable educational environment as a factor of development of personal freedom. Research Bulletin. Pedagogical Sciences. Kropyvnytskyi, 188, pp. 28 – 35 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36550/2415-7988-2020-1-188-28-35
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Stuart is a Departmental Lecturer in Educational Assessment at the Department of Education.

Stuart has a PhD in Education from the University of Warwick. His research interests cover many aspects of educational assessment, including examination standards, the assessment of practical skills, the use of assistive technology for assessment, and the digitisation of assessment.

Prior to January 2022, Stuart was Associate Director for Research at Ofqual, where he helped lead a research programme to support the regulation of examinations and qualifications in England. He has held senior research roles both at Ofqual and at an examination board.

Publications

He, Q. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2022). An investigation of inter-subject comparability in GCSEs and A levels in summer 2021. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-investigation-of-inter-subject-comparability-in-gcses-and-a-levels-in-summer-2021  

Holmes, S., Brylka, A., Case, N., Clarke, L., Howard, E., Keys, E., Tonin D. Cadwallader S.M. (2022). Teacher Assessed Grades in summer 2021: Interviews. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-assessed-grades-in-summer-2022-interviews-and-surveys  

Cadwallader, S. M. & Tonin, D. (2021). The use of assistive technologies for assessment. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment/the-use-of-assistive-technologies-for-assessment  

Lockyer, C. & Cadwallader, S.M. (2020). Internal assessment in existing national technical and vocational qualifications. Ofqual. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863758/Internal_assessment_in_existing_national_technical_and_vocational_qualifications.pdf  

Cadwallader, S. M. (2019). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 5: Final report on the pre- and post-reform evaluation of science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practical work. Paper 4: An analysis of the functioning of items that indirectly assess A level science practical skills. Ofqual. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-impact-of-qualification-reform-on-alevel-science-practical-work 

Cadwallader, S. M., Cuff, B. M. P & Khan, A. (2018). The impact of qualification reform on A level science practica