Since 2020, Âé¶¹ÒùÔº has been running a large-scale initiative that aims to provide a clear, comprehensive account of the state of education as an academic discipline in universities; as a field of practice; and as a significant and central element of social and political policy in the four nations of the UK. Our hope is that we can equip the discipline as a whole with the most objective and powerful information on which to base their advocacy for, and their efforts to grow the size, influence and impact of, education.
This high-level invitation-only event brought together the outcomes of our commissioned research and analysis and allowed senior leaders from across the discipline to discuss the findings, the wider issues raised and debate how educational research should respond.Â
At this conference we heard from the research teams behind two of the most critical elements of this initiative:
We also discussed the outcomes of a quantitative assessment of the progress of education as an academic discipline in UK universities through the analysis of REF data, comparing the 2021 outcomes to both the 2014 REF and other disciplines.
Draft Programme: