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New SIG – Alternative Education

On September 22, 2014 �鶹��Ժ Council approved a new SIG - Alternative Education. The SIG will focus on practices, history, theory and philosophy underpinning and supporting educational activity...

UK Strategic Forum for Research in Education (SFRE) Final Report

The SFRE final report was published in July 2010 and can be found here. For other reports or SFRE-related material, please visit the archived website which is no longer maintained but is a...

�鶹��Ժ Publishes 40@40 – 40 landmark studies that celebrate educational research

�鶹��Ժ has published a collection of 40 landmark studies that have had a significant impact on educational policy,  practice, research methodology and/or theory over the past 40 years. The final...

Teaching methods explain the China-England results gap in maths

Primary school pupils in China do much better at maths than their counterparts in England because of the type of teaching Chinese teachers use, a study  presented to �鶹��Ժ Conference has concluded.

Streaming pupils by ability in primary school widens the attainment gap

The practice of “streaming” children by ability in the early years of primary school is widening the achievement gap between children from better-off homes and those facing disadvantage,...

The �鶹��Ժ Timeline

The �鶹��Ժ Timeline is a resource that charts key moments both for the Association and also for educational research in the UK. Our intention is that this will draw as much as possible on existing...

Annual Conference 2014

23rd-25th September 2014 Institute of Education, London�鶹��Ժ celebrated its 40th anniversary conference, attended by over 900 delegates. With a record number of submissions and exceptional...

�鶹��Ժ Conference 2015

Registration and Abstract Submission now open! Welcome to the �鶹��Ժ Annual Conference 2015 which will be held at Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. We were last here in 1998 and...

Press Releases

The place to find any press release issued by �鶹��Ժ. Streaming pupils by ability in primary school widens the attainment gap Click here Poverty, not schools, to blame for exam results...

Research and Teaching

Maths teachers worried about ‘inadequate’ algebra in GCSEs

Many teenagers are embarking on maths A-level courses with an inadequate grasp of algebra because they can get a good grade at GCSE without having mastered it, new research from assessment experts...

Education, Inequality and the One Percent

Geography reveals just how divided we have become. There are places from which it appears almost impossible to succeed educationally and others from where it appears very hard to fail. On any...