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A critical evaluation of regression discontinuity studies in school effectiveness research (2024)
Journal Article
Simpson, A. (online). A critical evaluation of regression discontinuity studies in school effectiveness research. International Journal of Research & Method in Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/1743727X.2024.2412730

School start regulations allocate children born immediately either side of a given date to different life paths: those slightly older starting school a full year earlier. School effectiveness literature exploits this to estimate causal effects descri... Read More about A critical evaluation of regression discontinuity studies in school effectiveness research.

Post-16 students’ experience of practical science during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on students’ self-efficacy in practical work (2024)
Journal Article
Cramman, H., Arenas, B., Awais, R., Balaban, C., Cropper, C., Dennis, F., Finch, K., Gray, H., Hall, A., Kitchen, G., Norman, K., O’Driscoll, L., Petts, P., Petri, S., Robson, J., Rosenburgh, A., Shields, L., Swift, G. P., & Vaughan, H. (2024). Post-16 students’ experience of practical science during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on students’ self-efficacy in practical work. Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2, 39-69. https://doi.org/10.62512/etlhe.14

This paper presents the findings from a detailed study investigating UK undergraduate students’ experience of practical science in their post-16 studies during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also examines their perceived confidence and preparedness in rel... Read More about Post-16 students’ experience of practical science during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on students’ self-efficacy in practical work.

Improving the recruitment and retention of ethnic minority teachers: What is the evidence on the best approach? (2024)
Journal Article
See, B., Gorard, S., Gao, Y., Hitt, L., Demie, F., Tereshchenko, A., Siddiqui, N., & el Soufi, N. (in press). Improving the recruitment and retention of ethnic minority teachers: What is the evidence on the best approach?. Review of Education,

This paper reports on the findings of a comprehensive structured review of the factors that can help explain and perhaps improve the recruitment and retention of ethnic minority teachers in schools. This issue has been a policy concern in several cou... Read More about Improving the recruitment and retention of ethnic minority teachers: What is the evidence on the best approach?.

Uncovering individualised treatment effects for educational trials (2024)
Journal Article
Xiao, Z., Hauser, O., Kirkwood, C., Li, D. Z., Ford, T., & Higgins, S. (2024). Uncovering individualised treatment effects for educational trials. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 22606. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-73714-z

Large-scale Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) are widely regarded as “the gold standard” for testing the causal effects of school-based interventions. RCTs typically present the statistical significance of the average treatment effect (ATE), which... Read More about Uncovering individualised treatment effects for educational trials.

State of Effectiveness Research on Support to Children’s Education in Conflicts and Protracted Crises (2024)
Report
Diazgranados, S., Sloane, P., Thuo, B., & N. Almassri, A. (2024). State of Effectiveness Research on Support to Children’s Education in Conflicts and Protracted Crises. Education Research in Conflict and Protracted Crisis (ERICC) Consortium

This policy brief synthesises findings from a forthcoming review of effectiveness research on education interventions in conflict and protracted crisis settings. It outlines the types of effectiveness research available, the populations targeted, and... Read More about State of Effectiveness Research on Support to Children’s Education in Conflicts and Protracted Crises.

Exploring the development of adolescents’ scientific creativity among science fair winners through the lens of resilience (2024)
Journal Article
Chiang, J.-L., Yeh, Y.-C., & Lee, J.-Y. (2024). Exploring the development of adolescents’ scientific creativity among science fair winners through the lens of resilience. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 54, Article 101647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2024.101647

Scientific creativity plays a crucial role in formulating innovative solutions to complex scientific problems. This study explored the development and performance of scientific creativity among winners of a national science fair (NSF) through the per... Read More about Exploring the development of adolescents’ scientific creativity among science fair winners through the lens of resilience.

The academic achievement gap between students with and without special educational needs and disabilities (2024)
Journal Article
Daniel, J. (online). The academic achievement gap between students with and without special educational needs and disabilities. European Journal of Special Needs Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/08856257.2024.2400771

Legislative frameworks in England have been designed to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Despite efforts from policy makers, achievement gaps persist between students with SEND and their typically developing pe... Read More about The academic achievement gap between students with and without special educational needs and disabilities.

Expanding Refugee Access to National Education Systems: The State of the Evidence on Enabling Factors, Constraints, and Interventions (2024)
Report
Pacifico, A., Ferrans, S., Almassri, A., & Kebe, G. (2024). Expanding Refugee Access to National Education Systems: The State of the Evidence on Enabling Factors, Constraints, and Interventions. Education Research in Conflict and Protracted Crisis (ERICC) Consortium

This policy brief summarises actionable findings from the ERICC Evidence Review: Expanding Refugee Access to National Education Systems: The State of the Evidence (forthcoming) to further highlight evidence gaps and research needs. These findings may... Read More about Expanding Refugee Access to National Education Systems: The State of the Evidence on Enabling Factors, Constraints, and Interventions.

The emergence of multipolarity in global higher education: the Belt and Road Initiative and African students’ motivations to pursue postgraduate education in China (2024)
Journal Article
Gao, F., Lo, W. Y. W., & Ng, F. S. K. (online). The emergence of multipolarity in global higher education: the Belt and Road Initiative and African students’ motivations to pursue postgraduate education in China. Educational Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2024.2399730

The past decade has witnessed an unprecedented transformation of China into an important “receiving” nation for international student mobility (ISM), underscored by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)-tied African countries becoming the main import ma... Read More about The emergence of multipolarity in global higher education: the Belt and Road Initiative and African students’ motivations to pursue postgraduate education in China.

Special Educational Needs and Disability tribunals: Dyslexia, scientific validity and equity (2024)
Journal Article
Elliott, J., Stanbridge, J., & Branigan, K. (online). Special Educational Needs and Disability tribunals: Dyslexia, scientific validity and equity. British Educational Research Journal, https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.4070

This paper examines the operation of the English Special Educational Needs and Disability tribunal system in relation to children who present with a dyslexia diagnosis. It identifies a number of significant weaknesses; in particular, the absence of c... Read More about Special Educational Needs and Disability tribunals: Dyslexia, scientific validity and equity.

Lack of effect of a parent‐delivered early language intervention: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial completed during COVID‐19 (2024)
Journal Article
Burgoyne, K., Hargreaves, S., Akhter, N., Cramman, H., Eerola, P., Einbeck, J., & Menzies, V. (online). Lack of effect of a parent‐delivered early language intervention: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial completed during COVID‐19. JCPP Advances, Article e12279. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12279

Background: Parents play a key role in their child's early development but evidence that parental engagement strategies are effective is unclear. The current study evaluated a parent‐delivered early language teaching programme that aimed to support c... Read More about Lack of effect of a parent‐delivered early language intervention: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial completed during COVID‐19.

Appreciating international scholarships’ potential impact in Palestine’s extreme context (2024)
Journal Article
Almassri, A. (2024). Appreciating international scholarships’ potential impact in Palestine’s extreme context. International Journal of Educational Development, 10, Article 103118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103118

The article presents original findings of career gains perceived by 32 Palestinian alumnae and alumni of 12 master’s scholarship programs. I draw on these original findings in responding to one key research question: How do scholarships work, or not,... Read More about Appreciating international scholarships’ potential impact in Palestine’s extreme context.

The Links Between Higher Education Expansion, Intakes, and Funding in China (2024)
Book Chapter
Zhao, J. (2024). The Links Between Higher Education Expansion, Intakes, and Funding in China. In V. Boliver, & N. Siddiqui (Eds.), Researching Social Inequalities in Higher Education: Access, Diversity and Inclusion (44-62). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003452430-5

This chapter discusses expansion of higher education (HE) in China and documents some of the ways in which regional inequalities in the quantity and quality of HE provision have been exasperated as a result. As the author notes, in less than three de... Read More about The Links Between Higher Education Expansion, Intakes, and Funding in China.

Do Supported Progression and Bursary Initiatives Improve Student Outcomes? (2024)
Book Chapter
Siddiqui, N. (2024). Do Supported Progression and Bursary Initiatives Improve Student Outcomes?. In V. Boliver, & N. Siddiqui (Eds.), Researching Social Inequalities in Higher Education: Access, Diversity and Inclusion. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003452430-3

Financial incentives have been widely implemented for the improvement of participation and subsequent educational outcomes of disadvantaged and underrepresented students in education. This chapter presents an evaluation of a well-designed and careful... Read More about Do Supported Progression and Bursary Initiatives Improve Student Outcomes?.

Access to Higher Education (2024)
Book Chapter
Siddiqui, N., & Boliver, V. (2025). Access to Higher Education. In N. Siddiqui, & V. Boliver (Eds.), Researching Social Inequalities in Higher Education. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003452430-15

The book chapters delve into the sociology of higher education, shedding light on international challenges and barriers to higher education access. ­Despite the substantial growth in the higher education sector, access opportunities remain limited, a... Read More about Access to Higher Education.

Unpacking Diversity in UK Commuter Students' Experiences (2024)
Book Chapter
Maslin, E. (2024). Unpacking Diversity in UK Commuter Students' Experiences. In V. Boliver, & N. Siddiqui (Eds.), Researching Social Inequalities in Higher Education: Access, Diversity and Inclusion (81-99). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003452430-8

In the United Kingdom around a quarter of undergraduate students are considered ‘commuters'. Despite this little is known about this group, partly due to a lack of a wider UK Higher Education (HE) sector definition. Existing research has focused on w... Read More about Unpacking Diversity in UK Commuter Students' Experiences.

Compassionate inquiry: digital storytelling and the ethics of care (2024)
Journal Article
Ward, S., Dragas, T., Mazzoli Smith, L., Ross, K., & Miao, Z. (online). Compassionate inquiry: digital storytelling and the ethics of care. Teaching in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2024.2394600

In this paper we identify the use of Digital Storytelling (DS) as a mode of pedagogy aligned with an ethics of care. We consider how DS, as summative assessment, may foreground care ethics such as attentiveness, responsiveness, and trust. Our interes... Read More about Compassionate inquiry: digital storytelling and the ethics of care.

Simple techniques to bypass GenAI text detectors: implications for inclusive education (2024)
Journal Article
Perkins, M., Roe, J., Vu, B. H., Postma, D., Hickerson, D., McGaughran, J., & Khuat, H. Q. (2024). Simple techniques to bypass GenAI text detectors: implications for inclusive education. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 21, Article 53. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-024-00487-w

This study investigates the efficacy of six major Generative AI (GenAI) text detectors when confronted with machine-generated content modified to evade detection (n = 805). We compare these detectors to assess their reliability in identifying AI-gene... Read More about Simple techniques to bypass GenAI text detectors: implications for inclusive education.