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Academic Tracking in Germany as a Challenge to Children's Rights: Implications for School Leadership (2025)
Book Chapter
Pham Xuan, R., & Nguyen, D. (2025). Academic Tracking in Germany as a Challenge to Children's Rights: Implications for School Leadership. In Educational Leadership and Children's Rights? Kinderrechte als Führungsaufgabe?. Waxmann. https://doi.org/10.31244/9783830998259_4

Academic tracking in education is the process of assigning students to different classes or schools based on an assessment of their abilities or interests. The aim of tracking policies is to improve the efficiency of the education system by grouping... Read More about Academic Tracking in Germany as a Challenge to Children's Rights: Implications for School Leadership.

Fifteen years of Pupil Premium policy in England (2025)
Book Chapter
Siddiqui, N., & Gorard, S. (in press). Fifteen years of Pupil Premium policy in England. In Perry, & Morris (Eds.), Education Policy 2010-2024. Routledge

The introduction and nationwide implementation of the Pupil Premium policy in 2011 was a major policy initiative by the then Coalition Government to address socioeconomic segregation between schools in England, and reduce the persistent attainment ga... Read More about Fifteen years of Pupil Premium policy in England.

The changing landscape of doctoral education: Conclusions and further research (2025)
Book Chapter
Holley, K. A., Taylor, S., & Kiley, M. (2025). The changing landscape of doctoral education: Conclusions and further research. In S. Taylor, K. Holley, & M. Kiley (Eds.), Global Perspectives on Graduate and Doctoral Education: International Case Studies (181-189). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003582335-17

The articles in this special issue of Innovations in Education and Teaching International provide a global snapshot of the current state of doctoral education. They show variation across national systems, and at the same time, demonstrate that simila... Read More about The changing landscape of doctoral education: Conclusions and further research.

The changing landscape of doctoral education in the UK (2025)
Book Chapter
Taylor, S., & Wisker, G. (2025). The changing landscape of doctoral education in the UK. In S. Taylor, K. Holley, & M. Kiley (Eds.), Global Perspectives on Graduate and Doctoral Education: International Case Studies (156-171). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003582335-15

As elsewhere across the globe, for the past two decades doctoral education in the UK has been in the throes of change. This article seeks to describe and analyse developments in 1) the national framework for doctoral education, 2) institutional struc... Read More about The changing landscape of doctoral education in the UK.

The changing landscape of doctoral education: A framework for analysis and introduction to the Special Issue (2025)
Book Chapter
Taylor, S. (2025). The changing landscape of doctoral education: A framework for analysis and introduction to the Special Issue. In S. Taylor, K. Holley, & M. Kiley (Eds.), Global Perspectives on Graduate and Doctoral Education: International Case Studies (6-22). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003582335-2

Traditionally, doctoral education was a matter of the talented few being apprenticed to learn how to research from masters in their discipline; it was conducted in private in spaces far removed from normal teaching or industry or commerce; the only r... Read More about The changing landscape of doctoral education: A framework for analysis and introduction to the Special Issue.

Supervisor professionalisation, recognition and reward (2025)
Book Chapter
Taylor, S. (2025). Supervisor professionalisation, recognition and reward. In F. Hallett (Ed.), Debates in Doctoral Education: Challenges and Opportunities (75-92). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003483243-8

Over the past three decades or so, doctoral supervision has been transformed from an experientially based role to a professional one which demands a multiplicity of specialised knowledge and skills. This chapter seeks to trace this development and to... Read More about Supervisor professionalisation, recognition and reward.

What is the way forward for research-informed education? (2025)
Book Chapter
Gorard, S., & Chen, W. (in press). What is the way forward for research-informed education?. In D. Wyse, V. Baumfield, N. Mockler, & M. Reardon (Eds.), The BERA-Sage Handbook of Research-Informed Education Practice and Policy. BERA-Sage

This chapter looks at some of the key decisions to be faced in promoting the use of research evidence in policy and practice – the quality of the evidence to be used, and how that quality can be judged. Once the policy/school context has determined t... Read More about What is the way forward for research-informed education?.

Introduction: Ongoing developments in doctoral education (2024)
Book Chapter
Taylor, S., Holley, K. A., & Kiley, M. (2025). Introduction: Ongoing developments in doctoral education. In S. Taylor, K. Holley, & M. Kiley (Eds.), Global Perspectives on Graduate and Doctoral Education International Case Studies (1-5). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003582335-1

A special issue of Innovations in Education and Teaching International, published in August 2023, sought to provide an international overview of recent developments in doctoral education and to describe and analyse aspects of their impact in 14 of th... Read More about Introduction: Ongoing developments in doctoral 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.

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.

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?.

Issues of Access, Diversity, and Inclusion In Contemporary Higher Education (2024)
Book Chapter
Siddiqui, N., & Boliver, V. (in press). Issues of Access, Diversity, and Inclusion In Contemporary Higher Education. In N. Siddiqui, & V. Boliver (Eds.), Researching Social Inequalities in Higher Education. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003452430

This book was originally conceived through conversations between academic researchers from across the career span who come together regularly to share knowledge, ideas, and research in progress as members of the Higher Education and Social Inequality... Read More about Issues of Access, Diversity, and Inclusion In Contemporary Higher Education.

Building research capacity through a pipeline (2024)
Book Chapter
Siddiqui, N., & Gorard, S. (2024). Building research capacity through a pipeline. In S. Gorard, & N. Siddiqui (Eds.), An International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers: A Pipeline to Robust Education Research. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003455066

This book is unusual in having two related objectives. The overarching concern is about assisting the trajectories of researchers at every stage of their career, from conducting an MA thesis to promoted academic posts. And this is the explicit focus... Read More about Building research capacity through a pipeline.

Investigating the surge in the number of students pursuing postgraduate education in China (2024)
Book Chapter
Zhao, J. (2024). Investigating the surge in the number of students pursuing postgraduate education in China. In S. Gorard, & N. Siddiqui (Eds.), An International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers A Pipeline to Robust Education Research. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003455066-20

This chapter presents a tension between the surge in the number of postgraduate examinations and the slow growth of the number of postgraduate admissions in China. It presents a comparison of the background information between a postgraduate and a no... Read More about Investigating the surge in the number of students pursuing postgraduate education in China.

Enhancing our understanding of the complexities of reading difficulties (2024)
Book Chapter
Daniel, J., & Barth, A. (2024). Enhancing our understanding of the complexities of reading difficulties. In S. Gorard, & N. Siddiqui (Eds.), An International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers: A Pipeline to Robust Education Research (27-37). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003455066-5

Reading comprehension is a complex cognitive task that involves the interaction of various subskills. This chapter starts by describing the theoretical framework that underpins reading comprehension and examines the key components associated with thi... Read More about Enhancing our understanding of the complexities of reading difficulties.

What matters in early childhood education? A natural experiment assessing children’s cognitive and social-emotional learning? (2024)
Book Chapter
Siddiqui, N., Gorard, S., Dixon, P., See, B., Bulsari, S., Saeed, S., …Pandya, K. (2024). What matters in early childhood education? A natural experiment assessing children’s cognitive and social-emotional learning?. In S. Gorard, & N. Siddiqui (Eds.), An International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers: A Pipeline to Robust Education Research. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003455066-4

This study addresses the impact of early childhood education in Pakistan and India. This is a natural experiment design where children of comparable age and household socioeconomic characteristics are in both groups of attending school and not attend... Read More about What matters in early childhood education? A natural experiment assessing children’s cognitive and social-emotional learning?.

Evaluation of the impact of Glasses-in-Classes on infant's educational outcomes (2024)
Book Chapter
Dong, L., Cairns, J., Huat See, B., & Gorard, S. (2024). Evaluation of the impact of Glasses-in-Classes on infant's educational outcomes. In S. Gorard, & N. Siddiqui (Eds.), An International Approach to Developing Early Career Researchers: A Pipeline to Robust Education Research. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003455066-12

One obvious factor affecting children's learning in school is their ability to read and write, but this can be hampered if they cannot see properly. Yet many children in the UK have eye conditions that have gone undetected. Even amongst those who do... Read More about Evaluation of the impact of Glasses-in-Classes on infant's educational outcomes.