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Quant Hub seminar: Fifteen years of Pupil Premium policy in England. What have we learned from Pupil Parent Matched Data (PPMD)? (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Siddiqui, N. (2025, March). Quant Hub seminar: Fifteen years of Pupil Premium policy in England. What have we learned from Pupil Parent Matched Data (PPMD)?. Presented at Quant Hub seminar, Oxford ,15 Norham Gardens

The introduction and nationwide implementation of the Pupil Premium policy in 2011 was a major policy initiative by the then Coalition Government to address socio-economic segregation between schools in England, and reduce the persistent attainment g... Read More about Quant Hub seminar: Fifteen years of Pupil Premium policy in England. What have we learned from Pupil Parent Matched Data (PPMD)?.

Making Sense of Mathematics Mastery: A comparative judgement approach towards pre-service teachers' understanding (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Heshmati, H., Wang, L., & Barmby, P. (2024, November). Making Sense of Mathematics Mastery: A comparative judgement approach towards pre-service teachers' understanding. Presented at British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics, University of Southampton

Teaching for Mastery (TfM) has been developing for over a decade in England. As a result, there is the need to assess teacher trainees' understanding of concept. We therefore report a preliminary study that tested an alternative approach, called comp... Read More about Making Sense of Mathematics Mastery: A comparative judgement approach towards pre-service teachers' understanding.

Analysis of Teacher Education policy in England (2010-2021) a Corpus based CDA approach (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ridgway, R. (2024, November). Analysis of Teacher Education policy in England (2010-2021) a Corpus based CDA approach. Presented at Universities Council for Teacher Education (UCET) National Conference, Leeds

How do education policies in England construct teacher education? Is this distinct from previous education policy? Can we use new methods to discover discourses? Do education policies in England relate to global education trends? This project was pro... Read More about Analysis of Teacher Education policy in England (2010-2021) a Corpus based CDA approach.

The impact of school disruption on pupils and teachers: The case of a RAAC-hit school in Northeast of England (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Siddiqui, N., & Gorard, S. (2024, September). The impact of school disruption on pupils and teachers: The case of a RAAC-hit school in Northeast of England. Paper presented at BERA Conference 2024, University of Manchester

School as a place for learning serves a broader purpose for pupils, families, and for society more generally. School routines provide a sense of predictability and structure that can be crucial for pupils’ learning and well-being. When these routines... Read More about The impact of school disruption on pupils and teachers: The case of a RAAC-hit school in Northeast of England.

Does Shadow Education Boost Academic Attainment? (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cao, G. (2024, April). Does Shadow Education Boost Academic Attainment?. Paper presented at A hopeful and ambitious education, University of Warwick

Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2022 (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(2022, October). Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2022. Presented at Imagining Better Education 2022, Durham, United Kingdom

The fourth Imagining Better Education conference held at Durham University provided a valuable forum for early career researchers to engage in constructive exchange and scholarly debate on contemporary educational and social... Read More about Imagining Better Education: Conference Proceedings 2022.

Researching Chinese Students in the UK - the Use of Ethnography in Social Media Studies (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhang, Y. (2022, October). Researching Chinese Students in the UK - the Use of Ethnography in Social Media Studies. Presented at Imagining Better Education 2022, Durham, United Kingdom

The growing prevalence of digital media has led to an increasing number of studies investigating its role in people’s lives. Traditionally, ethnographers go to the fieldsite physically to understand people and their culture. Now, with a large amount... Read More about Researching Chinese Students in the UK - the Use of Ethnography in Social Media Studies.

Can Teaching Enthusiasm Partially Predict the Reading Attainment of Low-income Students in Secondary Schools in England? (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, W. (2022, October). Can Teaching Enthusiasm Partially Predict the Reading Attainment of Low-income Students in Secondary Schools in England?. Presented at Imagining Better Education 2022, Durham, United Kingdom

The poverty achievement gap in early reading is a persistent issue in England and around the world, potentially disadvantaging poor students and their further study. This new study employs student-perceived teaching enthusiasm and reading attitudes t... Read More about Can Teaching Enthusiasm Partially Predict the Reading Attainment of Low-income Students in Secondary Schools in England?.

What does school mean to children? (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Siddiqui, N., & Gorard, S. (2023, September). What does school mean to children?. Paper presented at BERA 2023, Aston University, Birmingham

School is a long-term intervention in children’s lives. Children spend many hours in school where the
expectation is that the activities will boost their natural growth and academic potential in the most receptive
years of development. However, lea... Read More about What does school mean to children?.

Developing student-led research: Customer, consumer, colleague, collaborator (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tan, E., Loughlin, E., & Joyce-Gibbons, A. (2023, August). Developing student-led research: Customer, consumer, colleague, collaborator. Paper presented at The 17th Biennial EARLI Conference., Tampere, Finland

Three case studies, three years and three differing student-led methodologies. The common factor across all three case studies is that they are informed by student engagement and have a student-led focus. Research carried out by a team comprising of... Read More about Developing student-led research: Customer, consumer, colleague, collaborator.

Individual participant data meta-analysis: pooled effect of EEF funded educational trials on low baseline attaining group (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Uwimpuhwe, G., Singh, A., Akhter, N., Ashraf, B., Coolen-Maturi, T., Robinson, T., Higgins, S., & Einbeck, J. (2023, July). Individual participant data meta-analysis: pooled effect of EEF funded educational trials on low baseline attaining group. Presented at International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, Dortmund

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), a charity aiming to break the link between socioeconomic disadvantage and pupil attainment, has commissioned over 200 randomised controlled trials. The collection of data from these trials, the `EEF Data Arch... Read More about Individual participant data meta-analysis: pooled effect of EEF funded educational trials on low baseline attaining group.

Astonish The World: Proceedings of the ATW Postgraduate Conference 2022 (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(2022, June). Astonish The World: Proceedings of the ATW Postgraduate Conference 2022. Presented at Astonish The World: ATW Postgraduate Conference 2022, Stephenson College, Durham University

We are delighted to present this Conference Proceedings of the inaugural Astonish the World conference. Held in July 2022, this conference organised by the Stephenson College Middle Common Room, provided a supportive and engaging space for the postgr... Read More about Astonish The World: Proceedings of the ATW Postgraduate Conference 2022.