Research
CeCeps has an active research culture. Research projects based in CeCeps have helped develop the field of policy studies in education and have contributed to a better understanding of the new modes by which policy is developing through government and its agencies and the new partnerships they form. Work on policy both nationally and internationally is designed to critically review how far particular interventions can lead to greater equality in outcomes.
CeCeps members undertake consultancy and knowledge transfer activities designed to engage with policy-makers and others working in the education sector on a range of themes that can enhance educational practice. We have formed partnerships across a range of sectors both in the UK and internationally. Funders of projects based in CeCeps include the ESRC, Dcsf; DfID, Ofsted, Oxfam and Action Aid.
Current research projects:
- The Beyond Access project and Equals newsletter
- Literacy, Attainment, Data and Discourse
- The Educational Strategies of the Black Middle Classes
- Gender, Education and Global Poverty Reducation Initiatives
- Helping parents to choose: an examination of school choice advice policy discourses and networks in England
- Marie Curie Initial Training Networks - Education as Welfare: Enhancing opportunities for socially vulnerable youth in Europe 'EduWel'
- "New" philanthropy, education policy and the state
- Policy enactments in the secondary school: theory and practice
- Stop Violence Against Girls in School
- Transforming girls' education in Nigeria and Tanzania
Completed research projects:
- Evaluation of Schools Whiteboard Expansion (SWE) Project- London Challenge
- Learning to care for young children: training and the acquisition of a 'vocational habitus'
- No outsiders: researching approaches to sexualities. Equality in primary schools
- Remaking Literacy for Schools: Policy Networks and Literacy Paradigms
- Researching the global middle classes
- Negotiating danger, risk and safety: an exploration with young people in an urban neighbourhood