Institute of Education London

Research

The Department of Lifelong and Comparative Education hosts internationally recognised scholars and researchers who carry out research within and across countries on education, learning and training over the life course. The department is leader in comparative, qualitative and quantitative methods research in a wide-range of historical and contemporary fields such as  

1. Compulsory, higher, further and adult education
2. Professionalism, employability, and work-place learning
3. Adult literacy, language and numeracy
4. Social cohesion and economic competiveness
5. Civic co-operation and value diversity

The department plays a central role in informing skills policies in Britain, and shaping policy-makers understanding of the role of lifelong learning in promoting economic prosperity and mechanisms that hold societies together.

Current research projects:

Assessment Careers: enhancing learning pathways through assessment

Recently completed research projects:

Music for Life