Education research and expertise

Research and expertise

Research is central to everything we do. Our ambition is to be a centre for excellence in educational research, fostering a culture of lifelong learning and facilitating education for all.

The Linguistic challenges of the transition from primary to secondary school

This ESRC-funded project uses methods from corpus linguistics to explore the linguistic challenges faced by students when they move from primary to secondary school and how these might be addressed.

REACH (REAding for CompreHension) Primary

The REACH Primary project, funded by the EEF, is an educational trial designed to improve the reading skills of Year 3 pupils through individual support delivered by trained Teaching Assistants.

The early take-up of Core Mathematics: Successes and Challenges

The Core Maths project investigates how provision of this new post-16 mathematics qualification is developing across England, including why it is succeeding in certain institutions but not in others.

Research and expertise
Research Spotlight: Language
Research Spotlight: REACH
Research spotlight: Core Maths

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Our research

Research is central to all of our work within the School of Education. Our ambition is to be a centre for excellence in educational research. We hope to foster a culture of lifelong learning – facilitating the education of the next generation of global citizens and helping individuals to reach their potential, work towards meeting global challenges, and bring about a more inclusive and just society.

We conduct world-leading, impact-led research in the areas of: language education; applied linguistics and approaches to language analysis; childhood and youth studies; inclusive education and social justice; science and maths education; educational policy and curriculum enactment; and digital education.

Our research is organised around four research centres whose staff deliver teaching and supervision to our students at all levels, and which include a large and active community of postgraduate researchers.