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What matters in education?

The resources on this page prompt reflection on how to enable more democratic and inclusive decision-making in education.

These briefing notes link to the What matters in education? panel discussion series.  Jointly organised by the UCL Institute of Education Pro-Director Research and the ESRC Education Research Programme (ERP), the series aims to spark new thinking across education, social research and the wider social sciences on how research, policy and practice can most productively interact. 

Teacher recruitment, retention and development - rethinking policy and practice priorities 
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Practical policies or bright ideas? How particular topics get to the front of the policy queue
Pupil absence: Questions for policy, for research and in practice

 

Investing in the Early Years: Priorities and challenges
Education after the election: priorities for change
More or less technology in the classroom – the value and purposes of technology use in school

 

Democratic decision-making in English education: whose voices count?
Education in a broken welfare state - the role schools play in supporting their communities

Watch the full panel discussion

The Curriculum Review: What works, what’s missing, what’s next?

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Resources include:

  • a recording of each event (where possible),
  • a blog on the topic,
  • a summary of the discussion,
  • the questions raised in Q&A between the panel and the audience.

Together they highlight gaps in current knowledge that could usefully be filled.

To set an agenda for educational change:

We are mindful of the differences in policy priorities across the 4 nations of the UK. 
We recognise that what matters most in education right now may well vary: for
 parents, families and pupils, practitioners, policymakers and researchers in different parts of the country. 

In choosing our topics and our speakers we want to reflect that diversity of views and find ways of enabling more democratic and inclusive decision-making in education. 
That includes finding new forms of partnership working in education that can change how research, policy and practice interact.