Quantitative Social Science – News

Chronic pain is widespread among those in their mid-40s in Britain, with those who experience it more likely to report pain, poor health - including COVID-19 infection - and joblessness later in life, according to a new study by researchers at IOE and Dartmouth College, US.

Professors Qing Gu and Alex Bryson join this year’s leading experts who have been made Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Significant differences exist in the earnings between white and ethnic minority workers who are colleagues in the same workplace, according to a new study co-led by UCL, Bayes Business School and the University of Cyprus.

UCL’s submission to the Education Unit of Assessment (UoA23) has been ranked first for research strength and research power in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, according to the Elsevier REF 2021 Results Analysis Tool.

Pupils who feel particularly joyful do not do any better in their GCSEs than their peers who do not feel as happy, according to UCL research led by Professor John Jerrim.

IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, has been named Number 1 for Education in the QS World University Rankings by Subject for the ninth year in a row.

Students who achieved a D or grade 3 in GCSE maths are less likely to take A levels or get a degree than those who got a C or grade 4, but there is little evidence it will make a difference to their overall life satisfaction at age 20.

I am delighted to launch IOE’s year of celebrations to mark our 120th anniversary and our record of excellence, collaboration and impact.

We’ve reached the end of another challenging year that seems to have flown by and dragged on at the same time. IOE researchers have continued to work hard in their fields of expertise and we’re delighted to share snippets that have struck a chord with us.

Widening inequalities in learning, growing gender gaps in paid and domestic work - we hear about covid’s impact in these areas and how research findings are informing responses in policy and practice.

Babies who were given nutritionally modified formula milk had the same maths and English exam results as children who were given standard formula milk by age 16, finds a new study led by UCL researchers that links seven randomised controlled trials to school performance results.

Significant increases seen in teenagers’ mental ill-health during secondary school is mostly likely linked to growing older, rather than academic and peer pressures associated with being in a more senior year group, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

National Curriculum Key Stage 2 tests taken by 10- and 11-year-old children in England to assess progress in English and Mathematics do not seem to affect children’s wellbeing, according to new UCL research.

‘High-risk behaviours’ were significantly higher in the second Covid-19 lockdown than the first, finds a new study led by UCL Institute of Education (IOE).

Research from the UCL Institute of Education (IOE) shows that children's social background impacts the early development of cognitive and social-emotional competences, like verbal skills, self-control and peer relationships, and their subsequent outcomes in adulthood.