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This year, for the first time ever, more young women than men took science A Level … but it’s not yet time to celebrate
Emily MacLeod On A Level results day earlier this month it was widely reported that girls had overtaken boys in science A Level entries for the first time ever. Female students accounted for 50.3% of all A Level science entries across…
Inequalities in education and society: the home, the school and the power of reading
This blog is based on Professor Alice Sullivan’s inaugural professorial lecture, presented at the UCL Institute of Education on 18 June 2019 Much of my work concerns the way that advantage and disadvantage are passed down from one generation to…
Do people change their political ideology when they lose their job? If anything, they move to the left
Dingeman Wiertz and Toni Rodon. What happens to citizens’ political preferences when they are confronted with economic hardship? This longstanding question has recently attracted renewed attention in the wake of the Great Recession. Nonetheless, many matters remain unresolved. For example, which…
How well-off and healthy were my parents when I was little? Am I a hard-working high flier, or an advantaged one?
Gabriella Melis and Ingrid Schoon. Our research looked at how inequalities amongst families in the 1970s in England have been passed on onto their offspring when they were adults themselves. We call the parent’s generation G1, and the offspring generation,…
How the trade union approach to learning helps workers overcome maths phobia
Beth Kelly. The more collaborative style of learning led by trade unions in the workplace helps people to become more motivated and confident about learning and using mathemtics. Indeed, my new research shows that even long-held negative feelings towards mathematics can…
Counting the cost of a fragmented school system
Sara Bubb. In an effort to turn schools into academies too little attention has been given to constructing a middle tier oversight system that is fair and efficient for all. This is an unescapable conclusion of our new study, Understanding…
Rules of engagement: 5 takeaways for research impact from the award-winning ASPIRES project
Tatiana Souteiro Dias and Emily Macleod. Collaboration with individuals and organisations beyond academia for the benefit of society is an increasingly important part of research teams’ activities. But how can academics achieve this when there are so many competing…
Getting the science straight: the schools minister’s suggestion that private schools convey little academic advantage does not stand up to scrutiny
Francis Green. A recent report from the Sutton Trust reveals that positions of public influence are still disproportionately cornered by the privately educated, with little progress since their previous report. So the Johnson – Hunt (Eton – Charterhouse) contest to be…
UCL’s new BSc Social Sciences graduates offer a global perspective on social change
Claire Cameron, Ann Phoenix, Ashly Fuller, Charlotte Cook, Miya Baldwin. We live in interesting times. News reports from every continent are by turn puzzling, alarming and heartening, particularly as it is increasingly clear that there are deep divisions in how…
Education of children in care: small changes that can make a big difference
Michael Bettencourt. Policy and publications concerned with children in care often focus on their ‘plight’ and map out a bleak scenario for their future opportunities. The narrative is beginning to change as a more sophisticated understanding of this vulnerable group…
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