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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 13d

📝Join us Thursday 2nd for the first @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social seminar of this term.

We are very pleased to have @saidhassan.bsky.social from Uni of Oxford, who will be examining the impact of Muslim schools on ethnic minority children’s academic performance.

Sign up here: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Gill Wyness @gillwyness.bsky.social · 9d

Many of us have been calling for the return of maintenance grants for a long time.

So its great to see this is finally (albeit partially) on the cards.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

Targeted maintenance grants for students to be reintroduced

Disadvantaged students studying priority courses will benefit from extra financial support to access and excel in higher education.

www.gov.uk

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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 13d

📝Join us Thursday 2nd for the first @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social seminar of this term.

We are very pleased to have @saidhassan.bsky.social from Uni of Oxford, who will be examining the impact of Muslim schools on ethnic minority children’s academic performance.

Sign up here: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 14d

He finds that T levels have had mixed success:

T level students are significantly less likely to achieve a full level 3 by the age of 18.

However, they are more likely to progress to advanced apprenticeships and higher technical study.

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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 14d

🌞Another day, another @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social working paper 🌚

Our PhD student @robbiemaris.bsky.social examines a recent major reform to the UK education system:

the introduction of T levels - a qualification that aims to blend the academic and vocational

econpapers.repec.org/paper/uclcep...

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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 16d

In which he

1) develops a novel framework allowing the flexible estimation of heterogeneous returns to education as a function of observed and unobserved characteristics

And

2) uses the model to estimate the returns to a university degree as a function of cognitive and non-cognitive ability

UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 16d

New @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social working paper!

Estimating heterogeneous returns to college by cognitive and non-cognitive ability

by our @opmc1.bsky.social

econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:ucl:ce...

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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 19d

📢📢📢New academic year, new seminar series!!

⬇️ We've got a great line up of speakers for Autumn 2025.

Join us in-person and online fortnightly on Thursdays at 3PM.

Sign up to join online here: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 20d

🎓Want to learn about the Longitudinal Educational Outcomes (LEO) dataset, a state-of-the-art linked education-labour+more resource?

We're running online and in-person courses:
🦁 30 Sep-1 Oct (AM, online) tinyurl.com/leo-online
🦁 7 Oct (in-person): Practical Intro to LEO tinyurl.com/leo-practical

CEPEO ADRUK Introduction to Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) data

Join us for this online intro to the datasets comprising LEO, including university applications and the businesses in which individuals work

tinyurl.com

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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 20d

Not sure why tagging you didn't work above @clairetyler.bsky.social

UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 21d

📢📢@clairetyler.bsky.social co-wrote this with Zero Gravity to provide evidence-based actions for employers to improve social mobility in their hiring. Key evidence comes from her work on access to professions work with @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social and Catherine Dilnot.

ise.org.uk/knowledge/in...

7 evidence-based actions to hire untapped talent

Zero Gravity and Dr Claire Tyler, ISE Head of Insights and Senior Research Fellow at UCL, share where underrepresented talent falls out in the recruitment funnel, and what fixes can close the opportun...

ise.org.uk

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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 21d

Interested in using the National Pupil Database (NPD) in your research but don't know where to start? Or just want to learn more about this great resource?

Sign up for our online course on the NPD next Tues and Weds (23-24 Sept) supported by ADR UK:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...

CEPEO ADRUK Introduction to the National Pupil Database and its linked data

Join us for this online intro to the National Pupil Database and some of the other admin datasets to which it contributes (LEO, GRADE, GUiE)

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 26d

Some much needed insight into the challenges the government is facing in reforming the SEND system in England from our friends @theifs.bsky.social today

The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 26d

“A successful reform should articulate a clear vision for a system that supports all children while delivering better value for money.”

📗 Ahead of the government’s White Paper on reforming the SEND system later this autumn, read our briefing here: ifs.org.uk/articles/eng...

Quote from IFS Research Fellow Luke Sibieta: "The government needs to be candid: the current system is failing many of the children it is meant to support, despite billions in additional spending and a complex framework of legal entitlements. A successful reform should articulate a clear vision for a system that supports all children while delivering better value for money."

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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · Sep 8

📢 As well as our online training courses (see below) we are also pleased to announce our first practical training workshop on Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) data using R in partnership with @adruk.bsky.social 🦁

🕕10.30am-4.30pm on 7th Oct - IN PERSON ONLY @ UCL

Sign up: tinyurl.com/2bnwprfa

UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · Sep 1

We have more of our online courses on using administrative data, supported by ADR UK, coming up soon.
➡ National Pupil Database (NPD) 23-24 Sept www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...
➡ Longitudinal Educational Outcomes (LEO) 30 Sep - 1 October: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...

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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · Sep 4

Last call for today’s seminar at 11am!

Be there or be uninformed about how we can continue to improve teacher education!

UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · Sep 1

We have an exceptional seminar on Thursday this week at 11am, with Dr Julie Cohen of University of Virginia:
"Experimental evidence on modularising context in teacher education"
Sign up now: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · Sep 1

These generally get full, so if you're interested do book now!

UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · Sep 1

We have more of our online courses on using administrative data, supported by ADR UK, coming up soon.
➡ National Pupil Database (NPD) 23-24 Sept www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...
➡ Longitudinal Educational Outcomes (LEO) 30 Sep - 1 October: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...

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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · Sep 1

We have an exceptional seminar on Thursday this week at 11am, with Dr Julie Cohen of University of Virginia:
"Experimental evidence on modularising context in teacher education"
Sign up now: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · Sep 1

With government funded childcare for working families of 0-2-yr-olds rising to 30 hrs/wk from today, check out this @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social blog highlighting why we need to keep a careful eye on take-up of early education amongst disadvantaged 2-yr-olds over the next few months . . .

UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · Jul 22

New @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social blog from Claire Crawford shows biggest drops in take-up of early ed amongst disadv 2-yr-olds occurred in areas where it looks like demand for working families entitlement may be high, so overlapping entitlement may not explain whole fall

Read more: tinyurl.com/y65tt3zr

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Sam Sims @drsamsims.bsky.social · Sep 1

Are you interested in teacher coaching, simulation, transfer of training?

Join us at 11am (online) for this talk on Thursday. Sign up using the link below:

ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · Aug 21

Persistent rates of absenteeism and growing SEND rates among younger cohorts will only exacerbate this problem in future years.

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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · Aug 21

We should also not forget the significant proportion getting below 4/C in most/all of their GCSEs.

Especially in English and maths, these young people are vulnerable to becoming NEET — and the current resit policy is failing to provide them a decent second chance.

epi.org.uk/publications...

Blog: Time for a resit reset? - Education Policy Institute

Summary Resits are important – lots of students do not achieve a good GCSE pass in English and maths at 16, they are a big focus of upcoming policy changes and literacy and numeracy skills have big i...

epi.org.uk

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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · Aug 21

We should also not forget the significant proportion getting below 4/C in most or all of their GCSEs.

Especially in English and maths, these young people are vulnerable to becoming NEET — and the resit policy is failing to provide them a decent second chance.

epi.org.uk/publications...

UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · Aug 21

Persistent rates of absenteeism and growing SEND rates among younger cohorts will only exacerbate this problem in future years.

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UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · Aug 21

Gender:

Girls also remain ahead of boys for both the 4/C and 7/A grades. But boys continue to catch up, especially when it
comes to the top grades.

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