Hettie Burn
@hettieburn.bsky.social
Research Fellow at IOE UCL. Former maths teacher and Teach First alum. Research into education policy and inequalities. 🚲 🎻 ⛰️
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📢 We’re hiring at CeMPA @ISERessex!
Join our cutting-edge research team to work on dynamic microsimulation (SimPaths) & tackle key policy issues: inequality, ageing, health & more.
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Join our cutting-edge research team to work on dynamic microsimulation (SimPaths) & tackle key policy issues: inequality, ageing, health & more.
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August 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
📢 We’re hiring at CeMPA @ISERessex!
Join our cutting-edge research team to work on dynamic microsimulation (SimPaths) & tackle key policy issues: inequality, ageing, health & more.
Apply now:
Join our cutting-edge research team to work on dynamic microsimulation (SimPaths) & tackle key policy issues: inequality, ageing, health & more.
Apply now:
Loved working in the intersection of heath and edu policy for this one.
In recent years many LAs have restricted the opening of new fast food outlets near schools. However more evidence is needed to inform these policies and (🤞) to defend them in the courts. So we're working on that evidence!
In recent years many LAs have restricted the opening of new fast food outlets near schools. However more evidence is needed to inform these policies and (🤞) to defend them in the courts. So we're working on that evidence!
🍟 How do takeaways near schools and homes impact childhood obesity?
Our latest blog explores how local food environments shape children’s health and why addressing them is crucial to preventing future health conditions.
Read more here➡️ arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/news-blogs/b...
Our latest blog explores how local food environments shape children’s health and why addressing them is crucial to preventing future health conditions.
Read more here➡️ arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/news-blogs/b...
July 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Loved working in the intersection of heath and edu policy for this one.
In recent years many LAs have restricted the opening of new fast food outlets near schools. However more evidence is needed to inform these policies and (🤞) to defend them in the courts. So we're working on that evidence!
In recent years many LAs have restricted the opening of new fast food outlets near schools. However more evidence is needed to inform these policies and (🤞) to defend them in the courts. So we're working on that evidence!
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It’s great to now have this evidence. It also shows why ministerial/HMT demands for more evidence before approving spending can be misguided. As @instituteforgovernment.org.uk previously argued it takes at least 5yrs to gather evidence for big preventive programmes. Ministers need to show leadership
May 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
It’s great to now have this evidence. It also shows why ministerial/HMT demands for more evidence before approving spending can be misguided. As @instituteforgovernment.org.uk previously argued it takes at least 5yrs to gather evidence for big preventive programmes. Ministers need to show leadership
I'm back! Helping to deliver policy training here definitely my favourite side hustle
May 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I'm back! Helping to deliver policy training here definitely my favourite side hustle
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There are some real positive signs in the latest ITT recruitment data of improvement vs last year, especially in secondary. I will hold off updating the forecast until tomorrow, when targets are published.
But it's interesting to see where the growth is and isn't coming from...🧵
But it's interesting to see where the growth is and isn't coming from...🧵
April 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
There are some real positive signs in the latest ITT recruitment data of improvement vs last year, especially in secondary. I will hold off updating the forecast until tomorrow, when targets are published.
But it's interesting to see where the growth is and isn't coming from...🧵
But it's interesting to see where the growth is and isn't coming from...🧵
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My new report with @smfthinktank.bsky.social shows that 1 in 6 ‘apprentices’ are now university graduates, while the number of entry-level apprenticeships (aimed at school and college leavers) has collapsed from 260,650 in 2017 to 70,840 in 2024.
Find out more here:
bit.ly/3DXrd2S
Find out more here:
bit.ly/3DXrd2S
A level of uncertainty: How to resolve the debate over the future of Level 7 apprenticeships - Social Market Foundation.
former government adviser Tom Richmond's analysis challenges the view of high-level apprenticeships are beneficial for social mobility
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January 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
My new report with @smfthinktank.bsky.social shows that 1 in 6 ‘apprentices’ are now university graduates, while the number of entry-level apprenticeships (aimed at school and college leavers) has collapsed from 260,650 in 2017 to 70,840 in 2024.
Find out more here:
bit.ly/3DXrd2S
Find out more here:
bit.ly/3DXrd2S
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Fascinating paper by Claudia Goldin on drivers of low fertility in advanced economies.
Countries where economic progress outstrips social progress (in particular, gender equality in household division of labour) see the most rapid falls in fertility..
www.nber.org/papers/w33311
Countries where economic progress outstrips social progress (in particular, gender equality in household division of labour) see the most rapid falls in fertility..
www.nber.org/papers/w33311
January 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Fascinating paper by Claudia Goldin on drivers of low fertility in advanced economies.
Countries where economic progress outstrips social progress (in particular, gender equality in household division of labour) see the most rapid falls in fertility..
www.nber.org/papers/w33311
Countries where economic progress outstrips social progress (in particular, gender equality in household division of labour) see the most rapid falls in fertility..
www.nber.org/papers/w33311
Happy to have been invited to the University of Westminster today! Some strong challenges to the 2014 Wolf reforms posed by Pete Urwin: potentially negative employment effects for the ~10-15% lowest attaining
January 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Happy to have been invited to the University of Westminster today! Some strong challenges to the 2014 Wolf reforms posed by Pete Urwin: potentially negative employment effects for the ~10-15% lowest attaining
In 2020 and 2021, the Department for Education in England implemented widely controversial policies on student grading, and in-so-doing laid bare some of the deep tensions and inequalities in our existing system. This week I published a book chapter on it: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/education....
Educational Equity in a Global Context
How do we reconcile individual student needs with the demands of school, district, and national education programs? What are school-based professionals to do in…
www.bloomsbury.com
December 14, 2024 at 10:25 AM
In 2020 and 2021, the Department for Education in England implemented widely controversial policies on student grading, and in-so-doing laid bare some of the deep tensions and inequalities in our existing system. This week I published a book chapter on it: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/education....
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🚀🌤️ New paper with Angus Holford out in Journal of Health Economics! Switching to universal free school meals reduces obesity in kids in England. Larger effects for younger children, but benefits seem cumulative over time.
Paper here 👇
tinyurl.com/yc7y2azm
Paper here 👇
tinyurl.com/yc7y2azm
November 18, 2024 at 3:49 PM
🚀🌤️ New paper with Angus Holford out in Journal of Health Economics! Switching to universal free school meals reduces obesity in kids in England. Larger effects for younger children, but benefits seem cumulative over time.
Paper here 👇
tinyurl.com/yc7y2azm
Paper here 👇
tinyurl.com/yc7y2azm