Research Report

• Purdy, N. Walsh, G., Orr, K., Millar, A., Ballentine, M. (2023) Testing Times: Northern Ireland School Transfer without Tests in 2021

  The issue of post-primary transfer by means of academic selection is the focus of a highly polarised policy debate in […]

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• Walsh, G., Martin, C., Sloan, S., Dunn, J., and Winter,F. (2022) ‘The Buddies Study – BUilding BriDges, DimInishing Educational DiSadvantage: Examining the Role of the Home-School Community Liaison (HSCL) across the island of Ireland’

  Although family engagement in children’s learning is a well-established predictor of educational success (see e.g. Higgins & Katsipataki, 2015 and […]

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• McCullagh, J.F. and Doherty, A (2022) Student Teachers Supporting Primary Science: Project Report for the Royal Society of Chemistry

  The ‘Student Teachers Supporting Primary Science Project’ sought to simultaneously address two problems which constrain the pre and in-service phases […]

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• Purdy, N. Gibson, K., Orr, K., Tsang, K. (2022) Perceptions of Level 4 & 5 Qualifications in Northern Ireland

  This mixed methods research study, funded by the Department for the Economy (DfE) in Northern Ireland, and conducted by a […]

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• Bloomer, S., Purdy, N. Gibson, K., Orr, K. (2022) The Assessment of Vocational Education and Training Qualifications

  In the last decade a significant body of literature was generated at the national policy level, much of which was […]

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• Purdy, N. (2022) Beyond The Stereotype

  Numerous academic and policy reports over many years have highlighted the underachievement of some pupils within the Northern Ireland education […]

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