CREU News and Blogs - Stranmillis University College | A College of Queen's University Belfast

The impact of cyberbullying in NI

A 'Spotlight' report on from CREU and SBNI for Anti-Bullying Week

Growing Up Online

An evidence report on children's online activities harm and safety in Northern Ireland

The Consequences of Cuts

New report highlights the costs of Government cuts to children and young people in Northern Ireland

Transfer Talk! Share your experiences of school transfer without tests

We want to hear from parents and pupils.

Growing Up Online survey launched

Major study invites children and young people to share online experiences.

Visiting Professors appointed

Stranmillis welcomes Prof. Adam Boddison and Prof. Lynn Ang as Visiting Professors.

The BUDDIES Study - all-Ireland report launched

Examining the role of Home School Community Liasions across Ireland

Better Futures for All - CREU goes to Stormont

Major CREU event as part of Stranmillis Centenary celebrations

How is Vocational Education and Training Assessed?

CREU reviews European policy and practice in report

CREU LEADS REVIEW OF IRISH GOVERNMENT’S EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMME

The announcement was made in August by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O'Gorman. The research team met for the first time in October.

A Kestrel for Knave - lessons on educational disadvantage

CREU Director Dr. Noel Purdy reflects on the lessons for education from the classic 1968 novel.

Education Workshop goes ‘Beyond the Stereotype’

CREU research discussed at special workshop event for churches

CREU Director appointed as Chair of the Irish Government's Anti-Bullying Action Plan Steering Committee.

Dr Noel Purdy appointed to lead Department of Education's review of bullying.

Beyond the Stereotype: educational underachievement in the controlled sector in NI

A significant new research report commissioned and funded by the Transferor Representatives' Council.

Just another report on educational underachievement?

In this blog, CREU Director, and chair of the Expert Panel, Dr Noel Purdy, considers the opportunities and challenges ahead for the implementation of 'A Fair Start'.

What has happened to the attainment gap during the pandemic?

CREU Research Fellow Jonathan Harris argues that in order to understand changes to the attainment gap during the pandemic, education data reporting must be improved.

Report: School-based Support for Syrian Refugee Pupils in Northern Ireland

A CREU team led by Dr John McMullen examines the educational experiences of Syrian refugee pupils, and the support requirements of teachers and schools across Northern Ireland

Report: Loyalist and Republican Perspectives on Educational Underachievement in Northern Ireland

CREU examines perspectives on educational underachievement and social disadvantage in Northern Ireland’s loyalist and republican communities

Educational Underachievement in Northern Ireland: Review of Research 2021

CREU's up-to-date account of the research literature in the area of educational underachievement in Northern Ireland, plus the recording from our webinar

Report: Second Northern Ireland Survey of Parents/Carers on Home-Schooling during the Covid-19 Crisis

The results of CREU's second online survey on home-schooling during the pandemic, which received over 2000 responses.

CREU Podcast: Transfer Tests and Access to Grammar School Places

CREU director Dr Noel Purdy speaks to Dr Sam Sims about his recent research on transfer tests and access to grammar school places in both England and Northern Ireland

School Return and Balancing Acts

Dr John McMullen and Dr Victoria Simms discuss the importance, and complex balancing acts, of children's school return

Back to School: Learning Together after Lockdown

Dr Sharon Jones discusses 'learning together', arguing that our greatest need in the return to school might simply be being together

Why holding a postponed, single transfer test is likely to widen educational inequalities between wealthy and poor within the current P7 cohort

The CREU team outline why the recent decision by AQE to hold a single transfer test on 27th February 2021 is likely to widen educational inequalities based on wealth

Left to their own devices…again! The enduring inequality of lockdown home-schooling

At the start of a second period of lockdown home-schooling, Noel Purdy considers what has been learned since the beginning of the pandemic

What's the (gender) difference?: Views on male primary teachers from three Controlled primary school communities

In collaboration with the Controlled Schools' Support Council, we publish the results of our recent pilot research project investigating views on male primary teachers in three Controlled primary school communities

International Perspectives on Educational Underachievement – Symposium Report

A summary of the key talking points from the "International Perspectives on Educational Underachievement" CREU symposium

What we can learn about Educational Underachievement from the GCSE and A-Level experience of 2020

CREU Research Fellow Jonathan Harris asks what can be learned about Educational Underachievement from the recent exam grading controversy

Prioritising Play when Schools Reopen

Educational Psychologist John McMullen and Play Expert Glenda Walsh argue for quality playful learning experiences to be re-prioritised as schools re-open

"There is no education like adversity": learning from the positive experiences of lockdown

Noel Purdy and Alistair Hamill (Lurgan College) consider what we can learn from the positive experiences of some children and families during lockdown.

Bridging the Lockdown Learning Gap (Part Two)

What steps can we take to bridge the lockdown learning gap? Noel Purdy shares seven ways schools, parents and government can bridge the gap.

Bridging the Lockdown Learning Gap (Part One)

Is there a lockdown learning gap? What does the lockdown learning gap look like in Northern Ireland? Noel Purdy outlines the challenges facing our schools.

Life after Lockdown in the Early Years Classroom: Embracing Challenges as Opportunities!

As the lockdown restrictions ease, we highlight the social and emotional benefits of play and socialising with peers in the Early Years of school.

Back to School: Curriculum Matters and Covid-19

When Northern Ireland's children do get back to school, whatever that might look like, how should the curriculum guide their learning?

Report: Home-Schooling in Northern Ireland during the COVID-19 Crisis

Results of CREU's online survey on parents/carers’ experiences of home-schooling. We asked 2000 parents/carers how they were approaching home-schooling, how schools were supporting them, and what could be improved.

Links in Achievement and Deprivation

Find the recording of Ruth Leitch's CREU webinar on educational disadvantage and deprivation and links to previously unpublished research from ILiAD report.

‘Left to their own devices’: the inequality of homeschooling

Unless action is taken in the days to come, the current lockdown and the differentiated experiences of homeschooling have the potential to further disempower and disenfranchise, thus exacerbating the social injustice of an already deeply divided education system.

Effective Practice for Tackling Educational Disadvantage

We take a closer look at the Department for Education’s “10 Features of Effective Schools”, and draw out some lessons from the case studies described within.

New Decade, New Approach?

What we have learned in the past two decades about Educational Underachievement in Northern Ireland.