CREU
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Purdy, N., Walsh, G., Orr, K., Rowan, A., Symington, E., and Winter, F. (2024) Transfer Talks
During the 2020-2021 academic year, the transfer tests used by grammar schools to select admissions to year 8 were first […]
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Purdy, N., Ballentine, M., Lyle, H., Orr, K., Symington, E., Webster, D., York, L., (2023) Growing Up Online: Children’s online activities, harm and safety in Northern Ireland – an Evidence Report.
This mixed-methods research study was funded by the Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland and conducted by a team from the […]
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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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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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CREU (2020) Educational Underachievement in Northern Ireland: Evidence Summary
Addressing educational underachievement is a significant and complex challenge (CREU, 2018). This paper aims to provide an overview of current […]

Purdy, N., Ballentine, M., Lyle, H., Orr, K., Symington, E., Webster, D., York, L., (2023) Growing Up Online: Children’s online activities, harm and safety in Northern Ireland – an Evidence Report.
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Jones, Sharon (2023) The Shortest Way Home? A Geo-critical return to CS Lewis’s Prince Caspian
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