OUR APPROACH
ENQUIRY EVIDENCE EXCELLENCE
The Network for Social and Educational Equity (NSEE) is building research and development collaborations with schools and their partners to champion equity and inclusion. We take a collaborative, enquiry-based and sustainable approach to professional learning and leadership development that builds capacity and positively impacts on student outcomes.
Enquiry, evidence and educational excellence for all are core to our approach. We work across disciplines, sectors and boundaries to develop networked learning systems. We support effective, critical engagement with data and research evidence to empower teachers, school leaders and other key stakeholders to lead and manage change that improves outcomes for children and young people.
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THREE INTERCONNECTED AREAS OF WORK
RESEARCH-PRACTICE PARTNERSHIPS
POLICY and PRACTICE
INFLUENCE and IMPACT
RESEARCH and EVALUATION
NSEE’s activities and projects are focused in three mutually enhancing areas that maximise our efforts to champion equity and inclusion as well as sustainably improve the educational outcomes of children and young people.
BUILDING TOGETHER
We continually build on previous research, partnerships and successful development initiatives within Scotland, the UK and beyond to:
Support effective data use and collaborative enquiry
Foster relationships and trust
Embed and expand evidence-informed practice
Develop new ways of working and leadership capacity
SELECTED PROJECTS
ACROSS SECTORS, DISCIPLINES and NATIONS
The Network for Social and Educational Equity (NSEE) engages in a range of projects and programmes in the United Kingdom and further afield.
EVERY DUNDEE LEARNER MATTERS
Dundee City Council’s school improvement strategy is all about improving the presence, participation and progress of all children and young people in nurseries and schools by identifying and addressing contextual barriers.
NSEE in CHILE
NSEE collaborates with universities, schools and other educational leaders in Chile on a range of research and capacity building initiatives to pursue shared school and systems improvement objectives.
WEST PARTNERSHIP
Scotland’s biggest regional improvement collaborative aims to build a learning system that brings about equity, excellence and empowerment, promoting a culture of learning at all levels.
FOSTERING LEADERSHIP FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
NSEE has an established track record in multi-level approaches to building leadership capacity across education systems as part of broader educational improvement efforts.
CHILDREN’S NEIGHBOURHOODS SCOTLAND
Supporting efforts to reduce poverty and increase participation within communities, strengthening the voices and priorities of children and young people, and supporting partnerships and collaboration between organisations and services to enable change.
NSEE PRACTITIONER PANEL
A space for education practitioners to share best practice while also learning from cutting edge research insights on issues such as curriculum design, examinations and health and wellbeing.