The Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change draws on its own research and the wider evidence to provide written evidence to the Poverty and Attainment Inquiry. Please see the Education and Skills Committee response ROC for ROC’s written evidence. Please see http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Education/Meeting%20Papers/20180418ES_Meeting_Papers.pdf for the agenda and full set of papers.
Category Archives: Collaborations
In Nigeria for the evaluation of Connecting Classrooms
By O. Odena. This photo shows Jonathan France (Ecorys), Oscar Odena (Robert Owen Centre) and students and staff at Community High School, Alapere Ketu, Lagos, Nigeria, after a repeat school visit for the impact evaluation of Connecting Classrooms. Oscar and Jonathan were in Nigeria between the 25th of February and the 6th of March 2018.Continue reading “In Nigeria for the evaluation of Connecting Classrooms”
ESRC-SDS project begins
By Oscar Odena. Applications for the ESRC-SDS PhD Studentship at Robert Owen Centre were invited internationally through jobs.ac.uk and the recruitment process completed earlier in 2017 – see post from March 29 for grant details. The successful candidate, Petri Simonen, started a four-year program of research in October 2017 (one-year MRes followed by a three-yearContinue reading “ESRC-SDS project begins”
Evidence Exchange Survey
Dear Colleagues, I have been asked to circulate a short survey exploring how policymakers and practitioners in different parts of the UK access and use policy and practice evidence. As you may know, in 2013 the Carnegie Trust conducted a survey of our stakeholders. They asked a range of questions on access to evidence, the usefulness ofContinue reading “Evidence Exchange Survey”
The Regional Governance of Skills Supply and Demand in Scotland: Glasgow City, Aberdeen City & Aberdeenshire
Seminar by: Dr Queralt Capsada-Munsech, Postdoctoral Researcher (School of Education: Robert Owen Centre), University of Glasgow The skills agenda has been growing in the UK, strengthening the focus on youth skills given the raise of youth unemployment. So far, most of the analyses on the governance of skills system and the skills (mis)matches have beenContinue reading “The Regional Governance of Skills Supply and Demand in Scotland: Glasgow City, Aberdeen City & Aberdeenshire”
The EGHE Network in Lusaka, Zambia : FAWE Conference on Girls Education in Africa
Attended by: Barbara Read, Michele Schweisfurth and Karen Harron. On the 21st August, the EGHE network headed to Lusaka, Zambia for the FAWE Conference for Girls Education in Africa, which also marked the 25th anniversary of the FAWE organisation. The conference attracted 500 delegates from 33 countries and was officially opened by the guestContinue reading “The EGHE Network in Lusaka, Zambia : FAWE Conference on Girls Education in Africa”
School of Education Professors part of New GCRF Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (CSHLC) at the University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow has been awarded a grant worth £7.1 million to set up a GCRF Centre for sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (CSHLC). The award is part of a £225m international research funding announcement made today by Higher Education Minister Jo Johnson. Altogether 37 interdisciplinary projects will receive investment over theContinue reading “School of Education Professors part of New GCRF Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (CSHLC) at the University of Glasgow”
Scottish Children’s Neighbourhood Research Scholarships: Place-based approaches and improving educational outcomes (2 PhD Studentships)
The Scottish Children’s Neighbourhood (SCN) is an innovative collaborative approach between the Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change and What Works Scotland within the University of Glasgow. The approach is supported by key partners including Glasgow City Council, Clyde Gateway, Children in Scotland, Save the Children and NHS Greater GlasgowContinue reading “Scottish Children’s Neighbourhood Research Scholarships: Place-based approaches and improving educational outcomes (2 PhD Studentships)”
Who is teaching the teachers? – Teacher educators as the forgotten stakeholders of education and international development
Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change Seminar, 12.00-13.00 7th June 2017, School of Education, St. Andrew’s Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G3 6NH Matthew A. M. Thomas, Lecturer in Comparative Education and Sociology of Education at the University of Sydney. International development discourses frequently position teachers as the means to advancing systemic social change. Yet scant attention isContinue reading “Who is teaching the teachers? – Teacher educators as the forgotten stakeholders of education and international development”
Welcome to a new ROC International Associate: Dr. Carol Campbell
Dr. Carol Campbell is Associate Professor of Leadership and Educational Change and Co-Director of the Knowledge Network for Applied Education Research (KNAER) Secretariat at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto. She is an appointed Education Advisor to the Premier and the Minister of Education in Ontario, a member of theContinue reading “Welcome to a new ROC International Associate: Dr. Carol Campbell”