By Dr Jo Neary Introduction By 18 March 2020, 107 countries implemented national school closures in response to the corona virus pandemic. Much of the knowledge regarding the utility of school closure in pandemics comes from previous modelling of influenza pandemics. A rapid review of evidence1 described two such pieces of evidence: the UK Department of Health’s commissionedContinue reading “International perspectives on re-opening schools”
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Lessons from the hubs – accelerated change and collaboration
Picture credit: epictop10.com To slow the spread of COVID-19, the Scottish Government declared all local authority early learning, childcare and schools closed from 20th March 2020, except for critical provision for vulnerable pupils and the children of key workers. These ‘hubs’ are strategically placed within each local authority to serve local primary and secondary schools.Continue reading “Lessons from the hubs – accelerated change and collaboration”
CNS: EARLY INSIGHTS INTO THE COVID-19 RESPONSE – 24 APRIL 2020
In collaboration with the Network for Social and Educational Equity and Policy Scotland, Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland is undertaking a programme of research and intelligence gathering in high poverty settings across Scotland to understand how local responses are working in the current rapidly changing context, and provide insights that can support the next phase of COVID-19 action at both localContinue reading “CNS: EARLY INSIGHTS INTO THE COVID-19 RESPONSE – 24 APRIL 2020”
Collaborative Action Research in the time of COVID-19
Dr Jo Neary explains how collaborative action research for educational change can be adapted to coping with the COVID-19 crisis and the challenges it presents.
Covid-19 Pandemic – an update
The Network for Social and Educational Equity (NSEE) team is currently developing plans to support teachers and colleagues with their collaborative action research (CAR) activities. We realise these are extremely challenging times and that teachers will have many priorities, especially while schools and their local authorities restructure their work to meet the ends of learnersContinue reading “Covid-19 Pandemic – an update”
Barbara Kehm
Barbara M. Kehm is co-editor of and contributor to a book that was featured in the Times Higher Education No. 2,186 from 15 January 2015. Reference to the book: Tatiana Fumasoli, Gaele Goastellec, Barbara M. Kehm (Eds.) (2015). Academic Work and Careers in Europe: Trends, Challenges, Perspectives. Dordrecht: Springer. Feature article in THE by HollyContinue reading “Barbara Kehm”
How do researchers make sense of large amounts of qualitative data?
By Oscar Odena In my experience of carrying out research in a number of contexts, making sense of large amounts of qualitative data is the real issue for many researchers. And that’s not surprising. One of the expectations of social enquiry projects is that they will have a decent amount of data which helps addressContinue reading “How do researchers make sense of large amounts of qualitative data?”