Schooling and unequal outcomes in youth and adulthood
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Social Science
Abstract
The role of schooling in determining educational attainment, occupational outcomes and social mobility remains high on the policy agenda. Are certain types of schools or schools with certain characteristics more successful than others and why? Do some types of school suit some pupils better than others? To what extent is schooling implicated in social and educational inequalities in Britain? In a time of increasing school diversity, selectivity and marketisation, these questions are more salient than ever. The 1970 British Cohort Study should be a prime data source for addressing these and related questions. This dataset provides a rich range of family background and ability measures, providing a substantial advantage in dealing with the issue of selectivity into the different types of school. However, work using the 1970 cohort has previously been hampered by the absence of secondary school data for the majority of the cohort members.
The purpose of this project is twofold:
1. To repair and enhance the 1986 wave of data of the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70). Due to a schools strike in 1986, data on secondary schools are only available for 40% of the sample. In addition, the majority of the cognitive tests taken by the cohort members in 1986 were never deposited. This project will derive and deposit new variables which will greatly enhance the value of the BCS70 dataset for researchers interested in education, social mobility and related areas.
2. To use the newly enhanced data to conduct a programme of multidisciplinary research addressing substantive research questions of significant policy interest regarding the short and long term consequences of different primary and secondary school contexts across a range of domains.
This project will enhance the value of one of ESRCs major data investments. At present, the BCS70 is under-exploited, and this data enhancement could help BCS70 achieve levels of research and publications more in line with the older 1958 cohort. The project will also provide rigorous substantive research by a multi-disciplinary team, combining insights across the disciplines of sociology, economics and social statistics.
The children's completed tests from 1986 have been preserved and scanned, and will be keyed-in and processed. Information on the schools attended will be filled in from two sources; the 1986 Schools Census, and a retrospective item that the BCS70 survey members are being asked to complete at the latest survey, which is being carried out throughout 2012 (at age 42). New variables will be derived, tested for reliability, fully documented, and deposited for use by the wider research community.
We will be able to use these exciting new data to analyse a range of outcomes both during the teenage years and into adulthood (age 42 for BCS70 and age 50 for NCDS). Rather than just looking at overall test scores and qualification levels, we will examine whether schooling makes more difference for qualifications as opposed to cognition, and whether the subjects of qualifications achieved at school and beyond varied by school attended, and the link between schooling and attendance at highly selective universities. We will examine wider social, psychological and behavioural outcomes of schooling, taking a life-course approach to issues such as behavioural difficulties, well-being, depression and attitudes. We will extend the knowledge base on schooling and social mobility, and will investigate the extent to which the effects of school type can be accounted for by factors other than qualifications and cognition. For example, do 'soft' skills and characteristics such as self-confidence, aspirations and attitudes play a role?
We will use advanced quantitative methods to analyse our data, but we will communicate our findings to a wide range of non-academic audiences by actively engaging with the media, offering workshops, and publishing non-technical briefings.
The purpose of this project is twofold:
1. To repair and enhance the 1986 wave of data of the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70). Due to a schools strike in 1986, data on secondary schools are only available for 40% of the sample. In addition, the majority of the cognitive tests taken by the cohort members in 1986 were never deposited. This project will derive and deposit new variables which will greatly enhance the value of the BCS70 dataset for researchers interested in education, social mobility and related areas.
2. To use the newly enhanced data to conduct a programme of multidisciplinary research addressing substantive research questions of significant policy interest regarding the short and long term consequences of different primary and secondary school contexts across a range of domains.
This project will enhance the value of one of ESRCs major data investments. At present, the BCS70 is under-exploited, and this data enhancement could help BCS70 achieve levels of research and publications more in line with the older 1958 cohort. The project will also provide rigorous substantive research by a multi-disciplinary team, combining insights across the disciplines of sociology, economics and social statistics.
The children's completed tests from 1986 have been preserved and scanned, and will be keyed-in and processed. Information on the schools attended will be filled in from two sources; the 1986 Schools Census, and a retrospective item that the BCS70 survey members are being asked to complete at the latest survey, which is being carried out throughout 2012 (at age 42). New variables will be derived, tested for reliability, fully documented, and deposited for use by the wider research community.
We will be able to use these exciting new data to analyse a range of outcomes both during the teenage years and into adulthood (age 42 for BCS70 and age 50 for NCDS). Rather than just looking at overall test scores and qualification levels, we will examine whether schooling makes more difference for qualifications as opposed to cognition, and whether the subjects of qualifications achieved at school and beyond varied by school attended, and the link between schooling and attendance at highly selective universities. We will examine wider social, psychological and behavioural outcomes of schooling, taking a life-course approach to issues such as behavioural difficulties, well-being, depression and attitudes. We will extend the knowledge base on schooling and social mobility, and will investigate the extent to which the effects of school type can be accounted for by factors other than qualifications and cognition. For example, do 'soft' skills and characteristics such as self-confidence, aspirations and attitudes play a role?
We will use advanced quantitative methods to analyse our data, but we will communicate our findings to a wide range of non-academic audiences by actively engaging with the media, offering workshops, and publishing non-technical briefings.
Planned Impact
We will engage research users through publishing non-technical papers and reports, through regular updates and news on the project's website, through engaging with the media, and through running workshops. We will draw on the expertise of our advisory panel (see Pathways to Impact) for assistance in how best to reach these groups.
1. The research has potential to increase the effectiveness of public policy on education and social mobility, by providing a stronger evidence base for policy. We expect the research to benefit UK government departments (especially, but not limited to, the Department for Education), government departments in the devolved administrations, and not for profit organisations such as think tanks working in this area (for example the Sutton Trust, IPPR, Demos). Public policy regarding aspects of schooling such as private schools, selective schools, faith schools and single-sex schools has often been made on a primarily ideological rather than evidence-based basis. This research will seek to challenge conventional thinking in this area, whether on the left or the right, where the evidence justifies this.
2. The research will also inform parents, teachers and the general public about the impacts of attending particular types of school for particular categories of pupil. We will increase awareness of the role of socio-economic inequalities in producing educational inequalities, and the aspects of schooling which may exacerbate or protect against increasingly unequal cognitive, educational, social and occupational outcomes during schooling and beyond.
3. Project staff and the project student will develop both professional and research skills, including high-level quantitative skills, and skills in communicating quantitative analyses to general audiences. These skills are in shortage both in UK academia and in the wider economy.
1. The research has potential to increase the effectiveness of public policy on education and social mobility, by providing a stronger evidence base for policy. We expect the research to benefit UK government departments (especially, but not limited to, the Department for Education), government departments in the devolved administrations, and not for profit organisations such as think tanks working in this area (for example the Sutton Trust, IPPR, Demos). Public policy regarding aspects of schooling such as private schools, selective schools, faith schools and single-sex schools has often been made on a primarily ideological rather than evidence-based basis. This research will seek to challenge conventional thinking in this area, whether on the left or the right, where the evidence justifies this.
2. The research will also inform parents, teachers and the general public about the impacts of attending particular types of school for particular categories of pupil. We will increase awareness of the role of socio-economic inequalities in producing educational inequalities, and the aspects of schooling which may exacerbate or protect against increasingly unequal cognitive, educational, social and occupational outcomes during schooling and beyond.
3. Project staff and the project student will develop both professional and research skills, including high-level quantitative skills, and skills in communicating quantitative analyses to general audiences. These skills are in shortage both in UK academia and in the wider economy.
Publications
Green F
(2018)
Do private school girls marry rich?
in Longitudinal and Life Course Studies
Bann D
(2017)
Does an elite education benefit health? Findings from the 1970 British Cohort Study.
in International journal of epidemiology
Green F
(2017)
Dreaming Big? Self-Evaluations, Aspirations, Valued Social Networks, and the Private School Earnings Premium in the UK
in Cambridge Journal of Economics
Green F
(2018)
Dreaming big? Self-valuations, aspirations, networks and the private-school earnings premium
in Cambridge Journal of Economics
Sullivan A
(2020)
Education and psychological distress in adolescence and mid-life: Do private schools make a difference?
in British Educational Research Journal
Sullivan A
(2018)
Educational attainment in the short and long term: was there an advantage to attending faith, private, and selective schools for pupils in the 1980s?
in Oxford Review of Education
Description | Data: A key aim of the project was to repair the BCS70 1986 school data via both retrospective and administrative information, and inputting previously unavailable cognitive scores from 1986. This has been completed, and these new variables have been publicised via a webinar, as well as via our publications. Findings: Key findings from our published journal articles are as follows: - We find a powerful educational advantage associated with private schooling, especially in the case of gaining a Russell Group degree. The private school advantage is partly explained by better school exam results. However, even comparing people with the same exam results at 16 and 18, respondents who had been to private schools had over double the chance of going to a Russell Group university compared to people who had attended comprehensive schools. However, those who had been to Grammar schools were not advantaged over those at Comprehensives. - We establish that there is a private school pay premium at age 42, and debunk the idea that this advantage can be accounted for by 'soft skills' or personal characteristics or qualities. We find that, while locus of control and aspirations both have modest effects on pay at age 42, neither self-esteem nor networks are linked to pay in later life. Moreover, only a small part of the private school earnings premium is accounted for by all these non-cognitive factors. Much of the premium is due, rather, to educational attainments. After controlling extensively for post-16 academic attainments, there is no significant residual premium for women. There remains, however, an unexplained pay premium for men. - Whereas past research has shown a residual direct effect of social origins on class destinations, we find that, once a sufficiently detailed picture of educational attainment is taken into account, education fully explains the link between social origins and top social class destinations. - We find evidence of a positive association between private primary-school attendance and a child's cognitive progress in three British cohorts (born in 1958, 1970 and 2000). This effect remains after accounting for a wide range of individual and family characteristics, despite the very different times and socio-economic circumstances experienced by the children and their families in the three studies. Additional papers under peer review present findings on the role of private schools in: marriage prospects, mental health and political attitudes, and on the role of higher education differentiation and private schools on earnings. Capacity: The project has developed the capabilities of the multidisciplinary team, including in Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). Workshops have been provided highlighting the new data resource. Wider engagement: has included a spin-off collaboration with UUK; press coverage and blog posts, and presentations to policy audiences. |
Exploitation Route | The new/repaired variables deposited will be of great use to other researchers, filling a gap in our knowledge of the trajectories of the 1970 generation. The findings will inform wider research on education and social stratification, and have the potential to inform education policy. |
Sectors | Education |
URL | http://www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/page.aspx?&sitesectionid=1233&sitesectiontitle=Schooling+and+unequal+outcomes+in+youth+and+adulthood+ |
Description | The research has contributed to public understanding of educational inequalities and social mobility through a wide range of engagement activities. |
First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education |
Impact Types | Societal Policy & public services |
Title | Deposit of enhanced 1986 Schools Dataset |
Description | We have repaired and enhanced the 1986 wave of data of the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70). Due to a schools strike in 1986, data on secondary schools are only available for 40% of the sample. In addition, the majority of the cognitive tests taken by the cohort members in 1986 were never deposited. This project derived and deposited new variables which greatly enhance the value of the BCS70 dataset for researchers interested in education, social mobility and related areas. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | We expect these variables to be widely used by the research community. They have already been used in the publications from this project. |
URL | http://www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/page.aspx?&sitesectionid=802&sitesectiontitle=BCS70+Age+16+survey+(1986) |
Description | UUK Project: Do the mid-career benefits of higher education vary among students from different socio-economic backgrounds? |
Organisation | Universities UK |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Consultancy project for UUK as a spin-off from the main ESRC project. Research questions: The main RQs examined surround the long-term influence of early socio-economic advantage on labour market outcomes in mid-adulthood (at age 42), controlling for degree attainment, and whether the value of gaining a degree from an elite university for labour market success varies by socio-economic background. Specifically: • Does attendance at a private secondary school influence pay at age 42, even after controlling for degree attainment and university status? • Do those students previously educated in private secondary schools (or with other indicators of prior social advantage) gain a higher economic return from their degree, controlling for university status and achievements? |
Collaborator Contribution | Input into research questions and dissemination. |
Impact | Working paper (not yet released) |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | "Schooling and unequal outcomes in youth and adulthood: the long-term effects of private schooling in the 1970s and 1980s" presentation at event on "Britain's Private Schools in the 21st Century" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Presentation at symposium at IOE, UCL. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Article for general audience: Sullivan, A. 'The elusive leg-up' ESRC 'Britain in 2015' (p.104). |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Engagement with general public, sharing research findings on social mobility. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Article in 'The Conversation' (2014) Grammar schools don't give pupils a better chance of getting into elite universities |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Article for 'The Conversation' read by over 3,000 people. Generated and informed debate on schools and access to higher education. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://theconversation.com/grammar-schools-dont-give-pupils-a-better-chance-of-getting-into-elite-un... |
Description | BBC News interview |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interviewed on BBC news on 13/04/17 regarding government policy on Grammar schools. Challenged policy based on research evidence from cohorts and other studies. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news-events/news-pub/april-2017/media-grammar-schools-selective-by-definiti... |
Description | BERA Blog post |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/elite-universities-fields-of-study-and-top-salaries-which-degree-will-make-you-rich Blog post to accompany journal article |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/elite-universities-fields-of-study-and-top-salaries-which-degree-will-ma... |
Description | Contribution to POST (Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology) briefing 'Academic Evidence on Selective Secondary Schooling' http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/POST-PB-0022 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | In September 2016, the Prime Minister announced that the Government intends to remove the ban on opening entirely new state-funded grammar schools in England, and to allow non-selective schools to convert under certain circumstances. From September to December 2016, the Department for Education (DfE) ran a consultation on the proposals, which also includes plans to allow new free schools to select up to 100% of pupils based on their faith. I was interviewed by the writer of this POSTbrief which provides a brief overview of methodologically robust studies on state-funded selective schools that select the majority of their intake on academic criteria http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/POST-PB-0022. The POST brief cites CLS work using BCS70 data. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/POST-PB-0022 |
Description | Daily Mail article http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6050745/Graduate-pay-depends-course-university-study-finds.html 11th August 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Feature in the Mail on Sunday covering journal article findings |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6050745/Graduate-pay-depends-course-university-study-finds.h... |
Description | Event at the Department for Education (DfE) on SOcial Mobility, as part of ESRC Festival of Social Science |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Well-attended event at the Department for Education, showcasing findings from the British Cohort Studies. Sparked useful discussion and increased awareness of research evidence among policymakers and civil service analysts. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Media press release for national news, following talk at British Sociological Association. Interview with and take-up in Daily Mail. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A press release, entitled: "Privately educated women four times more likely to marry a man who was privately educated". |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Presentation at Department of Education |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The aim of the presentation was to bring policymakers in the Dept for Education up to date with recent research on the participation in, and effects of private schooling in Britain. The presentation generated considerable interest, and the role of private schooling was considered important to understand, by those engaged with analysis for policy-making in respect of England's state education system. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Presentation on "Stability and change in pathways from origins to destinations via education: a comparison of the 1958 and 1970 cohorts". LLAKES conference, 15th November, 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | A presentation at the LLAKES conference |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Presentation on 'Origins, Education and Destinations in BCS70' at CLOSER conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Presentation on 'Origins, Education and Destinations in BCS70' at CLOSER conference |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.closer.ac.uk/conference |
Description | Press conference with Education Media Centre to inform journalists re education issues in the general election |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Press conference with Education Media Centre to inform journalists re education issues in the general election. My contribution was reported in the media, including BBC news and TES. BBC item http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-40043891 I published a blog post to go with the story, published on the IOE blog and Education Media Centre blog https://ioelondonblog.wordpress.com/ http://educationmediacentre.org/blog/how-evidence-based-are-the-conservative-manifesto-proposals-on-grammar-schools/ |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-40043891 |
Description | Press release: Academic success doesn't guarantee top earnings for fortysomethings, study finds |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Educational achievement may be enough to open the door to high-status occupations, but isn't sufficient to deliver a top income in early middle age, according to new research from the UCL Institute of Education (IOE). Those who grew up with advantages, such as higher family income and a private school education, are most likely to join the top 15 per cent of British earners when they reach their early forties. This press release received coverage in the Daily Telegraph and the Independent. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/news.aspx?itemid=4528&itemTitle=Academic+success+doesn%E2%80%99t+guarantee+... |
Description | Press release: Dreaming big |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Can 'dreaming big' help state-educated pupils match private school peers' wages in early middle age? Raising state school children's aspirations, self-confidence, and improving their access to social networks would do little to counter the huge pay advantages enjoyed by their privately-educated peers, new research shows. This press release was based on research using the 1970 British Cohort Study. Key coverage: The Times: Why private school arrogance doesn't pay - Nicola Woolcock The Daily Telegraph: Independent school pupils say network will secure top job - Daily Telegraph reporter Times Education Supplement (online): Boosting state school pupils' self-esteem and job aspirations 'won't narrow pay gap', study finds - Irena Barker The Independent (online): 'Social and family connections' boost self-esteem for private school pupils - Aftab Ali BT.com (online): 'Social and family connections' boost self-esteem for private school pupils - Press Association reporter Not aware of any impact as of yet. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/news.aspx?itemid=4380&itemTitle=Can+%E2%80%98dreaming+big%E2%80%99+help+sta... |
Description | Press release: Grammar schools 'made it no easier' to gain elite university degrees, study finds |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Press release issued 21/11/2014 Summary of key coverage: BBC News 'Leaky pipe' between 1980s grammar schools and university http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-30128472 The Times Grammar schools 'offer little advantage' http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/education/article4273804.ece Daily Telegraph Private school pupils get better degrees, even if they're less clever http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/11243899/Private-school-pupils-get-better-degrees-even-if-theyre-less-clever.html Independent Grammar school is no better for pupils than a comprehensive http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/grammar-school-is-no-better-for-pupils-than-a-comprehensive-9873886.html?origin=internalSearch Times Educational Supplement Grammar schools did not widen access to elite universities, study finds https://news.tes.co.uk/b/news/2014/11/20/grammars-did-not-make-it-easier-to-go-to-elite-universities-study-finds.aspx Press Association also issued an article about the findings. This was picked up by media organisations around the country |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/news.aspx?itemid=3110&itemTitle=Grammar+schools+%E2%80%98made+it+no+easier%... |
Description | SLLS 2017 Stirling: Presentation on 'Educational attainment in the short and the long term' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | SLLS 2017 presentation using BCS70 data |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.slls.org.uk/past-conferences |
Description | Sutton Trust |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Informed Sutton Trust research team members about how the 1970 Cohort Study could be used to inform their research agenda |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Talk to political party members |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | A talk surrounding the politics of private education reform movements, past and present. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | UUK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited presentation to Vice Chancellors from UK universities. UUK funded research into whether a degree increases social mobility there will be a report / paper |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Webinar: Introduction to BCS70 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | The webinar provided potential users of the data with an introduction to the study, how to access the data, a description of changes to sample composition due to attrition over time and methods for dealing with this in analysis and information about forthcoming sweeps of the study. All participants rated the event as very or fairly useful. There were 80 registrations for the event. A video recording of the event hosted on Youtube has subsequently been viewed 40 times. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/Conference.aspx?itemid=4360&itemTitle=1970+British+Cohort+Study+-+Introduct... |
Description | Workshop on private schools |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | This workshop discussed findings from the ESRC project Private Schooling in the 21st Century, in front of and among a diverse audience. We used the LLAKES mailing list which brought in a number of people from outside academia, mainly those involved directly or indirectly with education, both private and state. The findings were linked with those from a related, earlier but still ongoing project, Schooling and Unequal Outcomes in Youth and Adulthood, also discussed at this event. Altogether, seven papers were presented to this diverse audience, and the debate was led by two discussants from outside the project. The event took place in late December 2018. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.llakes.ac.uk/research-project/337/private-schooling-uk-21st-century-participation-and-ou... |