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The Effects of National Testing in Science at KS2 in England and Wales: Executive Summary. A science research resource
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The Effects of National Testing in Science at KS2 in England and Wales: Executive Summary

Commissioned by the Wellcome Trust in association with the ASE this report discusses the effects of compulsory national testing in science on Year Six teachers and the teaching of science in England, as well as the impact of the abolition of statutory testing in science at Key Stage Two in 2004 on Year Six teachers and the teaching…

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Improving Young People's Engagement with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). A science research resource
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Improving Young People's Engagement with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

This paper, published to coincide with Science and Engineering Week 2013, presents evidence from research carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to explore how to encourage further engagement in, and take-up of, STEM subjects. It discusses why STEM education is important and looks at how policymakers,…

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Maths and Science Education: the Supply of High Achievers at A Level. A science research resource
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Maths and Science Education: the Supply of High Achievers at A Level

This paper, from the Department of Education (DfE), presented a comprehensive set of statistical analyses building up a picture of the production function for the supply of young people in England with good A levels in mathematics and science. In this way, the questions addressed are focused towards high attainers in these subjects,…

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Supporting Scotland's STEM Education and Culture: Second Report. A cross curricular research resource
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Supporting Scotland's STEM Education and Culture: Second Report

This report, published by the Science and Engineering Education Advisory Group in January 2012, addresses many of the challenges and opportunities arising in implementation of the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) as it affects the delivery of STEM education and engagement. It examines the ways in which STEM education may…

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Subject Progression from GCSE to AS Level and Continuation to A Level. A mathematics research resource
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Subject Progression from GCSE to AS Level and Continuation to A Level

This report, by the Department for Education, provides an analysis of the proportion of students taking GCSE and progressing to AS Level in the same subject (that is, progression rates), focussing on English Baccalaureate subject areas. The report then follows the same cohort through from AS to full A level achievement. Data…

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Second Report of the Independent Review of Teachers' Standards. A mathematics research resource
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Second Report of the Independent Review of Teachers' Standards

This report sets out the recommendations of an independent Review of Teachers’ Standards, chaired by Sally Coates. The review was launched by the Secretary of State in March 2011 with a remit to review the existing framework of professional standards for teachers. The Review Group comprises excellent teachers, head teachers…

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Ready to Grow: Business Priorities for Education and Skills. A science research resource
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Ready to Grow: Business Priorities for Education and Skills

This is the third education and skills survey published by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). The survey provides an authoritative barometer of business opinion on key education and skills issues. It was conducted in February 2010, with responses received from 694 employers, collectively employing over 2.4 million people,…

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Educating the Next Generation of Scientists. A mathematics research resource
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Educating the Next Generation of Scientists

This report was published by the National Audit Office in 2010 and evaluates progress by the Department for Education in increasing take-up and achievement in maths and science up to age 18. It also reviews the extent to which specific programmes to raise the quality of school science facilities, recruit and retain science and maths…

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STEM Careers Review 2010. A careers research resource
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STEM Careers Review 2010

This review of STEM careers, led by John Holman, was funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation in February 2010. The review covered provision of STEM careers education, information, advice and guidance in England. The report focused on secondary and further education, but recommended the need to commence careers related work from…

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New Challenges, New Changes: Further Education and Skills System Reform Plan - Building a World-Class Skills System. An engineering research resource
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New Challenges, New Changes: Further Education and Skills System Reform Plan - Building a World-Class Skills System

This document was published by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills in December 2011, and sets out the programme of work required to take forward the reform of FE and skills system for adults aged 19 and over in England. The report was based on the principles set out in Skills for Sustainable Growth and took account…

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Scientific Enquiry and its Place in the National Curriculum. A science, how science works research resource
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Scientific Enquiry and its Place in the National Curriculum

This is a report of a SCORE workshop held in September 2011 at the Royal Society to explore the place of scientific enquiry in the national curriculum. The report summarises the main issues raised and describes the views of the participants. The workshop was chaired by Libby Steele, Head of Education at the Royal Society. The group…

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Review of Informal Science Learning. A science research resource
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Review of Informal Science Learning

This review, published in 2012 by the Wellcome Trust, characterises the value of informal science learning to science education in the UK. Focusing on children and young people aged up to 19, the study sought to provide: ■ a better understanding of the scope of informal science learning, its theoretical base and the types of…

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Attitudes to Science: Survey of 14-16 Year Olds. A science research resource
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Attitudes to Science: Survey of 14-16 Year Olds

Since 2000, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and its predecessor Departments have been responsible for funding the Public Attitudes to Science series of attitudinal surveys. This survey provides information about what the public thinks about science, scientists and science policy across the UK (from a survey…

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Attitudes of Children and Parents to Key Stage Two Science Testing and Assessment. A science research resource
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Attitudes of Children and Parents to Key Stage Two Science Testing and Assessment

Published in 2010 by the Wellcome Trust, this report considers students’ and parents’ views of testing and assessment in science at Key Stage Two in England and Wales. The research was carried out by the School of Education at Queen’s University Belfast over a period in which the Key Stage Two science SAT was abolished.…

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Primary School Science Assessment. A science research resource
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Primary School Science Assessment

This report summarises the discussions from a seminar held at the Nuffield Foundation on 18th September 2012. It was held in response to the publication in July 2012 of a report written by a working group of primary science specialists entitled Developing policy, principles and practice in primary school science assessment. The…

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Global Grant-Making: a Review of UK Foundations' Funding for International Development. A cross curricular research resource
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Global Grant-Making: a Review of UK Foundations' Funding for International Development

This report published by the Nuffield Foundation in January 2012 provides an up-to-date picture of the scale of UK foundation resources devoted to international development. It also identifies how these resources are distributed across region and need, and how foundations approach international funding activities. Commissioned…

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Developing Policy, Principles and Practice in Primary School Science Assessment. A science research resource
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Developing Policy, Principles and Practice in Primary School Science Assessment

This report sets out a proposed framework for the assessment of science in primary schools. The framework is the outcome of a seminar held at the Nuffield Foundation on 7 and 8 June 2012. Participants included representatives of the Association for Science Education (ASE), Science Community Representing Education (SCORE), the…

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Leading Debate: 21 Years of the National Curriculum for Science. A science research resource
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Leading Debate: 21 Years of the National Curriculum for Science

In July 2010, 21 years after the National Curriculum was first introduced, the Wellcome Trust convened a seminar to reflect on the impact of the National Curriculum for science. Presented in this report are views that emerged from the seminar where delegates considered the National Curriculum’s initial development and subsequent…

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Exploring Young People's Views on Science Education. A science research resource
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Exploring Young People's Views on Science Education

Published by the Wellcome Trust in September 2011, this report aimed to find a deeper understanding of young people’s attitudes to science education, particularly regarding the value young people place on science education (for themselves as individuals and for society in general), as well as the key factors determining their…

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Evaluation of the Wellcome Trust Camden STEM Initiative. A cross curricular research resource
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Evaluation of the Wellcome Trust Camden STEM Initiative

This report, published in March 2012 by the National Foundation for Educational Research, presents the findings of an evaluation of the Wellcome Trust’s Camden Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Initiative which provided funding to eight Camden schools to develop interdisciplinary projects. Projects…

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Darwin Education Initiative. A science research resource
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Darwin Education Initiative

Published by the Wellcome Trust in January 2011, this report provides the findings from the final stage of the evaluation of the Darwin Education Initiative. It includes the findings from follow-up interviews with case study schools which explored the continued use of the Great Plant Hunt and Survival Rivals materials. Of specific…

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Acquisition of Science Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy in Initial Teacher Training. A cross curricular research resource
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Acquisition of Science Subject Knowledge and Pedagogy in Initial Teacher Training

Published by the Wellcome Trust in October 201, this report looks at how one-year postgraduate Initial Teacher Training (ITT) courses in England and Wales support trainees’ acquisition of subject knowledge and topic specific pedagogy across the sciences. The study, which was the first of its kind to look into the acquisition…

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Subject Choice In STEM:  Factors Influencing Young People (Aged 14-19) in Education. A science research resource
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Subject Choice In STEM: Factors Influencing Young People (Aged 14-19) in Education

The Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Coordinating Centre (EPPICentre) was commissioned by the Wellcome Trust to undertake this systematic review of research about subject choice. The main aim of the review was to examine the factors that influence the STEM subject choices of young people (14-19 years) in education…

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Teaching of Social and Ethical Issues Arising From Developments in Biomedical Research. A science research resource
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Teaching of Social and Ethical Issues Arising From Developments in Biomedical Research

This research, commissioned by the Wellcome trust, was undertaken by an interdisciplinary team led by Ralph Levinson and Dr Sheila Turner at the Institute of Education, University of London between May 1st and December 1st 1999. The project reports on five main areas: • The perceived importance amongst teachers (especially…

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Big Picture Teaching Resources: Evaluation Report. A science research resource
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Big Picture Teaching Resources: Evaluation Report

This report, commissioned by the Wellcome Trust, evaluates Big Picture, its free publication on bioscience, and explores ways in which it could be developed. It was hoped that this summary of the main findings would be of use to other organisations developing materials for teachers and students, particularly those interested in offering…

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The Challenges of STEM Provision for Further Education Colleges. A cross curricular research resource
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The Challenges of STEM Provision for Further Education Colleges

This report, published in October 2012, documents the activities and conclusions of a research project undertaken by the 157 Group, supported by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, and in partnership with Association of Colleges (AoC). The 157 Group is a membership organisation that represents 27 large, regionally influential…

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Evaluation of the European Space Education Resource Office. A science, physics research resource
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Evaluation of the European Space Education Resource Office

NFER has been commissioned by the National STEM Centre to evaluate the effectiveness and early impacts of the European Space Education Resource Office for the UK (ESERO-UK). ESERO-UK aims to promote the use of space as a context for enriching science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teaching and learning in schools…

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Sustainability. A mathematics research resource
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Sustainability

From the Learning Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), this case study describes how Hull and Stockton Riverside Colleges used the topic of sustainable development to improve aspects of STEM careers guidance. Hull College The project encouraged a greater holistic awareness in lecturers of the diverse skills and technologies essential…

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STEM Careers Information, Advice and Guidance. A science research resource
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STEM Careers Information, Advice and Guidance

Produced by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), this document describes a project to improve STEM careers information, advice and guidance in the Post-16 sector. Detailed case studies from this project can be seen in the corresponding collection Progression Through STEM. The case studies describe work done by…

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Employer Engagement: Teaching and Learning. A science research resource
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Employer Engagement: Teaching and Learning

From the Learning Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), this document summarises their Exploring Improvements in Teaching and Learning Through Employer Engagement project. It looked at developing links between institutions and employers in the Post-16 sector. The outcomes of the project can be seen in the series of case studies that…

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Harnessing Technology: Teaching and Learning. A science research resource
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Harnessing Technology: Teaching and Learning

Produced by the Learning Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), this document describes the background and key learning points from the Harnessing Technology project. This resulted in a series of case studies that illustrate the use of technology to advance teaching and learning in the Post-16 sector. This document briefly describes…

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Improving Science in Colleges. A science research resource
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Improving Science in Colleges

In spring 2011 Ofsted conducted a survey of good practice in science in general further education and sixth form colleges in England. Inspectors visited 15 college science departments to observe teaching and learning and evaluate the quality of provision and departmental leadership and management. This report identifies the factors…

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