Brits notoriously love bureaucracy, so it’s perhaps unsurprising that the UK is a world leader in administrative data. With the digital era heralding a data revolution unlike anything in human history, education researchers such as Anna Vignoles are in a unique position to take advantage of this country’s data deluge.
A new book co-authored by Diane Reay, Professor of Education at Cambridge University, delves into the assumptions and motivations of liberal parents in making decisions about secondary schools.
Despite our best efforts, social mobility in the UK does not seem to be improving. Diane Reay, Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge, will be speaking at Hay about the hereditary curse of the English education system and her developing vision for a “socially just” replacement.
New research could help improve the learning experience of students from backgrounds where there is little tradition of higher education.
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