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Anna Bird

Anna oversees BIT’s education, skills and early years work. Before BIT, she was the Head of Research at the Social Mobility Commission, where she focused on reducing attainment gaps throughout school. She also led research on youth welfare for the Department for Work and Pensions. Prior to moving to Government,…
  • Blog
  • 10th Apr 2019

Reducing dropout at Sixth Form Colleges

Moving from one place to another is always stressful - whether that’s a new house, a new town, a new job, or a new educational institution. When we arrive in a new environment, especially one where we don’t know anyone, we cast around looking for clues about how to behave…
  • Blog
  • 29th Apr 2019

How behavioural insights and education technology could transform schools

The Department for Education’s new strategy on education technology, announced earlier this month, aims to build the evidence base for education technology (EdTech) and help schools take advantage of the best products and services.
  • Blog
  • 16th May 2019

How can more people live good, long lives?

Two new launches aim to tackle inequality and low life-expectancy in the UK
  • Blog
  • 22nd May 2019

How to build cohesive societies

Launch of two new projects to translate academic research into real change
  • Blog
  • 30th May 2019

The Augar review: what behavioural science tells us about education fees and grants

The long-awaited Augur review of UK post-secondary education is out today, offering its verdict on the tuition fee debate.
  • Blog
  • 16th Sep 2019

The behavioural science community gathers in London

It’s nearly ten years since BIT was set up in No10 with the seemingly simple (but in reality daunting) aim of incorporating a better understanding of human behaviour into public policy, while also saving the government ten times our running costs.
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  • 15th Oct 2019

Preventing violence against children in schools (PVACS)

Abstract Background We aim to test the effectiveness of the EmpaTeach intervention to prevent physical violence from teachers to students in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, Tanzania. EmpaTeach is a 10-week, 14-session, classroom management and cognitive-behavioural therapy-based intervention for groups of teachers for delivery by lay personnel in resource-constrained settings. Methods We…
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Paloma Bellatin

Paloma Bellatin is a Principal Advisor at BIT, where she leads the Latin America and Caribbean portfolio. She designs, implements, and analyzes rigorous evaluations to determine the impact of policies, with a thematic focus on gender-based violence and social protection policy. She specializes in the use of technology and educational…
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Sebastian Salomon-Ballada

Sebastian is a Principal Advisor in the International Team. Since joining BIT in 2019, he has worked on a broad range of policy areas including gender equality, health and wellbeing, poverty reduction, employment, and financial inclusion. Sebastian has 6 years experience running social impact projects and has advised over 50…