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- 16th Oct 2013
Aspiration & Inspiration – A pilot study of mentoring in schools
We report the results of a pilot study to test the impact of a short talk on pupils' stated intentions to attend university.
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Elspeth Kirkman
Elspeth joined BIT while it was still part of the Cabinet Office. During her time with BIT she held various roles, including overseeing health and education work and setting up and leading the North American office. She is the author of two books relating to behavioural science: Behavioral Insights (2020,…
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Dr Alex Gyani
Alex is the Director of the Behavioural Insights Team's Australian office. He has been based in Sydney since 2014. Previously Alex oversaw the team’s research and evaluation work across Singapore, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand and ran the office in Aotearoa New Zealand from 2018-2021. Since joining the team in…
- Blog
- 8th Apr 2014
BIT and BIS launch The Behavioural Insights Research Centre for English and Maths
We are delighted to announce that the Behavioural Insights Team and the Department for Business Innovation and Skills are setting up a new research centre. The Centre will develop and test interventions informed by behavioural science that can help improve adult literacy and numeracy and be scaled up by UK…
- Blog
- 3rd Jun 2014
Creating Oppositions in Academia and Policy
Every now and again an article appears in the UK press that we think needs a bit of clarification. One such article appeared in the Observer over the weekend: link.Creating oppositions between academics and organisations is a nice journalistic device – and of course, a well-established pattern in academic journals…
- Blog
- 22nd Sep 2014
Adult educators comes together to celebrate launch of the Behavioural Research Centre for Adult Skills and Knowledge (ASK)
The Behavioural Research Centre for Adult Skills and Knowledge, or ASK for short, was officially opened on 17 September. The research centre is focused on using behavioural science to help tackle adult numeracy and literacy. Adults who lack literacy and numeracy skills tend to be less productive at work, earn…
- Academic publication
- 1st Dec 2014
I’ve booked you a place. Good luck: a field experiment applying behavioural science to improve attendance at high-impact recruitment events
Finding a job, especially in a recovering economy, is challenging and success is reliant upon effective job-search activity.
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Fionnuala O’Reilly
Fionnuala joined the team in 2014 and has led research in several areas of education policy including parental engagement, fostering social and emotional learning in the classroom and improving student motivation. She now leads BIT’s work in Early Years, exploring ways to improve the home learning environment and empowering early…
- Academic publication
- 13th Feb 2015
Curbing Adult Student Attrition: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Roughly 20% of adults in the OECD lack basic numeracy and literacy skills. In the UK, many colleges offer fully government subsidized adult education programs to improve these skills.
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Ravi Dutta-Powell
Ravi is a Senior Advisor based in our Sydney office. He has experience applying behavioural insights in a wide range of policy areas, including regulation and compliance, consumer finance, education, and international development. He has helped a number of regulators understand and overcome behavioural barriers to compliance, and is a…