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- 13th May 2021
Can nudging improve student wellbeing? Results from an RCT in Australia
Studying at university can be challenging at the best of times: students are often juggling financial stress, challenging course content, living or studying in a new city, and changes to their friendships and social support networks. The events of 2020 certainly do not appear to have helped: a recent survey…
- Blog
- 11th May 2021
Chômage des jeunes: repenser l’accompagnement pour aider les jeunes à prendre leur parcours professionnel en main
Après des années de réduction constante, les progrès faits en France sur le chômage des jeunes sont à nouveau menacés, cette fois par la pandémie de Covid-19
Also available in: English
- Blog
- 11th May 2021
Youth unemployment in France: rethinking support to help young people plan their way into work
After years of steady reductions in joblessness, France’s progress on youth unemployment is threatened anew - this time by the COVID-19 pandemic
Also available in: Français
- Report
- 16th Mar 2021
Household factors and girls’ aspirations for male-dominated STEM degrees and careers
This research project investigated why girls are less likely than boys to choose STEM subjects (such as engineering, physics and maths) at university.
- Blog
- 10th Feb 2021
Seeing is believing, even through a screen.
On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science it is worth remembering that ‘seeing is believing’ - a principle Iris Bohnet highlights in her book What Works: Gender Equality by Design. When we have a preconceived idea that a career is dominated by men, seeing a real-world example…
- Blog
- 5th Feb 2021
Can ‘rules of thumb’ training for principals improve Guatemalan schools?
En 2018, visitamos escuelas secundarias en Guatemala con nuestros excelentes socios en el Ministerio de Educación de Guatemala (MINEDUC). Tratábamos de entender por qué solamente el 32 % de los estudiantes de secundaria aprueban el examen nacional estandarizado de comprensión de lectura y solo el 10 % aprueban el examen…
Also available in: English
- Blog
- 5th Feb 2021
Can ‘rules of thumb’ training for principals improve Guatemalan schools?
In 2018, we visited high schools across Guatemala with our excellent partners in the Guatemalan Ministry of Education (MINEDUC). We were trying to understand why only 32% of high-school students pass the national standardised exam in reading comprehension and only 10% pass the exam in Maths. Here's what we found.
Also available in: Español
- Blog
- 27th Jan 2021
Skills for jobs
In 2020, the redundancy rate in the UK reached a record high, with low skilled workers, women, and young people among the worst affected. The pandemic has revealed fault lines in economic inequalities and investment in skills and lifelong learning is key to addressing this issue. That is why we…
- Blog
- 12th Jan 2021
What schools and colleges can do for their students’ mental wellbeing during the pandemic
With time and resources stretched, and a new lockdown moving us back to remote learning, what can schools and colleges actually do to support student wellbeing? Over the past six months, we’ve teamed up with the Sixth Form Colleges Association to answer this question. Our new guide for mental wellbeing in…
- Report
- 12th Jan 2021
Supporting students through the pandemic
What can schools and colleges actually do to support student wellbeing? Over the past six months, we’ve teamed up with the Sixth Form Colleges Association to answer this question. Our new guide for mental wellbeing in sixth form colleges suggests 12 strategies that colleges could try.