Charlotte Vidal-Hall
UCL, Institute of Education
Special Interest Group
Educational Research and Educational Policy-Making
This SIG is interested in the relationship between research and policy in education
This SIG provides a space for ½¿É«µ¼º½ members interested in the relationship between research and policy in education. Rather than critiquing policies, the SIG is particularly interested in the procedures involved in making policies, and the role played by research. The SIG recognises that policies are not only made in government departments, but in schools and a wide range of education institutions.
Research interestsÌý
- The relationship between research and policy
- The use of evidence in policy production
- How policies get produced
- Policy advice mechanisms
- What constitutes ‘expertise’
- The role of all education stakeholders in the policy process
SIG aims
The SIG aims to identify and enhance the various ways in which research can have a stronger influence on education policy. For example, the SIG’s 2024 work commenced with a webinar discussing a potential expert policy advice mechanism. It is intended that 2-3 webinars will be held per annum.
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SIG Convenors
Content associated with this SIG
Guest editing opportunity for Research Intelligence, issue 167
½¿É«µ¼º½â€™s Publications Committee is seeking an individual or team (of up to three people) to guest edit issue 167 of Research Intelligence on the theme of ‘The Curriculum and Assessment Review:...
Editorial: Reimagining a just early childhood education and care sector in England: Voices from the margins
This special issue arose from critical dialogue about injustice in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector in England between diverse people engaged in practice, research and...
Continue reading blog postReimagining a just early childhood education and care sector in England: Voices from the margins
This special issue arose from critical dialogue about injustice in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector in England between diverse people engaged in practice, research and...
Unseen and undervalued: Recognising the role of nannies in education policy in England
Government policy for early childhood education and care (ECEC) in England often focuses on group-based settings such as nurseries (Penn, 2024). However, much childcare takes place within homes...
Continue reading blog postConnected, valued and vocal: Early years educators advocate for the ECEC sector in public policy debates
In this third contribution to the special issue we consider the complex issue of early years educators’ (EYEs) professional voices being heard and acted upon in contemporary policy debates about...
Continue reading blog postClimbing the qualification ladder or leaving the profession: The crisis in early childhood work
A crisis exists relating to the status of qualifications and pay in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce in England (Nutbrown, 2021) marked by both low pay and morale. In this...
Continue reading blog post‘Small things that no one sees’: Acts of advocacy in early childhood education and care
In this reflective blog post for this special issue, we draw on a vignette of the nursery practices that are everyday acts of advocacy. Our commentary foregrounds the unacknowledged labour of...
Continue reading blog postThe complex problem of the education and care of babies: Could independent nurseries have the answer?
In this blog post, two managers of independent nurseries critically review the expansion of publicly funded childcare in England to include children aged nine months. Specifically, we examine the...
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