Generating robust research and promoting evidence use

Welcome. We are an international research group working to improve education lifelong and society-wide, especially for disadvantaged students. We have three main objectives - to help create robust evidence to improve education, to enhance the quality of education research, and to encourage strong evidence use in policy and practice. 

We take the wider outcomes of education seriously, looking beyond attainment and cognitive development to outcomes such as mental health, well-being, attitudes and aspirations, personality, trust and civic participation.

We promote, evaluate and monitor the impact of high-quality education research, and help build research capacity. The members of the Centre and their networks provide a rich blend of perspectives - including practitioners, educational sociologists, psychologists, economists, geographers, health scientists, and methodologists.