Lydia Fletcher

Research & Evaluation Manager passionate about improving educational equality. UCL MSci Psychology graduate.

[TASO @taso_he]

📢 New blog post!

As we develop new implementation and process evaluation guidance, Professor @billybwong and @LydiaFlet_Res from the @UniofReading explore how it reveals the process of change, not just outcomes.

Discover their insights 🔽

https://t.co/TOhPrAt8kq

[The Sutton Trust @suttontrust]

School finances are under pressure.

Senior leaders are having to make cuts to essential staff and activities.

Nearly half are using funding meant for disadvantaged pupils to plug gaps in their general budgets.

Read a breakdown of our new research ⤵️

https://t.co/I4jsnWNLJ0

[Institute for Fiscal Studies @TheIFS]

NEW: Sure Start, England’s first large programme to provide holistic support to families with children under five, greatly improved disadvantaged children’s GCSE results.

Read @nridpathecon @Sarah_Cattan @carneiro_econ’s report, funded by @NuffieldFound: https://t.co/NiHZzVES3W

[Guardian Education @GuardianEdu]

Senior Labour figures call for ‘life-transforming’ Sure Start policy https://t.co/xzwEe8eWqE

[The Sutton Trust @suttontrust]

🚨 NEW: Our briefing on the attainment gap warns that inequalities in education are a ticking time bomb for social mobility.

With the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers widening considerably post pandemic, a renewed focus on closing it is urgently needed 🧵⤵️

[Higher Education Policy Institute @HEPI_news]

New Post: The new wave of Access and Participation Plans – a reflection on the last 12 months https://t.co/9ryBw1x2vZ

[TASO @taso_he]

🚨 HE professionals in England!

Responsible for fair access and student outcomes? We want your insights 💭

✍️Take part in a short survey on barriers in developing Type 3 evidence as part of our new project with @BrilliantCluband @Cambridge_Uni

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https://t.co/1iii0spsbi

[Wonkhe @Wonkhe]

NEW on Wonkhe: The sector is facing a crisis in data skills https://t.co/heEIuNX9pb

[Billy Wong @billybwong]

@LydiaFlet_Res @taso_he

[TASO @taso_he]

🔊 Exciting Update:

We've just released a new report on piloting methods for developing better evidence on student support.

Dive into the findings, lessons learned about the evaluation methods and our recommendations for the sector 💡

🔗https://t.co/Fygv7JxazV

[Nuffield Foundation @NuffieldFound]

The skills imperative 2035: Essential skills for tomorrow’s workforce – £2.5 million

@TheNFER is leading a strategic research partnership which will identify the essential employment skills people will need for work by 2035.
https://t.co/0mUE8xxcCe

[National Foundation for Educational Research @TheNFER]

We are delighted to announce that we will be leading a new five-year research programme, funded by the @nuffieldfound, projecting the demand and supply of essential employment skills up until the year 2035.

Read the full story here: https://t.co/0x7kwZRZ9R #ukedchat

[EEF @EducEndowFoundn]

NEW: EEF publishes interim findings from @TheNFER research into the impact of Covid-19 partial school closures - finds “significantly lower achievement”, with “large and concerning gap” for disadvantaged pupils.

Read more here: https://t.co/ARNpPfPJ5B

[National Foundation for Educational Research @TheNFER]

Today, @EducEndowFoundn and NFER have published new interim findings which look at the extent to which KS1 pupils’ attainment in reading and maths were impacted by the first national #Covid19 lockdown, particularly the effect on disadvantaged pupils.

[National Foundation for Educational Research @TheNFER]

Today we've published a new report in our 'Schools responses to #Covid19' series focusing on the pandemic’s impact on pupils, teachers, schools & communities, and schools’ plans & concerns ahead of reopening to all year groups this month @NuffieldFound

https://t.co/hYZrc5F7L5

[EEF @EducEndowFoundn]

Attainment gap at Key Stage 2

DfE data published today shows that, in 2019, 51% of disadvantaged pupils reached the expected standard in all of reading, writing and maths compared to 71% of all other pupils - that 20pp gap is unchanged for last 3 years: https://t.co/iDMGPVFDg4

[National Foundation for Educational Research @TheNFER]

The PISA results are out! The focus this year was on reading, Around 600,000 pupils from 79 countries across the world took part in #PISA2018.

Read the reports from England, Wales and Northern Ireland here: https://t.co/PwX5KTklJB

[National Foundation for Educational Research @TheNFER]

Ahead of the #PISA2018 results launching tomorrow, @juliecmcculloch, Director of Policy at @ASCL_UK, has written a blog for NFER looking at the schools perspective of the latest 'PISA eruption' https://t.co/2VblGPp3h5

[EEF @EducEndowFoundn]

Interested in understanding how the Pupil Premium can be used to make a real difference to pupil outcomes? Then have a read of the EEF's Pupil Premium guide: https://t.co/aFQcQtfqaD

[National Foundation for Educational Research @TheNFER]

Today’s teacher training stats reinforce that tackling the teacher supply challenge will need to be a top priority for the next Government. @worth_jack looks at what the three main political parties are offering on teacher recruitment & retention: https://t.co/bvxYLQSaoc #GE2019